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ASCM Tampa Bay invites you to join us for a presentation by Geary Havran, President of NDH Medical, on Tuesday, June 6th, regarding the medical device industry.     

This presentation discusses the history and future of the medical device industry, focusing on manufacturing trends and issues in the US, particularly in Florida and the Tampa Bay area. The analysis emphasizes manufacturing and mentions emerging technologies such as AI and automation.

A comprehensive review explores the medical device industry’s development, its products’ technological foundations, the impact of government regulations, and the international environment. With this background in mind, an examination is conducted into the industry’s future based on current and developing trends.

Manufacturing trends, such as contract manufacturing, workforce challenges, and supply chain issues, receive particular attention. In addition, there is an acknowledgment of new technologies that will shape the industry’s future, including AI, automation, and related advancements. These emerging trends can potentially transform the medical device industry landscape, paving the way for innovative solutions and improved efficiency in manufacturing processes.


Meeting Agenda:

5:30-6:00 pm | Pre-Event Networking/Check-In

6:00-6:10 pm | ASCM Announcements

6:10-6:40 pm | Dinner Service

6:40-7:30 pm | Presentation/Q&A/Meeting Adjournment

7:30-7:45 pm | Post-Event Networking

ASCM Tampa Bay invites you to join us for a manufacturing tour at Baymar Solutions, LLC, in Odessa, FL.

Baymar Solutions offers a range of product development, technical services, contract manufacturing, and technical staffing solutions. They follow a Product Development Process (PDP) that utilizes a phase gate approach, starting with project requirements and continuing through to production.

The Operations team is dedicated to driving quality and efficiency, constantly working towards in-house integration to improve quality and reduce delivery times and costs through their entire supply chain.

Baymar also provides nationwide technical staffing support to clients, leveraging established, long-term relationships in the engineering and life sciences community. The team members live by values that prioritize exceptional customer service, timely results, transparency, collaboration, intelligent decision-making, and fearlessly owning outcomes. They take pride inserving their clients and their missions with diverse problem-solving expertise.

Meeting Agenda:

5:30-6:00 pm | Pre-Tour Networking / Check-In / Welcome

6:00-6:10 pm | Baymar Solutions Business Presentation

6:10-6:50 pm | Baymar Solutions Facility Tour

6:50-7:00 pm | Tour Q&A / Adjournment

7:30-8:30 pm | Dinner w/ Baymar Solutions Hosts (Optional) 

ASCM Tampa Bay invites you to join us for a presentation by Sree Rajagopalan on the digital twin for manufacturing and supply chains.

A digital twin is a virtual model of physical entities and their interactions and consists of a combination of enabling technologies and analytics capabilities. Digital twins are not just sensors, 3D models, simulators, or applications of AI technology. It is a combination of multiple enabling technologies like sensors, cloud computing, AI,simulation, and visualization. It observes their physical environment with a network of sensors that dynamically collect real-time data. It provides end-to-end visibility and traceability, giving supply chain analysts the chance to spot patterns and potentiallypredict anomalous conditions.

Sree will discuss practical applications of Digital Twin technology for manufacturing and supply chains.

Meeting Agenda:

5:45-6:00 pm | Login/Networking

6:00-6:05 pm | ASCM Announcements

6:05-6:45 pm | Presentation

6:45-6:55 pm | Q&A

6:55-7:00 pm | ASCM Wrap Up

ASCM Tampa Bay invites you to join us for a presentation by David Dragon, Business Advisor with FloridaMakes, on Tuesday, March 7th, regarding Industry 4.0.   

The FloridaMakes Industry 4.0 presentation provides education on the origins of Industry 4.0, an overview of the nine Industry 4.0 technologies, and the six primary reasons why companies are adopting Industry 4.0 technologies.

Industry 4.0 is the term used to describe the fourth industrial revolution, which is the integration of smart, connected technology into the manufacturing sector. It is a concept that combines physical and digital components to create a fully automated and intelligent production process. This process is enabled by the Internet of Things (IoT) and advanced analytics and is expected to revolutionize manufacturing. It will enable increased automation, improved efficiency, and faster decision-making.

The Industry 4.0 presentations will also highlight Industry 4.0 solutions in each of the nine technologies that FloridaMakes has been developing with leading technology companies.

Meeting Agenda:

5:30-6:00 pm | Pre-Event Networking/Check-In

6:00-6:10 pm | ASCM Announcements

6:10-6:40 pm | Dinner Service

6:40-7:30 pm | Presentation/Q&A/Meeting Adjournment

7:30-7:45 pm | Post-Event Networking

ASCM Tampa Bay invites you to join us in Tampa, FL for our tour of Precision ERS from 6:00 - 7:00 PM on Tuesday, February 7th, 2023.

