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Design for Manufacturability and Assembly (DFM/DFA)

Everyone Can Improve Their Product Design and Development Skills

No matter your role in the organization, it’s important to consider the downstream impacts of your efforts as a product designer,  manufacturing, assembly or service professional. With this program and digital workshop you’ll experience the fundamentals of Design for Manufacturability and Assembly (DFM/DFA).  With practice and application of these skills, you’ll be able to optimize ideas and improve products, processes, and services.

In this program, you will learn the foundations of design for sample fundamental DFM/DFA methods and tools to gain an understanding of what might work best for your organization.

This session has been updated to include key learnings from out most recent real world client case stories. Sharing successes, key learnings, and being real in the amount of energy and effort required to optimize design and manufacturability in today’s organization. 

The case stories demonstrate how application of the methods and approaches have helped their organizations put energy into uncertainty, improve resiliency, build internal capability and, most importantly, deliver results for long term growth. 

Within the certification period, you will work 1:1 with an Innovation & Growth Master Black Belt from The Innovation Garage and apply your learnings to 2 DFM/DFA application assignments for your organization.

Following successful completion of the application assignments within the designated certification period, you will be awarded a DFM/DFA Certification.

In this workshop you’ll learn the very basics on:

• An Introduction to DFM/DFA Methods and Approaches
• Minimum Component Strategies
• Mistake Proofing Concepts
• Material Selection Basics
• Introductions to Tolerances
• Basic Jig and Fixture Components
• Cost Estimation
• Ergonomics and Hand Clearances
• Component Manufacturing Process Selection (MPS)
• Design for Assembly (DFA) Practices and Analysis
• How lean relates to DFM/DFA
• A series of standard worksheets and templates to enable more effective product designs

 HOW IT WORKS

1) Convenient On-Line Digital Classes & Survey’s: Before attending the session, you watch a series of digital video lessons and quizzes. Plan on two (2) to (3) three hours of virtual pre-work prior to the session to watch skills videos and complete quizzes.

2) Practical “Hands on” Class: At the live remote class you’ll roll your sleeves up in interactive experiences to cover the content in a dynamic, fast paced way. The course content is covered in three two-hour sessions over three consecutive days. 

3) Valuable Application to Your Work: By attending the program, you’ll get started applying the new mindset, systems, and tools to your work – connecting the dots from theory into practical application.

DFM/DFA Certification: Extend your education, and increase your confidence with expert coaching and receive an Design for Manufacturability/Design for Assembly Certification.

Over the coaching and certification period following the live digital sessions, apply your learnings to two (2) application assignments for your organization.

Following successful completion of the two (2) application assignments, within the specified certification period, you will be awarded a Manufacturability/Design for Assembly Completion Certificate from The Innovation Garage. 

Ohio TechCred Eligible: This program is eligible for reimbursement with an approved grant from the Ohio Department of Development.

PROOF IT WORKS

WHAT ATTENDEES SAY

Register for Design for Manufacturability and Assembly (DFM/DFA) – Live Remote Digital Workshop

Innovation & Growth Mindset Level 1 – Basic Skills for Today’s Fast-Paced World!

Everyone Can Rediscover Creativity to Innovate & Grow:

No matter your role in the organization, being more innovative means you can create, communicate, and accelerate ideas for anything.  With this program and digital workshop you’ll experience the fundamentals of the innovation & growth mindset necessary for rediscovering your own inherent creativity. With practice and application of these skills, you’ll be able to create front end ideas for products, processes, and services. 

In this program, you will learn the foundations of growth mindset, neuroscience and sample fundamental innovation methods and tools to gain an understanding of what might work best for your organization. 

This session has been updated to include key learnings from out most recent real world client case stories. Sharing successes, key learnings, and being real in the amount of energy and effort required to deal with uncertainty and disruption in an organization. 

The case stories demonstrate how application of the methods and approaches have helped their organizations put energy into uncertainty, improve resiliency, build internal capability and, most importantly, deliver results for long term growth.

Within the certification period, you will work 1:1 with an Innovation & Growth Master Black Belt from The Innovation Garage and apply your learnings to 3 application assignments for your organization.

Following successful completion of the 3 application assignments within the designated 30 day certification period, you will be awarded an Innovation & Growth Systems Green Belt Level I Certification.

In this workshop you’ll learn the very basics on:

• How Neuroscience and Mindset are critical to Innovation & Growth
• How to create ideas and problem solve (with methods 8x more effective than brainstorming).
• How to communicate ideas in a way that builds them up and sells.
• How to take an idea from inspiration to reality – FAST
• MindMapping (Basics as an innovation acceleration tool)
• Innovation Basics Systems Skills
• Case Story Application of Design Thinking Introductory Skills (Empathy – Define – Ideate – Prototype – Test)

HOW IT WORKS

1) Convenient On-Line Digital Classes & Survey’s: Before attending the session, you take a short strengths assessment, innovation culture survey, and watch a few short videos. Plan on two (2) hours of virtual pre-work prior to the session for your assessments, and to watch skills videos and complete quizzes.

