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Wednesday, May 18, 2016

A DUMMY'S GUIDE TO LEAN - Part VIII

Last year, we started you on the road to Lean with Value Stream Mapping. Then, we continued to demystify Lean techniques by focusing on 5S, setup reduction, and Total Productive Maintenance, Kanban, Visual Control, and Quality at the Source. Join us as we turn our attention toward Standardized Work. We hope you enjoy the story.

Lean Part VIII: Standardized Work

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Food Safety Modernization Act Educational Seminar

Tuesday, June 21 from 8:30 am - 11:00 am

SUNY New Paltz, Lecture Center 104

Through the establishment of a regulatory system based on proactive prevention, the FSM Act represents a groundbreaking paradigm shift in food safety procedure. Businesses that process, pack, hold or manufacture food will be required to have food safety plans outlined and supervised by certified staff. What does that mean for you? Find out at this educational seminar, presented by HVTDC and Prism eSolutions. Visit our HVTDC Food and Beverage website to register.

Register here.

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Manufacturing Trivia of the Month

Americans consume what percent of the 50 billion Aspirin tablets taken worldwide each year?

A. 17%

B. 32%
C. 58%
D. 94%

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see the answer!

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"In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words: people, product, and profits. Unless you've got a good team, you can't do much with the other two."

~ Lee Iacocca, Ford Motor Company

Upcoming Events

Infrastructure and the Region	Friday, May 20 from 9:00 am - 2:00 pm at Anthony's Pier 9 in New Windsor, NY, sponsored by the Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress
2016 CCMR Symposium	Wednesday, May 25 in Ithaca, NY: highlighting recent advances in novel characterization methods utilizing electrons for probing structural, physical and chemical properties of materials with spatial resolution ranging from atomic to macroscopic length scale
Food Safety Modernization Act Educational Seminar	T uesday, June 21 f rom 8:30 am - 11:00 am at SUNY New Paltz in Lecture Center 104 : What does FSMA mean for your business? Who needs a PCQI? The FDA rolled out the final installment of the new safety regulations that begun in 2011. Take part in this educational seminar to find out if your business is fully compliant, and what to do to get your facility up to date if it's not.

Manufacturing Trivia of the Month

Answer: C

58% (29 billion) of the 50 billion Aspirin tablets taken worldwide each year are consumed in the U.S. If that doesn't tell you to optimize your business operations immediately, we're not sure what will.