Impact Dakota is partnering with MinnDak Manufacturers Association, Greater Fargo Moorhead Economic Development, Grand Forks Region Economic Development, NDSU Research & Technology Park, UND Center for Innovation, and the Highway 2 Manufacturer's Association to plan "Resources for Manufacturers" half-day events.

We are requesting your feedback to help with planning these events to provide topics of interest and value to manufacturers.

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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 Upcoming Workshops - August 29th in Fargo and several dates and locations have been added.

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: September 11, 2024, in Dickinson. Click below for details and registration.

In this training, participants will gain the knowledge and skills they need to audit your company’s quality system to the ISO9001 standard, the requirements, auditing principles, how to establish an audit program, gather objective evidence, and prepare audit conclusions. In addition to the lecture, participants will get to do experiential activities and gain hands-on auditing practice. There will be ample time throughout the training for questions and answers.

Impact Dakota and the Greater North Dakota Chamber partnered together to showcase real work being done in North Dakota — individuals getting the job done in an industry that continues to evolve with technology advances and demand. We are excited to celebrate the workforce of North Dakota Manufacturing while showcasing the potential in this industry and highlighting the diversity in positions. 

This event is to celebrate this year's honorees with a luncheon and program. 

One of the most significant new FDA rules is the Preventive Controls for Human Food rule. This rule states that every human food manufacturer, except for the very smallest who will have modified requirements, must have somebody on staff who has completed a Preventive Controls for Human Food class.

This three-day event will prepare you for the REQUIRED facility Food Safety Plan as well as ongoing verification of the plan.

Supply Chain Optimization and Intelligence Network

Supply Chain challenges can disrupt a manufacturing business, even to the point of the business closing its doors. We have seen this all too often in the last few years. Companies who thought their supply chain was solid and running smoothly, suddenly see lead times in the months and years, not weeks or days. Costs increased, if the products were available at all, and not sitting off the coast on a container ship waiting to come to port. 

On a Friday afternoon, I got a request from a desperate Engineering Camp coordinator for an onsite two-hour tour of our company operations the following Tuesday, just two business days away. Eighteen high school students were learning about engineering careers and topics and they suddenly had an opening in their schedule she needed to fill. We had just completed an extraordinary week of events with dignitaries and business partners visiting us, remote workers on site, charity fundraisers, company picnics and intern celebrations every evening. 

Supply Chain Optimization and Intelligence Network

Impact Dakota has expanded and launched the Supply Chain Optimization and Intelligence Network (SCOIN). This exciting new program is designed to build robust supply chain opportunities for North Dakota manufacturers by understanding the strengths of our North Dakota manufacturers and connecting them with other manufacturers across the state and nation as possible new customers, or suppliers that they may be looking for. SCOIN is offered at no cost to you. 

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. 

Click here to learn about the SCOIN service.

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

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