SME Offers Online Training Courses For the Manufacturing and Engineering Community
7 December 2000
SME Offers Online Training Courses For the Manufacturing and Engineering Community
SME Adds E-Learning for Manufacturing Training
DEARBORN, Mich., Dec. 7 The Society of Manufacturing
Engineers (SME) announces that it is currently offering two online courses for
the manufacturing and engineering community, Lean Manufacturing Fundamentals
and Planning Manufacturing Cells Fundamentals. These online courses are
unique in their engaging and interactive approach and enable individuals to
learn faster and at less cost than public courses. The Michigan Virtual
University is a co-sponsor.
"SME is the first professional society offering online training for the
manufacturing community," says Nancy Berg, SME executive director and general
manager. "Manufacturing professionals and companies can now opt to learn via
the Internet and these two online courses are only the beginning of SME's new
ground-breaking innovations with e-learning."
According to John McEachran, director of SME's Continuing Education &
Professional Development Division, "Engineering professionals want to learn
about the latest technologies, but many times they have a time crunch.
Registrants can take the courses at home or work at whatever time is most
convenient. They can work at their own pace, reduce their scheduling
conflicts and avoid travel while receiving quality, dynamic training. They
can also manage their learning outcome through module assessments."
Lean Manufacturing Fundamentals identifies the best practices for
understanding and implementing different portions of lean manufacturing in an
organization. The online course is designed to help an individual think
through the process of lean implementation. There are pre-assessment and
module assessment questions to help monitor an individual's understanding of
lean manufacturing and the information presented.
The second online course, Planning Manufacturing Cells Fundamentals,
highlights the fundamentals of planning and implementation of a simple or
small manufacturing cell and presents the three fundamentals of cell planning:
parts, process and coupling.
Free Demonstration Available Online
To try each online course before registering, log on to
http://www.sme.org/onlinetraining . For additional information on Lean Manufacturing
Fundamentals, Planning Manufacturing Cells Fundamentals and other upcoming on-
line courses, contact SME Customer Service at 800-733-4763 or 313-271-1500,
ext. 1600, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET, M-F. Fax: SME at 313-271-2861. E-mail:
online@sme.org . Register online at http://www.sme.org/onlinetraining . Costs are
$395 for SME members and $495 for nonmembers.
SME, headquartered in Dearborn, Mich., is the world's leading professional
society serving the manufacturing industries. Through its publications,
expositions, professional development resources and member programs, SME
influences more than 500,000 manufacturing executives, managers and engineers.
Founded in 1932, SME has some 60,000 members in 70 countries and supports a
network of hundreds of chapters worldwide.
The Michigan Virtual University is a non-profit corporation funded by the
State of Michigan to deliver workforce education and training through
electronic technologies. MVU is the parent corporation of the Michigan
Virtual Automotive & Manufacturing College and the Michigan Virtual
Information Technology College.