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Product Development Breakfast Club

Monthly Forum focused on Product Development

Product Innovation, Development, and Commercialization

Product development focus: idea generation strategies, requirement gathering, requirement processing, product development process, prototyping, launch challenges, quality, design verification and validation, portfolio management, supply chain, etc...

Industry focus: What are the trends in some industries such as automotive, energy, orthopedics, medical equipment, how do these trends affect us locally?

Date: Repeats the second Monday of each month

Format: Informal atmosphere, but a moderator will be assigned to guide the discussion

About the Facilitator & Event Organizer

Dr. Sam Wakeel has a PhD in Engineering from the University of Iowa. He has over 19 years of professional experience in the Automotive, Orthopedic, and Energy Generation industries. His work portfolio includes Ford, DTE Energy, PMP (Canada), Navistar, AEP, Cummins, Caterpillar, and others.

Dr. Wakeel’s expertise cover Engineering Design & Optimization, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Product Development, Supply chain management, Product integration & Manufacturing, Program/Project Management Office (PMO) development, Decision making, Performance Metrics, Training, Organizational Development, and Management Consulting.

While working for Ford, he held several engineering, product, and management positions within the Lincoln LS, Explorer, and Expedition programs, and the Blue Diamond Joint Venture. His work within Ford and with its suppliers has resulted-in significant cost reductions, numerous improvements in designs, and error proofing of assembly processes. He has received an award for 98% reduction in warranty.

Most Recently, he has successfully led a product development assessment and improvement engagement with a major orthopedics company in the US.

Agenda & Past Topics

7:30-8:00a.m. Breakfast
8:00-9:00a.m. Discussion and Networking

Past topics:

Measuring performance of product development
Supplier development – techniques and challenges
Software Development challenges (including embedded software)
Voice of the Customer: Its importance within NPD, techniques, and best practices

Specifics

Who Should Attend:		Product Development Practitioners & Managers, as well as entrepreneurs and consultants.
Where:		IHOP
Directions:		IHOP #5465 1535 W Washington Center Rd (intersection of Lima Rd and Washington Center Rd), FORT WAYNE, IN 46825-4144 IHOP #: (260-490 4467) Google Directions: http://bit.ly/4O4IoB
Speaker/Instructor		Dr. Sam Wakeel, Facilitator
Cost:		No cost to attend. Food & Beverage to be covered by individuals attending.
Registration:		Limited to the first 12 people -- Please register early to ensure a spot. Click the blue “Register Now!” button. For questions or more info, contact us at register@tqmnet.com, or (260) 627-8139.
Deadline:		Please register as early as possible, but not later than 2/7/2010.

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