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ESC/Product Development News - Download December Newsletter

Personnel

03/02/09 Andy Cothrel joins ESC as an associate. He brings extensive experience in diagnostic devices, research systems and reagents, orthopedics, and emergent care medical devices. Read more about Andy.
11/04/08 Tucker Benedict has joined ESC's team to help with the product development improvement project with (confidential).
09/27/08 Andy Cook has joined ESC's team to help with the product development improvement project with (confidential) and work on product development marketing.
07/24/08 James Alt has joined ESC's team to help with ESC's marketing efforts. James has recently completed his MBA from IPFW.

   

Events

02/09/09 ESC's Advisory Board held its third meeting at ESC.
01/16/09 ESC has completed the engagement with (confidential) to improve their product development performance.
11/04/08 Orthopedics Design Technology (ODT) conference & expo - Fort Wayne
10/12/08 Sam Wakeel conducted a "Product Development Process  Introduction" Workshop at RITI. There were 25 participants from 11 companies from industries ranging from appliances, IT, paper, and plastics.  The workshop covered introducing PD and PLM, exploring issues with product development (and their effects), case studies, and a mini-group project.
09/19/08 Sam Wakeel is scheduled to conduct a "Product Development Process  Introduction" Workshop – IPFW Continuing Studies.
08/28/08 Sam Wakeel conducted a "Product Development Process  Introduction" 90-minute courseTQM Network.
07/01/08 ESC's Advisory Board held its second meeting at ESC.
05/15/08 Sam Wakeel completed Lean Six Sigma project (IPFW Six Sigma program) for Roembke Manufacturing - Ossian, IN to improve Re-work tracking.
03/28/08 20 tips for Top Leaders – IPFW continuing studies
04/17/08 Inspire Conference – TQM/IVY-Tech
05/05/08 Bio-Sciences monthly forum - Indianapolis
05/06/08 Advanced Manufacturing Summit – Purdue University, West Lafayette
05/07/08 Part2Design Expo - Schaumburg, IL
05/08/08 ESC had a booth at the Fort Wayne Business Expo.
01/22/08 ESC's Advisory Board held its first meeting at ESC.
10/31/07 Orthopedics Design and Technology Conference & Exposition 

 

Engagements

Sept 2008 ESC started a special study for a major truck OEM to study their Axle performance. Case Study
Sept 2008 ESC started Phase-1 of Product Development & Commercialization of an orthopedics company. Case Study
July 2008 Sam Wakeel and Stacey Trick have started an assessment of Product Development & Commercialization of an orthopedics company.
May 2008 ESC has completed a Process evaluation and improvement engagement with Team Quality Services - Auburn, IN. Case Study


Training/Certificates

May 2008 Six Sigma Certificate – IPFW
May 2008 RFID Sigma Certificate – IPFW