Free workshop to help SMEs increase design and production skills
Warwick Manufacturing Group has arranged a free two-day workshop for manufacturing SMEs to improve their awareness and understanding of key design and production-related techniques.
The workshop will take place on Wednesday 21st and Wednesday 28th February 2018 at WMG's base in Coventry.
Entitled ‘Design it, Make it, Break it,’ the workshop has been developed to provide insights for SMEs into the product design and development process using 3D Computer Aided Design (CAD) software.
It will also cover a review of how Additive Layer Manufacturing (ALM) can increase the rate of product development and consider the use of Finite Element Analysis (FEA) to ensure your design survives real world scenarios.
To find out more and register please visit: https://design-make-break.eventbrite.co.uk. For further details please email wmgsme@warwick.ac.uk or call 02476 574 299.
Meanwhile, the WMG SME Group has developed a specialist internship programme for SMEs looking for additional resource and expertise to overcome technical and strategic business challenges.
Since the programme launched, over 130 internship projects have been completed and many businesses have reported major transformational benefits which have helped inspire new product development, improve process efficiency and generate improved ways of working.
The internships typically take place for eight weeks over the summer and attract both students and graduates from the University of Warwick and other local higher education establishments. A further 30 internships will be on offer for the 2018 programme. Projects usually relate to the expertise covered by the WMG SME Group including manufacturing, materials, product development, digital systems, factory 4.0, automation and business models, but other project ideas outside these areas will be considered.
Alongside the intern, SMEs on the programme will also benefit from having access to selective equipment at WMG and support with supervision from the WMG SME Group. WMG will pay 50% of the project costs (approximately £2,000), which covers the first four weeks of the internship. The SME would then be expected to cover the cost of the remaining four weeks of the programme.
If you are interested in securing a part-funded internship, please contact us via wmgsme@warwick.ac.uk with a brief idea of the project you would like the intern to conduct. Intern projects will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.
* The WMG SME Group, part of the University of Warwick, is a multidisciplinary team pioneering support for innovation. Our 10-year track record has seen us accelerate innovation, productivity and growth within hundreds of SMEs. By helping them utilise research-led tools and techniques we have built many profitable, collaborative and sustainable relationships.