Alford - Shaping Minds - Sir Mark Oliphant Cleantech ConfeerenceKristin Alford
The document discusses cleantech and ways to shape public opinion on cleantech issues. It defines cleantech as economically viable products and processes that use renewable resources and reduce emissions and waste. It identifies drivers for cleantech like sustainability and efficiency. It proposes three approaches to shaping minds: providing information and education, facilitating risk-benefit analysis, and addressing public aspirations and fears.
This document appears to be a presentation by Kristin Alford at TEDxCanberra on October 23, 2010. The presentation discusses the topics of collaborative consumption, the 100 mile diet, and Earth Overshoot Day, which occurs on August 21. The document includes photos related to these topics and information for contacting Kristin Alford through her website and Twitter account.
Emergent innovation refers to ideas that seem nonsensical at first but have the potential to transform entire industries. Kristin Alford gave a TEDx talk explaining emergent innovation and how ideas like the iPhone or personal computers were once considered strange but became mainstream. She encouraged the audience to consider ideas that don't immediately make sense as they may lead to unexpected breakthroughs.
I'm a Scientist, Get Me Out of Here (Aust)!, CONASTA 61Kristin Alford
I'm a Scientist, Get Me Out of Here! is two weeks of online madness where students ask scientists questions and get to vote. The scientists are evicted one by one until there is a winner who receives prize money of $1,000 to spend on outreach.
The program has been running in the UK for four years and in Australia for two. This presentation at CONASTA 61 explains the program and some of the insights from teacher and scientist evaluations.
Spread the word and register now for the next event in August at http://imascientist.org.au/teachers
Michigan manufacturing is thriving with innovative companies embracing new strategies like continuous improvement, lean processes, and diversity. These strategies are helping companies reduce costs like scrap by 20% and premium freight costs by 60% while increasing profits. One example is a company that implemented 1,200 user unified ERP system across 14 global locations, cutting monthly operating costs by 1/3 within 11 months.
This document provides an overview of futures thinking and strategic visioning. It discusses tools for foresight like causal layered analysis and the futures triangle. It also emphasizes that foresight requires both contemplation to generate insights as well as action to create change. Key aspects of foresight discussed include examining trends, structures, worldviews and underlying narratives to understand the push, pull and weight of different possible futures.
The document discusses innovation and generating world class ideas, noting that 20-30 ideas should be generated per day and improvements of 250-300 are expected. Meetings to generate world class ideas cost $2-3K while achieving world class results could cost $8,500 for Christmas related improvements.
Alford - Shaping Minds - Sir Mark Oliphant Cleantech ConfeerenceKristin Alford
The document discusses cleantech and ways to shape public opinion on cleantech issues. It defines cleantech as economically viable products and processes that use renewable resources and reduce emissions and waste. It identifies drivers for cleantech like sustainability and efficiency. It proposes three approaches to shaping minds: providing information and education, facilitating risk-benefit analysis, and addressing public aspirations and fears.
This document appears to be a presentation by Kristin Alford at TEDxCanberra on October 23, 2010. The presentation discusses the topics of collaborative consumption, the 100 mile diet, and Earth Overshoot Day, which occurs on August 21. The document includes photos related to these topics and information for contacting Kristin Alford through her website and Twitter account.
Emergent innovation refers to ideas that seem nonsensical at first but have the potential to transform entire industries. Kristin Alford gave a TEDx talk explaining emergent innovation and how ideas like the iPhone or personal computers were once considered strange but became mainstream. She encouraged the audience to consider ideas that don't immediately make sense as they may lead to unexpected breakthroughs.
I'm a Scientist, Get Me Out of Here (Aust)!, CONASTA 61Kristin Alford
I'm a Scientist, Get Me Out of Here! is two weeks of online madness where students ask scientists questions and get to vote. The scientists are evicted one by one until there is a winner who receives prize money of $1,000 to spend on outreach.
The program has been running in the UK for four years and in Australia for two. This presentation at CONASTA 61 explains the program and some of the insights from teacher and scientist evaluations.
Spread the word and register now for the next event in August at http://imascientist.org.au/teachers
Michigan manufacturing is thriving with innovative companies embracing new strategies like continuous improvement, lean processes, and diversity. These strategies are helping companies reduce costs like scrap by 20% and premium freight costs by 60% while increasing profits. One example is a company that implemented 1,200 user unified ERP system across 14 global locations, cutting monthly operating costs by 1/3 within 11 months.
This document provides an overview of futures thinking and strategic visioning. It discusses tools for foresight like causal layered analysis and the futures triangle. It also emphasizes that foresight requires both contemplation to generate insights as well as action to create change. Key aspects of foresight discussed include examining trends, structures, worldviews and underlying narratives to understand the push, pull and weight of different possible futures.
The document discusses innovation and generating world class ideas, noting that 20-30 ideas should be generated per day and improvements of 250-300 are expected. Meetings to generate world class ideas cost $2-3K while achieving world class results could cost $8,500 for Christmas related improvements.
