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Omnex Webinar: Developing Suppliers in India and China (Flash 9.0 video link) (Get Flash Player 9.0)
In this one-hour executive level webinar, Omnex CTO Chad Kymal discusses the challenges and some techniques for taking a proactive role in ensuring supplier quality.

Omnex Systems Webinar: Software for Integrated Audits (Flash 9.0 Video link)(Get Flash Player 9.0)
On August 3, 2007, Greg Gruska and Don Cherry of Omnex Systems discussed the complications of developing audit plans within a multi-standard setting. The discussion concluded with an analysis of the most important features to look for in an auditing software package.

Omnex Webinar: Achieving Operations Excellence through Unified Lean/Six Sigma™ (Flash 9.0 Video link)(Get Flash Player 9.0)
On July 19, 2007, Greg Gruska and David Watkins made a presentation on philosophies, strategies and results of implementing Unified Lean/Six Sigma™ in the organization. When implemented correctly, the results can be amazing.

Omnex Webinar: Juggling Multiple Standards – Integration, Standardization and Linkages (9MB Webex File)
On April 2, 2007, Omnex CTO and Founder Chad Kymal led participants through the key areas of integration when dealing with multiple standards implementations in a single organization.

Omnex Webinar: Increasing Energy Efficiency through MSE 2000 (15MB Webex File)
On April 5, 2007, Omnex Canada’s Robert Toth introduced participants to energy challenges and the new management system for energy, MSE 2000, which was released in 2005.

Omnex Webinar: Effective Program Management to Achieve Rapid Product Development & Launch without Surprises (11.5 MB Webex File)
Join Omnex Executive David Watkins for a no-cost webinar on effective Program Management. Knowledge management is the key to effective, accelerated program management. It is essential to stop re-inventing the wheel and repeating the same failures!

Omnex Webinar “Healing Healthcare: with a Little Help from our Friends” (4.7 MB Webex File)
Proven improvement strategies from industry are being deployed with great success in healthcare. Industry experts in Lean, Six Sigma, Quality Systems Management and others are collaborating with medical providers and hospitals to improve quality and lower costs. We will explore a few successes and take a look into the drivers of a growing strategy to accelerate the pace of improvement.

Omnex Webinar "How to Be a Truly Awful Supplier - Chapter 1: Discourage Problem Solving" (4.6 MB Webex File)
We explore the industry and company behaviors that prevent effective problem solving. And for those who don't really want to be an awful supplier we will explore the ways to go about creating an effective problem solving culture.

Omnex Systems Webinar - Knowledge Management: Back to Basics (5.5 MB Webex File)
Niels Bohr said, "An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field." Shouldn't knowledge management simply mean being able to transfer what the expert has learned without having to repeat all the same mistakes? In this webinar we will explore some time-proven methods for doing just that.

Omnex Systems Webinar - Use it or lose it! We're spending all this money on training; why aren't we getting results? - May 17, 2006 (7 MB Webex File)
Like anything else in business we spend money to make money. Training should be one of our most lucrative investments, but often it just doesn't seem to meet expectations. In this session we explore the failure modes of training and proven methods to ensure that training contributes directly to the bottom line.

Omnex Webinar - Product Development FMEAs for Design Engineers – March 15, 2006 (16 MB Webex File)
This webinar discusses how to identify design and process problems early in their product launch and thus reduce launch failures and their resulting scrap costs. This is done by effectively using the Design Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (DFMEA) in the Product Development Process, with product technology knowledge and to support concurrent engineering.

Omnex Webinar – Strategic Lean Six Sigma: Receiving Results That Are Most Important to Your Business – February 15, 2006 (7MB Webex File)
This webinar discusses how Lean/Six Sigma can help your teams deliver a far greater return on investment and achieve deeper executive support much sooner in each initiative.

Omnex Systems Webinar - Managing Audits Globally Using Best Practices - October 29, 2005 (12 MB Webex File)
How can audits and audit management be managed in organizations with multiple plants? Use of audit management software and audit performance templates are often the keys to success.

Omnex Webinar "Value Stream Mapping as the Gateway to Dramatic Savings" – September 15, 2005 (12 MB Webex File)

• PowerPoint Presentation
• Case Study

Value Stream Mapping takes into account the entire Value Stream from customer order (information, communication, documentation flows) through to delivery of the product or service. In this webinar, Mr. Mourafetis discusses the purpose of the Value Stream map and important features of Current and Future State maps.

Omnex Systems Webinar "Management Systems, Operating Systems" – August 9, 2005 (11.5 MB Webex File)
Process mapping is crucial to continual improvement, with up to 90% of all quality problems being process-related, not people-related. Mr. Gruska explains the best techniques and solutions for the proper implementation of value-added business management.

Omnex Webinar "ISO/TS 16949:2002 Auditing Challenges" – July 19, 2005 (12MB Webex File)
Chad Kymal addresses TS audit planning, integration of standards, conducting the Automotive Approach to Process Audits and auditing Customer Specific Requirements of the Big Three Automakers. The webinar also touches on readiness review checklist and Stage 2 audit checklists.

Omnex Webinar "ISO/TS 16949:2002 Implementation" - June 8, 2005 (12MB Webex File)
Chad Kymal addresses the reasons why ISO/TS 16949:2002 has become significantly more challenging in 2005 vs. 2004, including Process Focus, Requirements, Customer Specifics, and Core Tools.

Omnex Systems Webinar, "How Broke Is My Process?" – April 20, 2005 (10MB Webex File)
Greg Gruska discusses how a knowledge management approach satisfies ISO's continual improvement requirements while advancing your organization along the path toward performance excellence and minimizing the non-value added activities.