b'American Apprenticeship Round TableAART Holds Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh.Carnegie Mellon MIIPS Class Visits PMC.As a member company, Oberg was honored to hostOberg was honored to welcome Stephen Leonard (Professor this years American Apprenticeship Round Table- Design For Manufacture) and his students from CMUs (AART) annual meeting in October. AART Secretary,Master of Integrated Innovation for Products & Services Greg Chambers, Obergs Director of Corporateat the companys Precision Machining Center in Sarver, PA Compliance, organized the two-day event whichin September. The visit included an overview of Obergs included guest speaker, U.S. Dept. of Labor Regionalmanufacturing processes, new product development and Director James Foti, a tour of Obergs Freeport plantdesign operations, and ended with a tour of the 80,000 sq. and a dinner reception. Members had a chanceft. facility and its machining equipment. The students were to network, discuss best practices, and meet withvery engaged and asked a wide variety of questions covering Obergs apprentice team and training managers.production methods, quoting processes and marketing AART members come from various business sectorsstrategies. Professor Leonard gave the students an assignment such as aerospace, manufacturing, pharmaceutical,to capture and write about a manufacturing process they saw retail and healthcare. The principle objective of theat the facility as a way to learn and internalize production organization is to assist its member companies inprocesses.meeting their requirements for an ample number ofThe MIIPS program trains the next generation of technically informed and skilled employees throughinnovators, design thinkers, disruptors, and world changers comprehensive, carefully planned, and effectivelyto tackle industry and societys greatest challenges in a world managed technical training programs. that increasingly merges technology with humanity.OBERG.COM 11'