Society of Manufacturing Engineers Chapter 164 Newsletter

http://chapters.sme.org/164/

In this issue:

:: Sponsors ::

:: This Month's Meetings ::

:: F.Y.I. ::

Sponsors

Please support our sponsors; they make our chapter events possible by underwriting the cost.

DoALL
Industrial Supplies and Equipment
Griffin Gear, Inc.
Quality Replacement Gears
Kidder Group Professional Recruiters
Specializing in recruiting professionals with expertise in Manufacturing disciplines
Synesis International, Inc
Bringing together people, business and technology
Nomad Metallurgy, Inc.
"We will travel to the ends of the earth to meet your material engineering needs!"
Alfe
Commerical Heat Treating
Asset Point
The proven pioneer in Asset Management Software and solutions for process and manufacturing industries
South Carolina Manufacturing Extension Partnership
A not-for-profit organization helping manufacturers throughout South Carolina solve business and supply chain problems
Greenville Tech
130-plus programs, four campuses, one valuable college education Greenville Tech’s Buck Mickel Center
Training that works! Training and consulting in areas of quality, Lean Six Sigma, leadership, computer, environmental and safety and many others    

November 2005 Chapter News

Hey folks, we have continued the great meetings this fall with the Life Cycle Engineering and the outstanding meeting last Friday celebrating the rich heritage of our chapter's history.  As we move forward into the future, we will strive to add value to YOUR CHAPTER.  If you would like to help, we are always looking for people with energy and ideas.   

We are proud to announce two new sponsors of Chapter 164.  If you have a minute, take a look at their websites.  We always encourage using local businesses and services because of our philosophy of enabling the Upstate to become more competitive on a global basis. 

Synesis International, Inc Bringing together people, business and technology

Nomad Metallurgy, Inc. "We will travel to the ends of the earth to meet your material engineering needs!"

This Month's Meetings

SME Lunch & Learn

Here's your chance for a great FREE lunch!  HUMANEERING – MANAGING FAST

Date: Thursday, November 17th, 11:30a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Location: Dillon Room, Rockwell Automation, Greenville, SC. For directions, see below.
Contact: RSVP to Andrew Wyse at rsvp.sme164@gmail.com 
Cost: FREE
Web Site: http://chapters.sme.org/164/homepage.htm

HUMANEERING® International, Inc. invites you to compare your company’s Human Asset Management practices with (1) other manufacturing companies and (2) the best practices of highly successful organizations.

Humaneering International is sponsoring this month's Lunch and Learn. Humaneering is a professional services firm with a 21-year history of helping companies effectively realize the potential of their human assets. Your human assets are your most important assets, and how effectively you manage them is the key to realizing the potential and success of your business. Do you get the best from your people every day? For example, at the end of one year, one local organization increased their revenue on a single piece of equipment by 67%. How? They added several best practices to the way they managed their human assets.

What’s in it for you?

• Learn the best practices in human asset management?the practices that directly impact YOUR bottom line, your customers' loyalty, and your employees' loyalty and engagement. In a recent study of 426 leaders, those who used these best practices averaged 19% more in gross profit margin.

• Learn how your company stacks up?complete a confidential on-line questionnaire to compare your company’s use of human asset management practices with best practices and with other SME questionnaire participants.

• Get new ideas and hear success stories about getting employees excited about their work and caring about your business as much as you do.

Please take a few minutes (less than 5) to complete the questionnaire by clicking on the link at the bottom of the page (or copy and paste it into your internet browser). You will receive a copy of the report at the Lunch & Learn. If you’re unable to join us, you can still participate in the survey and receive a summary of the report after the Lunch & Learn.

Click here to complete the best practices questionnaire:
http://www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?p=WEB224QCS3FPL6

SME Evening Meeting

With the holidays approaching, we are going to postpone this month's Evening Meeting.