Precision ERS provides innovative repair & support services for global service providers, OEMs,and medical device companies. Their core business is the repair and refurbishment of electronic equipment.

They specialize in repairing a product that is out of the original OEM’s warranty period and Manufactured Discontinued products. This specialized capability enables their customers toextend the service life of their products. Their extensive knowledge of Repair & Return has enabled them to provide customized service offerings throughout the entire Reverse Logistics Supply Chain process.

A true multi-vendor, component-level repair organization utilizing its premier repair labs and extensive test infrastructure, its current repair capabilities encompass more than 30,000 different part numbers from over 200 different OEMs.

Precision ERS is a women-owned business (WBE) located in Tampa, Florida. Their 15-acre campus houses 120,000 square feet of operational space with an additional 55,000 square feet of off-site warehousing. More than 10 million telecom units have been repaired at this Tampa facility. Join us for our tour of Precision ERS!

Agenda:

5:30-6:00 pm | Pre-Tour Networking / Check-In

6:00-6:10 pm | Precision ERS Business Overview

6:00-6:50 pm | Precision ERS Facility Tour

6:50-7:00 pm | Tour Q&A / Adjournment

7:30-8:30 pm | Dinner w/ Precision ERS Hosts (Optional)

ASCM Tampa Bay invites you to join us for a presentation by Mr. Forrest Walker, CPSM, CPSD, and Lifetime C.P.M. on Strategic Global Risk Analysis in the Sourcing Process. 

In today’s business arena, a lean forward mindset is required to better engage and counter global risk management issues. Implementing a lasting strategic global risk management platform means that procurement staff needs to be prepared for the constant changes ahead. This demands that we, as procurement professionals, become uniquely aware of and very flexible when approaching risk in the global marketplace, as we secure the materials needed by the business.

Purchasing professionals who are sourcing in today’s global marketplace are dealing with more frequent changes in our world, which can create greater risks for the business efforts we are asked to address. This means procurement must morph into a net provider of risk information.This requires an open and receptive conduit within the business to receive the flow of data that procurement will provide.

In time, businesses will begin to secure more globally-minded team members to best interpret company-wide data points, plot any course correction, and/or confirm the stability of the current course for the business. Procurement is the point of the spear in such advanced risk management initiatives. Our roles in procurement will not only require materials, but providing data on trending will be required as well.

During the presentation, we will review a few global risk management strategies that will help you to identify and model best practices to reduce risk and likewise create opportunity for your business:  

• Proactive vs. reactive styles of risk management

• Current events and global calendar awareness

• Disruptive technology deployment and adoption

• Alignment with global standards – alignment with the world

• Micro and macro risk management protocols 

At the end of this presentation, you will have firm ideas as to what to review and how to assess the risk management needs (related to procurement) of the business you support. You will better understand those areas of review and data point collection that you will need to start routinely reviewing.

When looking at your supply base, you will be better prepared to proactively address what your sub-suppliers are doing to control risk while gaining awareness on how to train your suppliers to control risk.

Meeting Agenda:

5:45-6:00 pm | Login/Networking

6:00-6:05 pm | ASCM Announcements

6:05-6:45 pm | Presentation

6:45-6:55 pm | Q&A

6:55-7:00 pm | ASCM Wrap Up

ASCM Tampa Bay invites members of local professional associations, the academic community, and business professionals to our 14th Annual Holiday Networking Event from 6:00 - 8:00 PM on Tuesday, December 6th, 2022 at the Dunedin Golf Club.

This will be a joint meeting with the following invited, as well as other organizations:

• American Society for Quality (ASQ)

• Bay Area Manufacturers Association (BAMA)

• Financial Executives Networking Group (FENG)

• National Tooling and Machining Association (NTMA)

• Society of Women Engineers (SWE)

Our guest speaker is Dr. Al-Aakhir Rogers, founder of The Rogers Connection, who will be speaking on the topic of "Diffusion of Innovation."

Dr. Al-Aakhir Rogers is founder of The Rogers Connection, a company committed to revealing and releasing the VALUE within individuals and organizations by revitalizing unhealthy cultures into thriving productive ones.

Dr. Rogers will be speaking on the topic of "Diffusion of Innovation: Paying Attention to Detail." This topic will discuss innovative ways to become better attentive to colleagues, tasks & responsibilities, and personal development for improved organizational health.

