Reduction of waste is the main goal of any lean initiative. Learn how Factory Design Suite can help you to minimize inventory, maximize space efficiency, optimize product travel in the factory, and decrease energy costs. If you are participating in or thinking about lean manufacturing, this class will help you to meet your objectives

In the effort to digitize the construction site, project teams and company leaders are tasked with deploying new software, but adoption of new technology in construction is not as simple as buying software and training users. A structured approach to deployment of any new process or platform is essential to successful deployment. This class will demonstrate how a lean manufacturing methodology can be applied to technology deployment, specifically BIM 360 software, to drive a digital construction site.

Are you trying to reduce costs through energy efficiency and waste reduction? What insights do you need from your design and manufacturing tools to help you become ultra-lean? Does your company have sustainability goals, or perhaps you want to develop them but need help? We're all ears. Join the Autodesk Sustainability team in an interactive discussion and learn ways to use Autodesk tools today to get more out of your resource inputs, increase productivity, and eliminate waste. We also want to know what matters most to you, what you're working on, and how we can work with you to achieve your sustainability goals while making your business more profitable.

Lean has been around a long time in manufacturing. In recent years, it's gained a lot of traction in construction. However, the methodologies and tools used by lean practitioners are relevant in almost any field. In this session, we'll discuss lean, and how the various concepts and tools can apply to technology. Using lean tools will help you provide a more powerful and stable technology and computing environment for your users. Note: While explained in this class, this is not a session on the more widely known concepts of Scrum and Agile in technology. Rather, we will discuss other lean methodologies not often linked to technology. AIA Approved

The manufacturing industry achieves benefits through standardization of parts and repetitive processes. Conversely, these benefits are very difficult to attain in the steel fabrication industry, where almost every assembly is made of custom or one-off parts. This industry talk will highlight how Building Information Modeling (BIM) software and lean processes can be used to achieve similar benefits to the manufacturing industry, despite the diverse range of structures and total lack of standardization in the structural steel industry. Design review, drawing production, fabrication issue, quality control, radio frequency interference management, and installation tracking can all be optimized using disruptive thought and cloud-based tools to ensure each stakeholder receives the correct information at the right time across every stage of the project. Forget everything you already knew about the steel fabrication workflow and bring an open mind ready to learn how to take structural steel construction into a new fully optimized era!

Does your business run on continuous improvement? Are you looking to decrease waste? Have you been trying to integrate lean into your business processes? Learn how Fusion Lifecycle can help evolve your business into a lean enterprise.

The country’s leading mechanical contractors were some of the earliest adopters of Building Information Modeling (BIM) due to the vast potential for off-site prefabrication. Nearly ten years after its first BIM project, J.C. Cannistraro is sharing some lessons learned from modeling, fabricating, and building some of the most high-profile hospital and biotech projects in the Northeast. Using primarily Autodesk® Navisworks® and Autodesk® Fabrication software, we will explain how we use collaborative thinking, Lean methodology, and BIM tools throughout the preconstruction and construction phases to maximize the efficiency of delivery and installation on every project.

This hands-on lab teaches how to use Inventor software to simplify workflows, data processing, and proprietary designs using the Inventor Simplification feature. Simplification, previously available from Autodesk Labs as a technology preview, is now included with Inventor 2014. The Simplification tool is leaner than Shrink Wrap, yet it produces well-derived components. Intelligent referencing can and will assist in the heavy upper loads for large assemblies. Combinations of iParts and iAssemblies are also included. The lab begins with a short lecture discussing preparation for Simplification, then transitions into workflow layout methodology. We end with Inventor modeling. You will learn best practices for using components and assemblies to reduce time spent (productivity) and to increase drawing information.

Traditionally, design decisions are made and solutions are developed before understanding the potential outcomes of those decisions. We then validate the solutions, revise decisions, and redesign, creating massive waste in the process. This is the paradox of design. Design optimization techniques and technology (APIs, visual programming, and simulation tools) can help break this paradox by simulating many options and the potential outcomes—informing decisions rather than simply validating them after the fact. This technology will change how we design, much like the advent of Building Information Modeling (BIM) did a decade ago. Therefore, it is critical to understand the fundamental changes to the design process that will be necessary to capitalize on this new technology. This round-table discussion will explore the paradox of design, as well as the challenges of design optimization, lean design processes, simulation technology, and computational design.

New manufacturing processes and hardware are changing the way products are designed and made. This class will focus on how companies can use innovative DED (directed energy deposition) additive processes in their businesses to respond faster, produce more efficiently, and produce parts they couldn't have through traditional manufacturing techniques. We'll be focusing primarily on PowerMill 2019 software's support for additive/hybrid manufacturing processes, and the Diversified Machine Systems (DMS) Hybrid Machining Center that combines 5-axis additive and 5-axis subtractive machining. You'll learn which industries have lead the way in adopting these technologies and how they've implemented them, which applications in your shop could benefit from DED hybrid technology, how to most effectively plan for hybrid processes, and how to best utilize the new Additive tools in PowerMill.

