P&Q Seminar

This seminar is designed to aid purchasing agents, salesmen, engineers and management personnel in developing a plastics vocabulary. Through a format that combines lectures, case studies, and written exercises, you will learn to estimate and analyze quotes, select a vendor, write a purchase order, run a successful cost reduction program and much more. If you desire to expand your knowledge of technical terminology and current industry practices, this seminar is for you.

What Plastic Process Should I Use?
Review of Production Plastic Processes
How Can I Get to Market Faster?
- How CAD, FEA & CAE Are Shortening Development Time
- Faster Prototyping Options
- Better Computer Simulation Solutions
What Parts of the Country Tend to Be More Competitive?
- Survey of the Injection Molding Industry
How to Estimate and Analyze Quotes
- How to Prepare a Quote - Class Problem(s)
- How to Analyze a Quote
- How to Find out What the Competition Is Doing
- How to Justify More Expensive Tooling and Lower Overall Project Cost
- How to Evaluate Alternatives
Purchase Plastic Parts Smarter
- Standards and Practices of Plastic Molders
- Avoiding the pitfalls in writing a P.O.
- Parts Not Meeting Specification
- What to Put in a Purchase Order
What to Look for in Selecting a Vendor.
What to Look for in Selecting a Customer.
What to Look for in Cost Reduction Programs.