SME Calendar for 2005

SME Chapter Officer Scott Culberson spearheads
Lean Alliance of Florence

The Alliance will provide a forum for plant executives, operations/mfg. managers, and continuous improvement coordinators to share best practices on Lean/TPS in the area. Todd Taylor, (Quality Manager at Honda), Joe Jacobs of SCMEP, and I have a vision for how the Alliance could work for manufacturers in the area. We would like to share that vision with a good core group and move forward with it. To that end, next Friday we are holding a luncheon to present this to a small group of interested companies, take input from the group, and formally kick off the Alliance. Chris Klasing (Upstate Lean Alliance) will facilitate this discussion and share advice on how these alliances have served so well in other parts of the state. Here are the meeting details:

Who: Lean Alliance of Florence
What: Explain the Alliance and how it could work to a core group of key manufacturers in the area
Where: Ramada Inn at I-95 and Hwy 52 (the exit for NAA)
When: 12:00 pm to 1:30 or 2:00, Friday, Nov. 4, 2005.
Lunch is included if RSVP is received by Monday, Oct. 31, 2005.
If you know operations, manufacturing, or continuous improvement leaders who are serious about Lean, they are invited to RSVP for this kickoff meeting. They should RSVP to one of the following: Joe Jacobs (SCMEP) at 843.729.3442, Todd Taylor (Honda of SC) at 843.250.1429 or Scott Culberson (North American Assemblies) at 843.413.7041.

SME Regional Events Atlanta Meeting

In our modern society, food processing and manufacturing have streamlined the process of bringing food from the fields and farms to our plates. For example, it is commonplace for us to go to a restaurant, order chicken, and have it appear on our plate within 20-30 minutes. Simple, right? Well, as you know, a lot of work goes into getting that chicken to the restaurant. Come join us this month as we tour Stork Gamco and take an inside look at part of this process. Stork Gamco is the leader in poultry processing equipment, and offers a complete line of processing equipment for chickens, turkeys, and ducks. They manufacture a diversity of machines, ranging from Live Receiving, Killing, and Defeathering up to Cut-Up, Deboning, and Further Processing. Stork Gamco History Gainesville Machine Company (“Gamco”) was founded in 1944 by Grover S. Harben. In 1972, Chickmaster, Inc. purchased Gamco and consolidated the seven locations in Gainesville into a 113,000 sq. ft. facility. Stork N.V., a major diversified Dutch corporation, acquired the company in January 1976. Since the purchase by Stork, the new facility has increased from 113,000 sq. ft. to 158,000 sq. ft., expanding office space and the manufacturing area. Today Stork Gamco plays a major role in the poultry processing industry. The company has developed innovative equipment that has enhanced hygiene and reduced manpower, such as automatic transferring of birds from picking to eviscerating, multi-stage counter flow scalding, high-speed evisceration systems, and intelligent cut-up systems. With a workforce of 180 talented, dedicated employees, Stork Gamco has the creativity and ability to meet the needs of the ever-changing processing industry.

Where: Stork Gamco
Date: Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2005
Time: 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
Cost: $15 for lunch ($5 for students)

REGISTER NOW! Contact John Morehouse at john.morehouse@marc.gatech.edu or 404.385.0895.

Directions to this month's meeting:
Take I-85 North. Bear left onto I-985 and travel Northeast for 20 miles. Bear right on Exit 20 (Gainesville/Candler Rd.). Take a left at the stop light onto GA-60/Queen City Parkway, and go under the overpass. At the second light take a left onto W Ridge Rd, Ridge Rd SW. At the stop sign turn right onto Airport Parkway. Stork Gamco will be on the right.

SME Announces the 2006
Motorsports for Manufacturing Event in Indianapolis

Manufacturing for Performance will connect manufacturers with the latest developments in aerodynamics, additive manufacturing, advanced materials, design machining prototyping, advanced fabrication, joining technologies, and more. Participants will learn how to reduce cycle times, improve surface finishes, increase part repeatability and quality, and accelerate product development times.

We invite you to participate in this new and exciting event! We are currently recruiting speakers and industry advisors interested in performance manufacturing technologies and applications. To learn more about how you can submit a presentation or download information aboutwhy you should exhibit, please visit our website at www.sme.org/motorpsorts or contact Tracy Watson, SME Motorsports Liaison at tlcw@yahoo.com.

Gentlemen, start your engines!