This document discusses how businesses can use social media, including posting news, ideas, opinions, press releases, or videos to sites like Twitter and including URLs. It notes that Twitter has over 20 million unique visitors and that social media is no longer new, with participation and connectivity now being expected. The document suggests businesses should engage with customers on social media to build their brand and drive traffic to their website.
This document discusses overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) and how manufacturers can track production performance. It begins by explaining that OEE measures availability, performance, and quality to identify bottlenecks. It then discusses how a manufacturing execution system (MES) can help track OEE by machine, worker, shift, and material to improve processes. Finally, it explains that detailed traceability of materials through production improves quality and helps isolate problems, and technologies like RFID, barcodes, and direct part marking enable this level of traceability. The goal is to maximize OEE factors like availability, performance, and quality to achieve world-class OEE levels.
The document discusses sustainable competitive advantage through innovation. It introduces Herr Rosenstiel and Herr Willman to discuss Plex's growth and ability to facilitate business processes through its ERP software. The presentation outlines Plex's unique development process, infrastructure improvement process, and proven engagement process. It provides an overview of Plex's customers, industries served, and growth rate. The document also reviews Plex's work with IMS Gear to automate and improve processes around order to cash, procure to pay, and other key functions.
The document outlines a process with multiple parallel parts that define a core process and undergo validation. It then progresses to ongoing support, knowledge transfer, and conference room pilots before establishing relationships and choosing necessary players, caddies, balls, and clubs to go live.
The document discusses the Foundation for Continuous Innovation's EDI system and Plex Con gurator Technology. The EDI system provides online material certi cations, shipping documents, advanced parts traceability, product genealogy, container-to-container traceability, and manufacturing efficiencies. Plex Con gurator Technology offers shop floor control, multi-out production, supplier/customer management, engineering integration, and universal attachment systems. Implementing this technology can lower operational costs and increase cash reserves.
Doug Van Slembrouck is an experienced visual communicator, media producer, and marketing specialist with over 20 years of experience. He has core skills in operations management, production management, public speaking, teaching, design, and development. He has held roles such as Vice President, Chief Web Architect, Adjunct Instructor, and Developer. He has worked with companies across various industries and raised thousands of dollars for charities through his work. Testimonials praise his creativity, enthusiasm for continuous learning, and ability to transform companies through innovative visual solutions.
This document provides an update on Plex Systems, a SaaS ERP vendor. It discusses Plex's growth in new customers and unique users from 2007-2011. It also covers analyst recognition of Plex as the leading SaaS ERP vendor for manufacturing. Charts show trends in uptime, storage usage, logins and more. The document outlines initiatives in platforms, communities, and customer advisory boards.
This document discusses how businesses can use social media, including posting news, ideas, opinions, press releases, or videos to sites like Twitter and including URLs. It notes that Twitter has over 20 million unique visitors and that social media is no longer new, with participation and connectivity now being expected. The document suggests businesses should engage with customers on social media to build their brand and drive traffic to their website.
This document discusses overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) and how manufacturers can track production performance. It begins by explaining that OEE measures availability, performance, and quality to identify bottlenecks. It then discusses how a manufacturing execution system (MES) can help track OEE by machine, worker, shift, and material to improve processes. Finally, it explains that detailed traceability of materials through production improves quality and helps isolate problems, and technologies like RFID, barcodes, and direct part marking enable this level of traceability. The goal is to maximize OEE factors like availability, performance, and quality to achieve world-class OEE levels.
The document discusses sustainable competitive advantage through innovation. It introduces Herr Rosenstiel and Herr Willman to discuss Plex's growth and ability to facilitate business processes through its ERP software. The presentation outlines Plex's unique development process, infrastructure improvement process, and proven engagement process. It provides an overview of Plex's customers, industries served, and growth rate. The document also reviews Plex's work with IMS Gear to automate and improve processes around order to cash, procure to pay, and other key functions.
The document outlines a process with multiple parallel parts that define a core process and undergo validation. It then progresses to ongoing support, knowledge transfer, and conference room pilots before establishing relationships and choosing necessary players, caddies, balls, and clubs to go live.
The document discusses the Foundation for Continuous Innovation's EDI system and Plex Con gurator Technology. The EDI system provides online material certi cations, shipping documents, advanced parts traceability, product genealogy, container-to-container traceability, and manufacturing efficiencies. Plex Con gurator Technology offers shop floor control, multi-out production, supplier/customer management, engineering integration, and universal attachment systems. Implementing this technology can lower operational costs and increase cash reserves.
Doug Van Slembrouck is an experienced visual communicator, media producer, and marketing specialist with over 20 years of experience. He has core skills in operations management, production management, public speaking, teaching, design, and development. He has held roles such as Vice President, Chief Web Architect, Adjunct Instructor, and Developer. He has worked with companies across various industries and raised thousands of dollars for charities through his work. Testimonials praise his creativity, enthusiasm for continuous learning, and ability to transform companies through innovative visual solutions.
This document provides an update on Plex Systems, a SaaS ERP vendor. It discusses Plex's growth in new customers and unique users from 2007-2011. It also covers analyst recognition of Plex as the leading SaaS ERP vendor for manufacturing. Charts show trends in uptime, storage usage, logins and more. The document outlines initiatives in platforms, communities, and customer advisory boards.