Resources
Welcome to Dave’s Resource page for manufacturing professionals and friends of the manufacturing industry. You’ll find information here on upcoming events, helpful websites, recommended articles and books, plus other services and offers you might find useful.
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BLOG: Up, Down, Turn Around – The current global economy brings to mind the importance of solid planning in order to achieve greater levels of flexibility and responsiveness.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
What: CIO 100 Symposium: Innovation for Business Value
When: August 22 – 24, 2010
Where: Terranea Resort, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
What: IMTS 2010 – International Manufacturing Technology Show
When: September 13, 2010 to September 18, 2010
Where: McCormick Place; 2301 South Lake Shore Drive; Chicago, IL
What: 2010 APICS International Conference
When: Monday – Wednesday, October 18 – 20, 2010
Where: Wynn Las Vegas; Las Vegas, NV
What: Lean IS Green by Dave Turbide
When: Wednesday, October 20
Where: 2010 APICS International Conference in Las Vegas, NV
What: Lean to Green Manufacturing Conference
When: October 26, 2010 to October 29, 2010
Where: Hyatt Regency Columbus; 350 N. High St.; Columbus, OH 43215 US
What: Online Education Events
Who: Hosted by APICS, The Association for Operations Management
When: On-going
Where: Live and On-Demand
What: SME Webinars
Who: Hosted by SME, The Society of Manufacturing Engineers
When: On-going
Where: Live and On-Demand
RECOMMENDED ARTICLES AND BOOKS:
The Dangers of Lean — Ignore at Your Peril
Industry Roundtable Looking to Get Greener
Empowering the Lean Value Chain
Dave Turbide Bookstore – Books by Dave Turbide
Lean Supply Chain Written by Dave Turbide
Manufacturing Business Technology
Manufacturing Automation & Advanced Manufacturing
Simplify, Simplify Written by Dave Turbide
Lean And Six Sigma Written by Dave Turbide
Simply Lean Written by Dave Turbide
What Does It Take To Be Lean? Written by Dave Turbide
What Is Lean? Written by Dave Turbide
Bigger Fish Smaller Ponds Written by Jennifer Proctor for APICS Magazine
Outsourcing vs. Offshoring Written by Dave Turbide
HELPFUL WEBSITES:
APICS The Association for Operations Management
manufacturing am – consolidated source of news, blogs, videos and podcasts of interest to the manufacturing community
MHIA Material Handling Industry of America – largest U.S. material handling & logistics association representing the leading providers of material handling & logistics solutions.
MEP Manufacturing Extension Partnership – a national network of specialists who understand the needs of manufacturers
NAM National Association of manufacturers
RLA Reverse Logistics Association
SME Society of Manufacturing Engineers
Top10ERP.org – a FREE online service which indexes and compares the highest rated ERP Systems from the most trusted software vendors