Without change there is no innovation, creativity, or incentive for improvement. Those who initiate change will have a better opportunity to manage the change that is inevitable. William Pollard.
Many companies face mounting pressures to innovate; yet finding ways to actually enable innovation remains a challenge for most . One of the keys is to use design and manufacturing partnerships to uncover new ways to make your products functionally rich with less cash whilst de creasing time to market. Of course you need the right partners with the appropriate expertise and the right product range.
Customer demands are increasing and product life cycles are reducing . The cost of a product is largely fixed by the design: in many cases the best way to innovat e or increase cost effectiveness is to improve the design and get it right with manufacturing, procurement and test in mind.
Supporting your organisation with up to the minute market and technical expertise is now more important then ever.
This seminar, the first in the 2009 Innovate or Stagnate seminar series brings together a number of companies who have collaborated to bring about innovation and create innovative solutions for their customers.
Find out how through our partnership you can uncover and develop innovative solutions, at lower cost and in shorter timescales.
Date: 12th Feb 2009
Time: 10am until 4.00pm
Venue: Axiom Manufacturing Services, Newbridge, Gwent
Operations and Production Directors, Senior Managers, R&D Managers, Designers.
Those involved in innovation, supply chains, new product development and strategic change.
To deliver best value, we recommend at least two individuals attend from each organisation, in this way you can share learning and understanding.
It is always difficult giving up your time to come to a seminar. I always ask myself several questions when deciding whether to venture out:
- What will I get out of the seminar?
- Will it provide me with some information that can help with some of the strategies that I am putting in place?
- Will I meet anyone who could be of benefit to my organisation?
This day will suit you if your organisation has any of the following challenges or needs:-
- Can see market opportunities that you cannot respond to
- Are stagnating in the market place and losing competitive advantage
- Struggling to get products to market
- Need additional resource to get new products to market
- Need to add more value into your products at the same or less cost
- Interested in standard off the shelf solutions (reference designs) to which you can add your unique value and expertise
- Need to make changes but unsure of who to select as new partners
- Need design and manufacturing partners who are stable in the market place with a strong supply chain
- Problems that need to be solved fast
- Opportunities that need to be acted upon now
- Challenges from competitors, customers and suppliers that you need to meet more efficiently and profitably
- There will be other companies attending that you would like to meet.
- Why you should develop partnerships for competitive advantage
- What is design for excellence and how you can improve product designs and reduce cost
- Why the OEM and manufacturer should collaborate at the outset of any product design project
- How to achieve cost effective designs before you go into manufacture
- How to effectively incorporate reference designs into your product development strategy
- Why a strong supply chain is essential to your business
10:00 Coffee and Registration
10:30 Keynote
Product development challenges – Steve Wilks – Commercial Director – Axiom Manufacturing Services
10:45 Developing partnerships - Steve Wilks – Commercial Director – Axiom Manufacturing Services
Challenges
Developing opportunities
Implementation
11:05 Break
11:20 Theory to practice – A case example of Innovation with Axiom and TTP – Rob Day – Director – TTP and Steve Wilks – Commercial Director – Axiom Manufacturing Services
11:40 Applying DFx to increase innovation – Dean Taylor – Operations Director – Axiom Manufacturing Services
12:00 Improving cost effectiveness via better product design – Steve Morris – UK regional Applications Manager - EBV
Lunch
13:00 Development tools and reference designs in action - demonstrations
Hands on demonstrations and EBV people available to discuss any requirements or questions that you have
Optional factory tour – see Axiom in action
2.30: Close
- Lunch and refreshments will be provided. Please advise us of any dietary requirements
- Ample onsite parking
- We are a secure site and will require confirmation of names prior to event, cameras and camera phones are not allowed into secure area, lockers will be provided.
