LEAN ENTERPRISE HIGH PERFORMANCE MANUFACTURING TRAINING

The Impact Dakota LEHPM training helps businesses achieve higher profitability by building internal capability and capacity to improve QUALITY, COST, and DELIVERY. This training is based on the Lean Enterprise Certification (LECP) body of knowledge and uses standards developed and judged by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) in partnership with Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME) and the Shingo Institute. 

Next Course Starts: March 5, 2024 in Fargo. Click below for details and registration.

Additional 2024 sessions have been added; visit www.impactdakota.com/events.

LEAN 101 WORKSHOPS

During this one-day Lean overview, you will learn about the Top 10 Lean Tools, C4/A3 Idea Generation, Problem Solving, and participate in a Lego simulation. 

Click below to register for March Lean 101 Workshops: March 20 (Jamestown) March 28 (Grand Forks)

Check our website calendar for additional dates and locations.

ExporTech™ is a structured process designed to accelerate export growth for small- to medium-sized manufacturers and service providers. 

The program is specifically targeted at the executive leadership of forward-looking companies that want to develop and execute a strategic growth plan to expand international sales. 

Most participants already export, and are either inexperienced, reactive exporters looking to become more proactive, or are experienced and want to get to the next level by developing a strategy for growth.

Impact Dakota is proud to introduce the SCOIN program Supply Chain Optimization Network, as part of an exciting MEP offering.  In today’s supply chain, it is getting more difficult to locate and source components and parts. Many companies are getting weary of finding potential suppliers. Some manufacturers are hesitating to take on new work because they don’t know where they will find the workers due to labor shortages. Impact Dakota is here to help.

Click Here to learn more about the SCOIN Program. 

The moment we are walking/driving along our path, a shiny squirrel with a sign on his back with big letters (PROBLEM) runs across our view. At this moment, leaders begin the cycle of problem solving:

They form perceptions regarding the nature of the problem, the economies of scale, and the potential risks associated with it. This begins the cycle of formulating a resolution plan. 

This article is not about leadership though. It is about LEADERSHIP. The kind that is a "behavior" and not a title. The intent is to formulate purpose and reflection around our own behaviors' and how we apply them for results beyond our initial formulation for resolution.

Click here to read this article written by Impact Dakota Board of Directors member Fred Kainz.

Impact Dakota is partnering with NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NIST MEP) and our nationwide network of 50 other MEP Centers across the U.S. and Puerto Rico to help solve supply chain gaps encountered by manufacturers, government entities, and critical service providers. 

DO YOU HAVE A GAP? ARE YOU ABLE TO FILL A GAP?

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