When innovation is intentionally diffused into a system or group, new and novel concepts arise that empower forward movement.  Innovation keeps people, services, and products, relevant. When innovation is diffused, organizational health is the output. 

Holiday Networking Event Agenda

5:30-6:00 pm | Pre-Event Networking/Check-in

6:00-6:20 pm | Organizational Announcements

6:20-7:00 pm | Dinner Service

7:00-7:50 pm | Presentation: Diffusion of Innovation

7:50-8:00 pm | Door Prizes / Meeting Adjournment

8:00-8:30 pm | Post-Event Networking

ASCM Tampa Bay invites you to join us in Clearwater, FL for our tour of GE Aviation from 6:00 - 7:00 PM on Tuesday, November 15th, 2022.

GE Aviation is a world-leading provider of jet engines, components, and integrated systems for commercial and military aircraft. Their rich history of inventing the future of flight, continual investment in research and development, and talented and innovative people enable GE Aviation to rise to the challenge of building a world that works with industry-leading technology and innovation.

GE Aviation is developing the next generation of technologies to achieve greater fuel efficiency and reduce CO2 emissions with an ambition to be a net-neutral company by 2030 and a net-zero company by 2050. GE Aviation believes the world works better when it flies.

With a broad array of products, CAE Healthcare offers targeted training to hospital systems, medical programs, emergency response teams, military branches and nursing, respiratory and allied health programs.

Each CAE Healthcare product is developed in collaboration with clinicians and clinical educators whose aim is to ensure physiological accuracy and educational relevance.

Agenda:

5:30-6:00 pm | Pre-Tour Networking/Check-In/Welcome

6:00-6:20 pm | GE Aviation Business Overview

6:20-7:15 pm | GE Aviation Facility Tour

7:15-7:30 pm | Tou Q&A / Adjournment

7:30-8:30 pm | Dinner w/GE Aviation Hosts (Optional)

Logistics:

• This tour will be limited to 30 people

• Optional dinner at 7:30 pm with the GE Aviation Tour Guides. Location to be determined.

• Email programs@ascmtampabay.org with tour questions.

ASCM Tampa Bay invites you to join us in Sarasota, FL for our tour of CAE Healthcare from 6:00 - 7:00 PM on Tuesday, November 1st, 2022.

CAE Healthcare's vision is to be the worldwide partner of choice in civil aviation, defense and security, and healthcare by revolutionizing their customers’ training and critical operations with digitally immersive solutions to elevate safety, efficiency and readiness. 

CAE Healthcare delivers specialized educational tools that help healthcare professionals provide safe, high quality patient care. Their end-to-end spectrum of simulation-based solutions includes patient, surgical and ultrasound simulators with virtual and augmented reality, center management systems and turnkey solutions.

With a broad array of products, CAE Healthcare offers targeted training to hospital systems, medical programs, emergency response teams, military branches and nursing, respiratory and allied health programs.

Each CAE Healthcare product is developed in collaboration with clinicians and clinical educators whose aim is to ensure physiological accuracy and educational relevance.

Agenda:

5:30-6:00 pm | Pre-Tour Networking/Check-In/Welcome

6:00-6:20 pm | CAE Business Overview

6:20-7:15 pm | CAE Facility Tour / Q&A

7:15-7:30 pm | Tour Adjournment

7:30-8:30 pm | Dinner w/CAE (Optional)

Logistics:

• This tour is limited to 30 participants

• Closed toe shoes are required

• Safety glasses are optional

Optional dinner at 7:30 pm with the CAE Healthcare tour guides at Miller's Ale House, 3800 Kenney Drive, Sarasota, FL 34232

Email programs@ascmtampabay.org with tour questions.

ASCM and SME Tampa Bay invite you to join us for a presentation by Thomas Borkes, a mechanical engineering professional with over 35 years of technical and manufacturing experience, on Tuesday, October 11th about adding important tools to your high-tech toolbox.

**This will be a joint meeting with SME Tampa Bay, Florida Suncoast Chapter 159 of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers.

The associated learning for earning skills is barely touched on in traditional post-secondary Bachelor of Science engineering programs. Instead, the focus has been almost exclusively on teaching students learning to solve the problems at the end of the chapter.

 This presentation will provide the role of emerging, leading-edge technologies for circuit boards and higher-level assemblies. You will learn about:

• 3-D Printing

• Digital Twinning

• Factory 4.0 (Meta Process Control)

• Artificial Intelligence, Virtual & Augmented Reality

• Supply Chain Management (horizontal vs. vertical integration)

• Extreme Robotics & Automation

And finally, a real-world example of Designing for Automation (DFA) will be provided.

