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Decisions, Judgment and Uncertainty: Psychology and Intuitive Probability

Presented by: Geoffrey Engelstein, GR Technical Services, November 21, 2002
$99.00
Description:
By understanding the types of mistakes people typically make, one can avoid these traps and improve the quality of the decisions. This presentation discusses several of these, including regression towards the mean, ignoring base rates, and linked events.

FDA Regulations for Adhesives Used in Food Packaging

Presented by: Sharon Nelson, Rohm and Haas, May 17, 2007
$99.00
Description:
The FDA regulations for adhesives can be complex and difficult to interpret, especially for applications that involve elevated temperatures. A discussion regarding indirect additives, indirect contact and direct contact along with other key definitions and principles will be addressed. The presentation will focus on how Rohm and Haas Company, as a supplier of adhesives, determines the FDA status of our adhesive products, including no reasonable expectation of migration and functional barrier concepts.

Finding Great Talent in a Tight Market

Presented by: Dennis Gros, Gros Executive Recruiters, March 22, 2007
$99.00
Description:
Where are they? Those enthusiastic, well-educated, pre-trained candidates for employment who are supposed to automatically pop out of my computer within 24 hours of posting an ad? Answer: They're working for somebody else. Dennis Gros, President of Gros Executive Recruiters (PlasticsJOBS.com and PackagingPeople.com), will share with you the secrets headhunters use to identify and draw top talent.

Flammability Requirements for Commercial Airplanes

Presented by: Jim Griffing, Boeing - Material and Process Technology, November 29, 2007
$99.00
Description:
Flammability requirements for commercial airplanes will be reviewed. Government certification requirements including vertical & horizontal burn, heat release, smoke generation, and radiant panel tests will be discussed. Manufacturer's requirements including toxic gas emissions, and additional smoke requirements will also be covered.

How to Sell/Divest Your Plastics Business

Presented by: Phil Gilbert, P&M Corporate Finance, April 1, 2004
$99.00
Description:
An overview of the complicated process involved in selling a privately held plastics business in order to maximize value and achieve your objectives. Topics covered include: Business valuation metrics and methodologies Various transaction structures available, and how each structure affects valuation. Detail on various buyer types and the motivational forces driving each buyer. Key market specific value drivers. Company specific value drivers. Strategies to position a company to achieve maximum value.

How to Tell if the Emperor is Dressed (Off-Shore Sourcing Decisions)

Presented by: Steve DeHoff, Stress Engineering Services, November 11, 2004
$99.00
Description:
A near-fad mentality to source in China has developed in buyers of plastic products. Major company senior managements are declaring that sourcing should only be done in China in a near-total absence of strategic comparison data that is relevant to their products. Their employees then stop thinking critically and do as they are told regardless of the impact. Many of these off-shore sourcing decisions are inappropriate and very costly both for the buyer and for the North American suppliers they didn’t but probably should have used.

Megatrends Affecting Plastics Manufacturing & What Molders Can Do

Presented by: Steve DeHoff, Stress Engineering Services, October 4, 2007
$99.00
Description:
The future for U.S. plastics manufacturing harbors different business conditions than the last several decades. “Megatrends Affecting Plastics Manufacturing & What Molders Can Do” reflecting 2 years of research and analysis into fundamentals, looks at several major external trends, assesses their broad possible impact over the next several decades, and reviews major strategy choices for molders to consider.

New Business Opportunities in Plastics Industry

Presented by: Vishu H. Shah, Consultek Consulting Group, LLC, March 20, 2008
$99.00
Description:
The plastics industry is going through a period of uncertainty, anxiety and concerns over the imminent overseas competition. General consensus is that U.S. Plastics industry must make itself “Plastic” enough to adopt novel business strategies and make every effort to stay a step ahead of the competition. In last ten years, the Plastics Industry has seen some major changes in three key areas of materials, equipment and process. What will the next ten years bring?

Nylon Polymers Industry Undergoing Major Changes

Presented by: Roger Jones, Franklin International, LLC, August 27, 2003
$99.00
Description:
Since the discovery of nylon 66 and 6 polymers in the 1930s, the largest end use for nylon polymers has been textile fibers. Usage of nylons as engineering thermoplastics took nearly another two decades to attain commercial importance. The nylon fibers industry is now beginning to show signs of contraction, with important economic implications for the engineering plastics sector. In addition, nylon 6 is growing faster than nylon 66, driven by both by cost differences and also changes in marketing philosophies.

Optimizing the Supply Chain: Gaining Competitive Advantage through Supply Chain Management

Presented by: Maggie Baumann, GH Associates, January 22, 2004
$99.00
Description:
Optimizing the Supply Chain Supply Chain management is a source of cost savings and efficiency improvements (ROI) but can also offer sustainable competitive advantage. Until present the supply chain has been associated with procurement and inventory management and significant ROI gains have been achieved. A supply chain strategy which considers all functions in the company which affect the customer will offer a company short term ROI improvement and longer term sustainable advantage in the increasingly competitive global economy.

Patent Law Fundamentals for Scientists, Engineers & Managers, Part 1

Presented by: Bob Migliorini, ExxonMobil, December 5, 2007
$99.00
Description:
An introduction to trade secrets and patents and the important differences between these two forms of intellectual property protection. Attendees will also learn the basics of U.S. inventorship law, and how inventorship is determined relative to a new invention. Attendees will also learn the importance of documenting inventions in a lab notebook and in an invention disclosure form. Finally, the 3 types of patents (utility, design, and plant) available in the U.S. will be reviewed in detail.

Patent Law Fundamentals for Scientists, Engineers & Managers, Part 2

Presented by: Bob Migliorini, ExxonMobil, December 11, 2007
$99.00
Description:
Learn the fundamentals of patent searching using the United States Patent and Trademark Office web site and other free web sites. In particular, the types of patent searches, and searching by classification, text and citations will be reviewed. Attendees will also learn the requirements for patentability, including patentable subject matter, utility, novelty and non-obviousness. Finally, formalities associated with U.S. application filing including the duty of disclosure, the information disclosure statement, the oath/declaration and the assignment will be reviewed.

Patent Law Fundamentals for Scientists, Engineers & Managers, Part 3

Presented by: Bob Migliorini, ExxonMobil, December 19, 2007
$99.00
Description:
Learn the parts of a U.S. patent including the information page, the drawing, the written description, and the claims. Attendees will also learn how to read the parts of a patent and the important criteria included in each part with a particular emphasis on the claims. Steps in preparing a patent application and how inventors can best assist the patent attorney drafting the patent application will be reviewed. