| 1/21/10 |
ESC is scheduled to hold a "Lunch & Learn" event at the NIIC (Fort Wayne, IN). The event is titled "Product Development For The Growing Ventures" |
11/6/09
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12/4/09 |
Sam held two "Expert in Residence" programs at the Northeast Indiana Innovation Center (NIIC). The program is a half-day of short consultation sessions with NIIC's resident companies to help them with product development needs. |
| 9/24/09 |
Sam, Stacey, and Andy held a seminar at Purdue Research Parks (West Lafayette, IN)
titled "From Research to Proudct Development". This is geared to startups moving from Stages 1&2 to Stage 3, either implementing full product development or licensing off their technology. |
| 8/28/09 |
Sam Wakeel Conducted a session titled "Successful Innovation and Product Development" at TQM |
| 7/21/09 |
ESC held a booth at the Windiana Conference/Expo in downtown Indianapolis. |
| 8/10/09 |
Sam Wakeel establishes a monthly informal meeting titled "Product Development Breakfast Club". For more information contact Sam |
| 6/20/09 |
Sam Wakeel is scheduled to conduct "Product Development & Innovation - Introduction" Short Course / Workshop – RITI |
| 06/11/09 |
Sam Wakeel is scheduled to conduct "Product Development & Innovation - Introduction" Short Course / Workshop – IPFW Continuing Studies. |
| 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 course – TQM 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 |
| Oct 2009 |
Engineering Study - ESC started a special study for a major truck OEM to analyze system performance. |
| Aug 2009 |
Project Management Process - Sam is leading a team to implement a new project management process at a major US energy company. |
| July 2009 |
Business Process Optimization - We will be conducting a business process reengineering and optimization for a dairy products development and manufacturing company. The scope includes setting metrics/KPIs and improving performance for several departments: Finance, Marketing, Operations, R&D, Distribution, HR, Customer Support, Purchasing, and Maintenance. |
| June 2009 |
Effective training for Small medical devices company based in the US that is developing advanced technologies for several medical applications. We will be conducting product development training and project plan improvement workshop. Future product development excellence initiatives may include building-up the full R&D organization and corresponding product development process. |
| April 2009 |
Technical Assistance - A startup manufacturing company that will serve several industries. We are acting as a product development advisor. |
| Nov 2008 |
Engineering Study ESC completed 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 |
Product Development Maturity Assessment: ESC has completed an assessment of Product Development & Commercialization of an orthopedics company. |
| May 2008 |
Business Process Modeling - ESC has completed a Process evaluation and improvement engagement with Team Quality Services - Auburn, IN. Case Study |
