Related sites
Lean Product Development Initiative (http://lpdi.ncms.org)
The Lean Product Development Initiative (LPDI) is a set of products
and services built around the findings of the successful NCMS
collaborative project, Product Development Process-Methodology and
Performance Measures. These findings, based largely on the Toyota
paradigms, focus on development from a knowledge based perspective
rather than the traditional control based perspective most common in
companies today. As a result of this project, NCMS has a goal of
deploying the results to its members and to North American
manufacturing companies in general. Accordingly, LPDI is offering
workshops, training, books, consulting, change management, etc for
companies wishing to make a great leap forward in their product and
process development productivity and cycle times.
For more information about the Lean Product Development Initiative,
contact
Mike Gnam at (734) 54971, or by email at
mikeg@ncms.org
Member Services (MS-
hhttp://www.ncms.org/MembersOnly/default.asp)
Member Services is a customized web resource designed to provide
value to NCMS members. When you become an NCMS Community Services
member, your employees will have web access to manufacturing-related
news from leading sources, e-mail push features that provide updates on
manufacturing-related topics, and a directory of manufacturing resources
available on the Internet. Your employees will also receive the latest
news on NCMS activities, a list of NCMS project web pages, and they can
customize a separate page with personal links, news, weather, and stock
information.
Member Services is the base membership for NCMS. However, if you join
one of our other programs, you will also receive Community Member
Services benefits.
For more information about Member Services, contact Phil Callihan,
Executive MIS Director, General Manager, at (734) 995-2046, or by email
at philc@ncms.org
NCMS Online Store (http://products.ncms.org)
Purchase electronic courses and NCMS Technical Reports online.
Products and services are added regularly.
For more information about the online store, contact the Customer
Care Center at
customercare@ncms.org
Risk Forum (http://risk.ncms.org)
On February 19, 2003, a workshop was held at the Headquarters of the
National Center for Manufacturing Sciences in Ann Arbor, Michigan, to
form a new cross-industry initiative, the NCMS Enterprise and Supply
Chain Risk Management and Continuity Forum. Representatives from a
variety of functional disciplines within the industries, as well as the
government sector, leading researchers and technology innovators, came
together to learn from each other and consider participation in the
Forum.
Formal participation in the Forum by any one function, department or
component of a company is deemed by NCMS to entitle the entire company
or corporation to participate in the Forum.
For more information about the Risk Forum, contact Michael Fancher
at 734-995-7049, or by email at
michaelf@ncms.org
Educational
Services (ES -
http://learning.ncms.org)NCMS, a long-time provider of
conventional training services, is also positioned to offer
cutting-edge distance learning. NCMS Educational Services has
already developed web- and CD-distributable training programs
for a range of clients, from small manufacturing sector
companies all the way up to Big Three automakers. As the
electronic economy changes to place less emphasis on company
size and more on capability and preparedness, e-learning is
poised to become the mission-critical tool for business in the
next century. NCMS Educational Services offers affordable,
full-featured learning and communication solutions scalable to
fit any need.
For more information about NCMS Educational Services or to
discuss your own training needs, contact William W. Chenevert,
Senior Program Manager of Educational Services, at
734-995-7989, or by email at
wchenevert@ncms.org
Manufacturing Trust (http://trust.ncms.org)
The NCMS Manufacturing Trust program serves as a proactive alliance,
a resource and a community for manufacturing industry members who share
a common interest in improving their ability to defend the integrity of
their critical infrastructure systems and trusted collaboration
environments. The program will communicate and provide access to
advancements and best practices that address critical infrastructure
risks, threats, and opportunities for the manufacturing industry sector.
The program seeks to build trust among participants, enabling
manufacturers to leverage the expertise of partners.
For more information about Manufacturing Trust, contact Michael
Fancher, Executive Director Executive Director Collaborative Commerce at
734-995-7049, or by email at
michaelf@ncms.org
Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing
http://solvdb.ncms.org
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http://matcompat.ncms.org
NCMS has become a recognized leader in helping manufacturers deal
with environmental issues and responsibilities. In partnership with the
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency and leading trade and professional
organizations, NCMS is responsible for the creation and maintenance of
web-based Compliance Assistance Centers for a number of key industry
sectors. The Environmental Roadmapping Initiative is exploring
innovative ways to achieve environmental targets. NCMS created and hosts
the widely used SOLV-DB® solvent database, a comprehensive source of
chemical, regulatory, health and safety information on hundreds of
industry solvents. And numerous collaborative projects have enlisted the
resources of NCMS members in meeting common environmental challenges. A
variety of reports on topics ranging from metalworking fluids and
hexavalent chromium elimination to environmental self-assessment are
available.
For more information on NCMS activities in the environmental area,
contact Paul Chalmer at (734) 995-4911, or
paulc@ncms.org
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