Virtually ignored are critical thinking, open-form problem solving (i.e., more unknowns than equations), and the other skills needed for success in the globally competitive real world. These educational programs are addressed, and potential methods to close this academic-to-real world gap are provided.

Meeting Agenda:

5:30-6:00 pm | Pre-Event Networking/Check-In

6:00-6:10 pm | ASCM/SME Announcements

6:10-6:40 pm | Dinner Service

6:40-7:30 pm | Presentation/Q&A/Meeting Adjournment

ASCM Tampa Bay invites you to join us for a manufacturing tour of Jabil's Strategic Development facility on Thursday, September 15th.

Jabil's unique strategic development facility on 16th street services just one customer - Smart Wires.

Smart Wires’ patented modular and scalable solutions—used by utilities across North America, Europe, Australia and Latin America—enable utilities to pinpoint power demand and move energy sources where needed for efficient balance of power delivery from the transmission grid. These solutions unlock gigawatts of new capacity on the existing grid by intelligently routing power to underutilized power lines.

In Jabil, Smart Wires found a global supply chain partner second to none. It’s a good thing because Smart Wires’ solutions are complex, drawing from power systems, semiconductors, cybersecurity and civil and structural engineering, among other disciplines. They also vary in size from tiny products on wires to very large systems.

Jabil has an impressive comfort level with product and system complexity, building everything from thermostat components to large wind turbines and huge lithium-ion storage containers. The company’s procurement team is equally adept at handling electromechanical and custom mechanical supply chain demands. This proved essential in sourcing components for Smart Wires’ products, which comprise up to 95% custom electromechanical designs

Source: Learn more about Jabil's partnership with SmartWires here.

Please Note:

*No photos are allowed inside the facility*

*Bring safety glasses if you have them*

 *Bring steel-toe shoes if you have them, wear tennis shoes if you don't (no flats/sandals allowed)*

*Please wear pants. Shorts/skirts are not allowed on the floor*

Meeting Agenda:

6:00-6:15 pm | Check-in/Announcements

6:15-7:00 pm | Tour/Q&A

7:00-8:00 pm | Dinner/Networking at Glory Days Grill on 4th Street

ASCM Tampa Bay invites you to join James S. Moore, CSCP, PMP, CCMC, and Director of Operations for Cardio Command, Inc, for a presentation on transitioning to remote work on Tuesday, August 16th.

If you’re new to remote work, you may feel nervous about suddenly transitioning from your workplace to your home. However, many employees thrive in these flexible arrangements, and you can learn how to thrive while working from home.

Remote work has increased by 140% since 2005. According to Global Workplace Analytics, more than 4.3 million Americans work from home at least 50% of the time. As of April 2020,due to precautions taken during the COVID-19 pandemic, the numbers in these statistics have significantly increased.

During this presentation, we will discuss work-from-home strategies that will help you to:

• Develop new routines

• Communicate with your team

• Be proud of how hard you work from home

You may be in for a pleasant surprise if you’ve suddenly transitioned to remote work. Studies also suggest that remote workers are just as happy, engaged, and productive as those who commute daily. You can do your job without going to the office daily by quickly adapting to working from home. Join us for “How to Make a Sudden Transition to Remote Work” and learn how.

Meeting Agenda:

5:45-6:00 pm | Login/Networking

6:00-6:05 pm | ASCM Announcements

6:05-6:45 pm | Presentation

6:45-6:55 pm | Q&A

6:55-7:00 pm | ASCM Wrap Up

ASCM Tampa Bay invites you to join Monica Lammert, a seasoned supply chain leader, master SCOR and Supply Chain certification preparatory trainer, and facilitator for a presentation on the mechanics and benefits of a transformation learning process on Tuesday, June 7th.

See how training coupled with a scripted process to analyze performance, analyze processes, and integrating the impact of practices and people can transform a business - agnostic of industry or operating model.

Come learn how training coupled with actually solving a problem or addressing a challenge might help sustain that muscle memory of the training as well as provide potential solutions. Monica has worked with teams across the globe to develop supply chain strategies, improve supply chain processes, and reinforce the practices that support the business and provides impacts to profit, planet, and people. Join the dialogue if you are able.

Meeting Agenda:

5:30-6:00 pm | Check-in/Networking

6:00-6:10 pm | Organizational Announcements
6:10-6:50 pm | Dinner Service
6:50-7:00 pm | Break
7:00-7:50 pm | Presentation
7:50-8:00 pm | Survey/Door Prizes/Adjournment