Free Webcast to Discuss Mixed-Model Assembly

Engineers can learn how to launch and manage mixed-model assembly lines during a free, hour-long webinar March 2.

Moderated by John Sprovieri, editor of ASSEMBLY, the webinar will be presented by Dan McKiernan, president of

Elite Engineering Inc., and Dave Sly, president and founder ofProplanner.Elite Engineering designs custom control hardware and software for factory automation systems. Proplanner provides software that helps engineers plan how materials flow throughout a factory and manage how products are manufactured.

During the webinar, engineers will learn how to:

* tightly synchronize activity between an enterprise resource planning system and the plant floor.

*Quickly and easily configure PLC-based assembly workstations using their customers’ parameters.
*Revise process tasks for individual workstations in the assembly process without recoding or bringing the system down.
* Conduct full-line error-proofing for production launch and operations.

The webinar will be broadcast live from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m., Eastern time. The presentation will run approximately 45 minutes. A live, 15-minute question-and-answer session will follow. Engineers who cannot attend the live broadcast will be able to view the on-demand.

To register, visithttp://webinar.assemblymag.com.

John has been with ASSEMBLY magazine since February 1997. John was formerly with a national medical news magazine, and has written for Pathology Today and the Green Bay Press-Gazette. John holds a B.A. in journalism from Northwestern University, Medill School of Journalism.

The ASSEMBLY Show South

ASSEMBLY is thrilled to return to the Music City Center in Nashville, TN for The ASSEMBLY Show SOUTH on May 1-2, 2024. This is a booming time for manufacturing and the U.S. South is right in the heart of the action. According to ASSEMBLY’s most recent annual capital spending survey, the South is projected to account for 31 percent of total spending this year, marking the fifth straight year this region has accounted for at least 30 percent of capital spending in the U.S.

In this session, manufacturers will learn how Quality function deployment (QFD) can transform consumers’ qualitative demands into quantitative parameters that will shape the design of their product and, ultimately, their manufacturing process.

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