2) Practical “Hands on” Class: At the live remote class you’ll roll your sleeves up in interactive experiences to cover the content in a dynamic, fast paced way. The course content is covered in two three-hour sessions over two consecutive days.

3) Valuable Application to Your Work: By attending the program, you’ll get started applying the new mindset, systems, and tools to your work – connecting the dots from theory into practical application. 

Level 1 Green Belt Certification: Extend your education, and increase your confidence with expert coaching and receive an Innovation & Growth Systems Green Belt Level l Certification from The Innovation Garage®.

Over the coaching and certification period following the live digital sessions, apply your learnings to three (3) application assignments for your organization.

Following successful completion of the 3 application assignments, within the 14-day certification period, you will be awarded an Innovation & Growth Systems Green Belt Level 1 Certification.

4) Certification Credits: Earn 6.0 PDU’s (2.0 Technical/2.0 Leadership/2.0 Strategy) from The Project Management Institute upon completion of the course certification content. 

5) Post Session:  Post session, after achieving your Green Belt Level -1 Innovation & Growth Systems Certification, consider attending an extended 2-day Innovation & Growth Systems Blue Belt – Level 2 Certification program for yourself, or with your team.

These two (2) day education programs (with optional Blue Belt Level certifications, conducted over 60 days) help expand your growth mindset and build your capability for creativity, Innovation Execution and Long Term Growth.

These sessions are guided with the support of a master black belt from The Innovation Garage® providing on-site or virtual coaching supporting your team’s success.

PROOF IT WORKS

WHAT ATTENDEES SAY

“Intense. Insightful. A wake up call for me.” VP – Global Fortune 500 Financial Services Company

“Really enjoyed the practical application and hands on learning, the group collaboration for different points of view, and pushing my limits to think differently.” Innovation Analyst, Fortune 200 Company

“Great details with very good content and road map on what to do.” Supply Chain Leader, Privately Held CPG Company 

“This is a hands-on program, providing a great explanation on how all the innovation techniques work together.” Operational Excellence Facilitator – Hospital Network

“Good Balance on Theory and Practice” Supply Chain Leader – Publicly Traded Pharma Company

“Going into this training, I had always felt like I had nothing to contribute to the creative process responsible for forming new ideas or products.  I had thought that this was fine, and what I lacked in creativity I made up for in my strong ability to execute and I should just follow what my strengths were.  What this training made me realize was that anyone can be creative and contribute valuable ideas but more importantly, it provided the skills necessary to develop ideas AND reinforced those skills through application assignments.  I think the last part of that sentence was the most important part for me, I find that myself, like most people, learn most effectively when skills are used and applied.  This process taught me that I could be creative and still execute and that I could directly influence others to do the same.” Innovation Process Leader – Global Food Science Company

“A Great Hands on Experience and networking opportunity with other organizations!”  Innovation Analyst, Fortune 200 Company

“This program is an asset to my growth and I look forward to continuing to use what I have learned!” Research Scientist – Global Food Science Company

“One of my favorite things about the course and content is the ways it challenges you to think – but that in that it removes all barriers. You have to think about how you would bring this to market if there weren’t any limitations. That kind of thinking is freeing and helps you get excited about the opportunity. I feel like every time I have applied the training I have found myself thinking “this will really work – it is a good business idea.” Innovation Research Leader – Global Food Science Company

“I really enjoyed the smaller class size, learning the methods, then applying what we learned right away.” Project Manager – Mid-Market Privately Held Technology Company

Register for Innovation and Growth Mindset – Level 1 – Live Virtual Workshop

Artificial Intelligence – Fundamentals and Human Centered Strategies

Learn Ideal Models and Governance Approaches to integrate AI effectively in your organization. 

No matter your role in the organization, it’s important to understand both the advantages and downstream impacts of today’s Artificial Intelligence tools. 

With this program and digital workshop you’ll “get under the hood” and experience the fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence.  Gaining an understanding of basic human centered application of Artificial Intelligence tools, learn what the tools are trained on and considerations on how to use them within your organization.

With insight, practice and application of these skills, you’ll be able to optimize ideas and improve products, processes, and services.

In this program, you will learn the foundations of Artificial Intelligence (AI) methods and tools to gain an understanding of what might work best for your organization’s AI strategy. 

This session presents an ideal blend of fundamental Innovation and Growth Mindset Skills enhanced with Artificial Intelligence tools as the amplifier.

The session been updated to include key learnings from our most recent real world client case stories. Sharing successes, key learnings, and being real in the amount of energy and effort required to optimize Artificial Intelligence in today’s organization. 

The case stories demonstrate how application of the methods and approaches have helped their organizations put energy into uncertainty, improve resiliency, build internal capability and, most importantly, deliver results for long term growth. 

Within the certification period, you will work 1:1 with an Innovation & Growth Master Black Belt from The Innovation Garage and apply your learnings to three (3) Artificial Intelligence application assignments for your organization.

Following successful completion of the application assignments within the designated certification period, you will be awarded a DFM/DFA Certification.

