Dr. Roy of Nutek, Inc. presents a brief overview of the basic principles of DOE methodologies and introduces strategies involved in achieving robust products. The discussions will also include methods for making products with static and dynamic performance characteristics that are insensitive to the influence of uncontrollable factors. The use of Qualitek-4 software for experiment design and analysis of results will also be demonstrated.

Ranjit K. Roy, Ph.D., P.E. PMP (Mechanical Engineering, president of NUTEK, INC.), is an internationally known consultant and trainer specializing in the Taguchi approach of quality improvement. Dr. Roy has achieved recognition for his down to earth style of teaching of the Taguchi experimental design technique to industrial practitioners

Dr. Suren N. Dwivedi is the Regents Eminent Scholar and Professor of Manufacturing in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.He has worked in different areas related to IPPD and concurrent engineering for more than 15 years.  He was one of the founders of the Concurrent Engineering Research Center at West Virginia University, using the support of the DARPA initiative in concurrent engineering (DICE).  This initiative project in Concurrent Engineering has been supported by DARPA for five years.  He has implemented successfully the concepts of IPPD and concurrent engineering in curriculum development, as well as in enhancing technology transfer.  Since the beginning of his career, he has functioned in both academic and industrial circles. He is also the Chief Editor of the journal, entitled the International Journal of Agile Manufacturing. He has guided several projects and has published over 200 research papers in areas related to Integrated Product and Process Development (IPPD), Concurrent Engineering and Agile Manufacturing. His research also includes manufacturing systems and CAD/CAM.

The Supply Chain Logistics Model is a powerful training tool designed to assist 0rganizations better  understand supply chain logistics concepts and alternatives.  The hands-on interactive workshop provides the user with a real-time, reality-based experience using a physical classroom simulation model that provides a high level view of the strategic, operational and performance differences between traditional “push” and customer-driven “pull” supply chain logistics systems.  The model visibly demonstrates nearly every conceivable variable within the entire supply chain logistics network including the role of raw material suppliers, manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, transportation and customers. The live, hands-on model interaction reinforces supply chain logistics, theories, concepts and methods, thereby enhancing business  competitiveness, profitability and performance.

Dean Young is a project manager operating from VPMEP's Richmond office. Dean has over 19 years of expertise gained from progressive management roles in a variety of industries. Prior to joining VPMEP, he was a third party consultant delivering services to our clients. As a VPMEP third party consultant through his own company, Young Consulting LLC, Dean provided operations management support in lean supply chain management to Northrop Grumman Newport News Shipbuilding including project management for their Supplier Continuous Improvement program and strategic development of a Lean Supply Chain. Dean's diverse work experiences include positions as: senior project manager for Capital One Financial Corporation; director of operations services for Maxxim Medical; operations manager for General Medical Corporation; supervisor of operations for General Medical Manufacturing Company; inventory manager for Weidmuller Incorporated; and purchasing agent/production planner for Rego Company of Elon College, NC.

Dean holds a BS in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from Virginia Tech. He is certified as a NIST MEP LEAN instructor in Lean Principles, Value Stream Mapping and Lean Supply Chain Logistics as well as being certified as a Jonah in the Theory of Constraints.

Learn about traditional optimization methods, Simulated Annealing(SA) concept and algorithm, Implementing SA, Variants of SA and Speeding up SA .The workshop deals with topics like Evolution and Darwin Terminology, Types of Evolutionary algorithms, Basic idea of Genetic Algorithms, illustrative example, detailed discussion of steps, more examples and applications. Issues for EA practitioners, Parallelizing EAs, Handling Constraints, Hard problems, Philosophical discussion will also be covered. Dr. HansRaj will be giving some information on Exploration v/s Exploitation for search, hybrid methods, Hybrid stochastic search methods, Differential Evolution, Multi-objective optimization (MOO), notion of Pareto-optimality, different strategies for multiple objectives, Evolutionary MOO.

Dr. HansRaj is a faculty of Engineering in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Dayalbagh Educational Institute in Agra, India.

The simulation is a learning exercise that simulates either a motor rewind process or a software design process. Its purpose is to provide an opportunity to apply some basic Lean, Six Sigma and Theory of Constraint concepts to a representative work scenario, and begin to see how some of these techniques can lead to changes.  The simulation has 3 rounds.  The first round baselines process metrics.  In between subsequent rounds the participants are given training on basic Lean, Six Sigma and Theory of Constraint concepts and tools.  The student is then given the opportunity to apply the concepts and use the tools.  The simulation will take about four hours to complete.

Scott Rutherford is currently an Instructor/Black Belt with the US Navy Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Lean Six Sigma College, stationed at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, VA.Scott is a twelve year veteran of the US Army having served in logistics, recruiting, and operations research positions in locations in the United States and Republic of Korea. While in his operations research position at Rock Island Arsenal, IL, Scott developed one of the first artificial intelligence projects in Value Engineering, creating a heuristic-based system to automate the value engineering process.After his Army tenure, Scott spent five years in the packaging industry.Prior to his current assignment, Scott spent four years in the School of Business at Christopher Newport University.

In this workshop Dr.Raju Dandu will tell about industry proven condition monitoring technologies such as vibration monitoring and analysis, lubricant and wear particle analysis, infrared thermography, and ultrasonic analysis. Know and understand the applicability, capabilities and limitations of each technology and also see the demonstration of technologies to make informed decision about the implementation of RCM.

Dr. Raju Dandu is a faculty in mechanical engineering technology at Kansas State University at Salina, specializing in product design, development, manufacturing, and effective equipment maintenance programs. He provided reliability centered maintenance instruction and hands on training to local food manufacturer.

Mr. Greg Spaulding is a Professional Engineer with  BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering. He has 15 years experience as an engineer in a broad range of industries including aviation, computer hardware and medical equipment. For the last eight years he has been employed as a faculty member in Mechanical Engineering Technology at Kansas State University – Salina, College of Technology and Aviation.

For successful implementation of agile manufacturing, products of high quality have to be made ready for production within an aggressive development cycle time. Ensuring that a design solution will meet customer’s demands and be functionally robust as well as optimal in terms of weight and cost involves usage of a host of computer-aided engineering (CAE) techniques. Such techniques aid in conceptualization of a product and performing virtual testing of multiple options thereby eliminating the costly and time-consuming procedure of building and testing physical prototypes. In the preliminary phase of product development, benefiting from the existing knowledge base and best design practices embodied in similar products in the market can be achieved with the help of competitive benchmarking and statistical regression-based tools. In order to take the development of a product to the next level, lumped parameter modeling can be used while further detailed design development and validation can be done with comprehensive simulation tools based on techniques such as finite and boundary element methods. The workshop will highlight the essence of these heterogeneous computer-based tools and criteria for meeting product attribute targets. Examples will be given of products ranging from consumer goods to automobiles of the applications of CAE tools in an efficient manner for supporting the goals of agile manufacturing.

Anindya Deb, PhD has extensive experience in applications of CAE in product development. He has been involved with the development of I-DEAS, a well-known package for CAD/CAM/CAE. He previously worked for Ford Motor Company in vehicle design and development using advanced CAE tools especially for crashworthiness and occupant safety. He was the main author of three US patents and one European patent at Ford. He has taught engineering courses at the University of Michigan at Dearborn, and is currently with the Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He has given a number of invited technical presentations and published in international journals. He is a member of SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers).