http://manufacturing.georgiainnovation.org/feature_projects Fri, 31 Aug 2007 19:54:17 GMT Feature Projects for Manufacturing /feature_projects/details/24 Manufacturers in Georgia share a common, and very real, concern: maintaining the flow of a workforce skilled in high-tech manufacturing. With that in mind, the Center of Innovation for Manufacturing Excellence (CIME) in Gainesville is assisting students in gaining a competitive edge by offering workforce development camps focused on advanced manufacturing. CIME conducted interactive robotics and motor sports camps in December at their state-of-the art facilities on the campus of Lanier ... Sat, 03 Mar 2007 15:41:03 GMT /feature_projects/details/24 info@georgiainnovation.org /feature_projects/details/23 "If you build it, they will come." This quote from the 1989 movie Field of Dreams was referred to Kevin Costner turning his corn field into a baseball field - and the ghosts of the 1919 Chicago White Sox showing up to play. For Jay Menefee, President and CEO of the ammunition company Polywad, Inc, nothing is more true than this quote. After 11 years in Monroe County, Polywad is building a brand new facility in an industrial park in rural Crawford County. Once Polywad relocates, "they"... Fri, 09 Feb 2007 22:24:03 GMT /feature_projects/details/23 info@georgiainnovation.org /feature_projects/details/13 Last January, the Forsyth County Alliance Robotics team found themselves staring at a box of junk - sprockets, wires, motors, gears, processors and more. From this pile, they were to design and build a robot in six weeks that could play basketball. The task was part of the FIRST - For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology - worldwide annual robotics competition. For this rookie robotics team, the task went well beyond building a robot. The competition teaches real worl... Wed, 08 Nov 2006 21:35:05 GMT /feature_projects/details/13 info@georgiainnovation.org /feature_projects/details/7 "Drinking from a fire hose" is the vivid description R.K. Whitehead, President of Whitehead Die Casting in Gainesville, gives regarding how a 20 percent growth rate and shortened lead times from customers affected his company. "Our product is solid, but our internal operating system was out of date, resulting in inefficiencies. We needed to be nimble enough to meet customer requirements and we had to change our production philosophy to make that happen." A family owned business since the 1... Fri, 21 Jul 2006 19:30:46 GMT /feature_projects/details/7 info@georgiainnovation.org /feature_projects/details/1 If the saying "You can't get there until you know where you are going" is true, ZF Industries will definitely reach their goal - with the help of a process improvement "map" known as Value Stream Analysis provided via the Center of Innovation for Manufacturing Excellence (CIME). Tracy Sykes, Lean Coordinator for ZF Industries, said "the right hand did not know what the left hand was doing," with respect to the formerly cumbersome internal process involved in the timely tracking and mailin... Tue, 04 Jul 2006 18:36:10 GMT /feature_projects/details/1 info@georgiainnovation.org /feature_projects/details/50 The staff of the Center of Innovation for Manufacturing Excellence is currently assisting entrepreneurial clients of the Manufacturing Development Center in Gainesville, Georgia. Products under development are related to everything from medical assisting to recreational devices. The CIME staff are providing design, development, and prototyping services to these entrepreneurs. The CIME staff is providing these services in a partnership with the MDC, as a vehicle to assist these entrepreneur... Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:31:19 GMT /feature_projects/details/50 info@georgiainnovation.org