Scheduled Public Training

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Leadership Excellence An MMEC Lean Leadership Event sponsored by MMEC, MT Department of Commerce & SBDC:
5 locations (Billlings, Bozeman, Helena, Missoula, Kalispell
5 different dates to choose from

ISO 9001/2008 Internal Quality Auditor Training - BOZEMAN 3-days

SEEING TO LEARN Plant Tour Event - KALISPELL OCT 5

ISO LEAD AUDITOR Training - RAB-QSA certified course -- Bozeman, 4-days

Leadership Excellence with Bill Waddell. An MMEC Lean Leadership
5 locations (Billlings, Bozeman, Helena, Missoula, Kalispell)
5 different dates to choose from

Just click the image above to learn more about this rare opportunity to bring you a leading Lean thinker who gets it when it comes to the issues and needs of small companies is brought to you by MMEC, MT Department of Commerce Business Resources & Montana Small Business Development Center (your local SBDC.)

The 1st 10 to register at each location receive a free copy of Simple Excellence, courtesy of Montana Deparmtent of Commerce!

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Benefit: Adopting the ISO quality standard and training internal auditors to monitor your quality system helps build better supplier relationships, reduces rework, scrap, and product returns. It helps set performance expectations, promotes consistency, and can reduce new employee training time. Compliance demonstrates the capability of a supplier to control processes and is a means by which the marketplace judges suppliers and partners - competitive advantage.

Cost: $895 per person. Includes a live audit practicum at a local manufacturer. Course materials, refreshments & lunch are provided each day.
Presenter: Mark Shyne from the Montana Manufacturing Extension Center, plus audit coaches

Seating is limited to 16-20 participants depending on audit facility needs.
Questions? Please contact Mark Shyne at 994-3813.

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ISO 9001-:2008 LEAD AUDITOR Training - BOZEMAN, October 18-21 (FOUR DAYS)

8 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily, includes lunch & refreshments.
MMEC Conference Room, 2310 University Way, Bldg 2 (south of the MSU stadium off Kagy Blvd)

Written tests on each of the RABQSA knowledge competency units:
QM - Quality Management Systems
AU - Management Systems Auditing
TL - Leading Management Systems Audit Teams
will be given on Days 2, 3 and 4. Detailed exam instructions will be provided. Certificates of Attainment in each competency unit will be provided for students who are deemed "Competent" for each competency unit. Certificates of attendance are provided to those who do not pass the competency test(s), and students will be given the opportunity to retake the test(s).

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Cost: $1,295 per person. Course materials, refreshments & lunch are provided each day. Seating is limited; register early.

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Lean Manufacturing - Workshop & Simulation
"Play the Lean Game," full-day
KALISPELL - date TBA
Montana Coffee Traders "Grange" facility
Whitefish

Click Title to link to information and registration for the
KALISPELL Lean Manufacturing workshop/simulation.

Fee is $195 for one person; group rate for 6 or more from one company $175 each. Includes materials, refreshments & lunch.

Seating is limited to 20 participants.
Pre-registration required.
Questions? Please contact MMEC or phone (406) 994-3812.

Presenter: Bill Nicholson, MMEC

Learn, first hand how to improve quality and delivery performance, reduce cycle time, eliminate hidden wastes, and significantly reduce work in process (WIP) for greater profitablility. Gain maximum benefit by registering your key staff for this valuable training. Get to know your manufacturing peers over lunch.

To receive email notifications of MMEC-related training events, put "request notifications" in subject line of an email with all contact info to Deborah Nash

Click to see special needs and cancellation policy at bottom of this page as well as privacy policy.

For in-house sessions or to discuss Incumbent Worker Training & available grants from MT Department of Labor, contact your
local field engineer.

If you would like to be on an active waiting list for your area, please contact MMEC at 406-994-3812 or email [email protected]

Special Needs: To request disability accomodation or inform us of special needs you may have regarding training, please contact MMEC at [email protected] or phone 406-994-3812.

MMEC Cancellation Policy: For registrations cancelled less than seven days before course date, a 50% registration fee will still apply; however, substitutions at the full rate are allowed. We reserve the right to cancel courses that do not have minimum enrollment and registration fees would be fully refunded.

MMEC Privacy policy: The contact information you provide is used to process payment for this trainng. It will be used to create a name badge. For a training participant list, we may publish your company name, company URL, company product/service description, your name (and title, if available) phone and fax numbers, email address & Web URL to be shared with the event participants. Because your participation in our training events shows an interest in manufacturing topics, we may add you to our e-notification and e-news service list if you are not currently a recipient. We do not sell your personal information, address, phone number or email address to any individual or organization.

If you have any general questions or concerns related to this or other MMEC training, please contact Deborah Nash or phone (406) 994-3812.

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