In this workshop you’ll learn the very basics on:

• A history of Artificial Intelligence.
• A human centered approach to Artificial Intelligence.
• An Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Technology, Methods and Approaches.
• Creating compelling  Artificial Intelligence Strategies for yourself and your organization.
• Using Artificial Intelligence for Research and Insight.
• Using Artificial Intelligence to optimize workflows and create processes.
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) Practices and Analysis.
• Decision factors when considering an Artificial Intelligence investment within your organization.
• Review a range of governance models from simple checklists to ISO standard controls.
• A series of standard worksheets and templates to enable more effective Artificial Intelligence outputs.

 HOW IT WORKS

1) Convenient On-Line Digital Classes & Survey’s: Before attending the session, you watch a series of digital video lessons and quizzes. Plan on two (2) to (3) three hours of virtual pre-work prior to the session to watch skills videos and complete quizzes.

2) Practical “Hands on” Class: At the live remote class you’ll roll your sleeves up in interactive experiences to cover the content in a dynamic, fast paced way. The course content is covered in three two-hour sessions over three consecutive days. 

3) Valuable Application to Your Work: By attending the program, you’ll get started applying the new mindset, systems, and tools to your work – connecting the dots from theory into practical application.

Artificial Intelligence Certification: Extend your education, and increase your confidence with expert coaching and receive an Artificial Intelligence Certificate upon completion. 

Over the coaching and certification period following the live digital sessions, apply your learnings to three (3) application assignments for your organization.

Following successful completion of the three (3) application assignments, within the specified certification period, you will be awarded a Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence Completion Certificate from The Innovation Garage. 

Ohio TechCred Eligible: This program is eligible for reimbursement with an approved grant from the Ohio Department of Development.

PROOF IT WORKS

WHAT ATTENDEES SAY

Register for Human Centered Artificial Intelligence – Live Remote Digital Workshop

Agile Project Management

A blended program of Project Management Institute (PMI) and Agile Methodologies

If your role is to lead a project or program,  it’s important to consider a blend of approaches to support  successful project execution to scope, schedule and budget.  With this program and digital workshop you’ll experience a way to blend traditional PMI approaches with Agile Project Management (APM).  

With practice and application of these skills, you’ll be able to optimize ideas and improve products, processes, and services and drive execution forward.

In this program, you will learn the foundations of PMI methods and understand how to blend Agile for an effective PMO operating system with a custom curated set of tools to gain an understanding of what might work best for your organization.

This session has been updated to include key learnings from out most recent real world client case stories. Sharing successes, key learnings, and being real in the amount of energy and effort required to optimize design and manufacturability in today’s organization. 

The case stories demonstrate how application of the methods and approaches have helped their organizations put energy into uncertainty, improve resiliency, build internal capability and, most importantly, deliver results for long term growth. 

Within the certification period, you will work 1:1 with an Innovation & Growth Master Black Belt from The Innovation Garage and apply your learnings to 2 Agile Project Management (APM) application assignments for your organization.

Following successful completion of the application assignments within the designated certification period, you will be awarded an Agile Project Management certificate.

In this workshop you’ll learn the very basics on:

• Gaining an understanding of traditional Project Management (PMI) approaches contrasted with Agile Methodologies.
• Discuss the pillars of Agile and support Agile Values.
• Discuss Scrum Events and how to set up and run a Scrum Team.
• Methods to coach an Agile team and how to help the team overcome challenges.
• Specific Skills covered are as follows:
  • Organization Project Management Maturity Level Assessment
  • Project Scope, Schedule, and Budget Development
  •  Project Communications Management
  • Project Cost Management
  •  Project Premortems
  • Project Playbooks and Tools
  • Agile Project Management Best Practices
  • History of Agile
  • Agile Core Values and The 12 Agile Principles
  • Applying Agile in the organization

 HOW IT WORKS

1) Convenient On-Line Digital Classes and Assessments: Before attending the session, you watch a series of digital video lessons, assessments and quizzes. Plan on two (2) to (3) three hours of virtual pre-work prior to the session to watch skills videos and complete quizzes.

2) Practical “Hands on” Class: At the live remote class you’ll roll your sleeves up in interactive experiences to cover the content in a dynamic, fast paced way. The course content is covered in three two-hour sessions over three consecutive days. 

3) Valuable Application to Your Work: By attending the program, you’ll get started applying the new mindset, systems, and tools to your work – connecting the dots from theory into practical application.

Agile Project Management Certificate: Extend your education, and increase your confidence with expert coaching and receive an Agile Project Management certificate upon completion of the program. 

Over the coaching and certification period following the live digital sessions, apply your learnings to two (2) application assignments for your organization.

Following successful completion of the two (2) application assignments, within the specified certification period, you will be awarded a Agile Project Management completion certificate from The Innovation Garage. 

Ohio TechCred Eligible: For Ohio based organizations, This program is eligible for reimbursement with an approved grant from the Ohio Department of Development.

PROOF IT WORKS

WHAT ATTENDEES SAY

Register for Agile Project Management – Live Remote Digital Workshop