Mr. Ma is the technical director of China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) 8. CSCEC is the world biggest construction corporation, ranked Fortune 52. CSCEC 8 is the major subsidiary of CSCEC, with more than $40 billion in annual contracts. There are approximately 3,000 Building Information Modeling (BIM) engineers in CSCEC 8 who are dealing with BIM-related business. This class will show you how to use BIM technology (especially Autodesk, Inc., Solutions) to strengthen the construction management capabilities for general contractors in China, and we will share the real BIM values with megaproject experiences. The samples will be CTF Tianjin Financial Center (580 meters in height), Shanghai New International Expo Center (140 million square meters), and ICON Cloud (a landmark in west China). The following values that we may introduce include BIM for planning, site management, quantity takeoff, 4D/5D simulation, BIM+RFID (Radio Frequency Identification and Detection), laser scanning, fabrication, and BIM 360 software, and so on.

The world of manufacturing is rapidly changing. As designers, engineers, and manufacturers, we need to be more agile as our customers’ demands for the products they buy and use change. No longer are consumers happy with the status quo; more and more consumers want to be able to select and customize the products they are purchasing. So how can we stay competitive while giving consumers more choice? This is a problem we have spent the last 2 years tackling. Learn how a little start-up in a remote town in New Zealand is tackling this problem head-on with the help of Fusion 360 software and some good old kiwi ingenuity. We have been working hard to involve both existing and future customers in the product design and development process, letting our customers not only get the products they want, but get them at affordable prices. In this class, we will cover some of the ongoing challenges and key solutions to help make your road to agile manufacturing and industry 4.0 a little easier.

The world of manufacturing and production technology is constantly changing. The uprising of the maker movement has seen many people gaining access to an array of machinery and technology on a scale never before seen and opening many doors that were previously locked solid, encouraging many ideas to become reality that have previously been unachievable. Micromanufacturing is the transformation of dreams and ideas into reality through the use of low-cost, minimalistic production technology and equipment in home-style businesses across the globe. In this class, we’ll cover the evolution of micromanufacturing, the ability it has to transform small ideas into viable products for a fraction of the cost of traditional manufacture, and some real-world applications for micromanufacturing in an innovative, small-scale production environment.

Every company needs new and digital ways of collaboration. People and processes of different companies want and need to communicate and interact online. Therefore solutions have to be created that an internal IT infrastructure can easily adapt with cloud computing solutions. With BIM4Manufacturing there is a great "MacGyver" way for cloud collaboration in manufacturing and with suppliers. This webinar describes an agile way of process optimization by optimizing sprint by sprint different areas (sales, processing, production, purchasing, ...). Within a few days, processes in traditional manufacturing and/or extended workbenches can be digitally transformed. All that is needed is an internal IT structure (ERP/DMS/PDM) that can export data and documents. Every employee can immediately participate in his work process, consume CAD files and create added value.

Until recently, the construction industry has suffered a technology bypass, relying on centuries-old processes to manage projects that are getting more complex and demanding faster execution. This class will discuss how Building Information Modeling (BIM) is making a shift by industrializing construction and setting up off-site assembly lines for manufacturing modules that can just be assembled on-site by a lean team. Case studies will be discussed from several iconic, global project executions where assembly line manufacturing construction processes were deployed for amazingly fast construction, reducing the on-site work, wastages, and costs. The main focus of this class is using BIM to support modular design and industrialized construction. Attendees will learn when and how to set up these assembly lines and the challenges associated with them.

In this class, we’ll cover four topics of automotive manufacturing: mold simulation and CAM, factory planning, automated manufacturing, and emerging design and manufacturing technology. We’ll begin with the challenges that automotive tooling companies face, and how the use of new technology and increased machine utilization can address the needs of more-complex and accurate tooling. From there we’ll move to factory planning and ways in which to address the challenges that drive change in manufacturing facilities; the problems that arise because of change; and the use of a unified digital model to manage this. We’ll then look at how manufacturing productivity can be increased using intelligent automation, and how it can improve consistency and component reliability. And we’ll finish discussing the use of emerging technology like generative design and additive and hybrid manufacturing, as manufacturers look to improve performance and efficiency of vehicles to meet sustainability and regulatory requirements.

On every project, Skanska aims to drive value for customers. Our national expertise in lean principles and methods encourages creative, collaborative thinking among employees, and promotes a continuous effort to eliminate waste throughout our operations. A founding member of the Lean Construction Institute, Skanska has applied lean approaches in many construction sectors focused on helping clients realize their visions. At the project level and specific to pull planning, Skanska continues to evolve from executing pull plans to fully implementing the Last Planner System. The intent of this session is to share some better practices for managing pull plans, and also to demonstrate how the firm is using BIM 360 Plan software to do so.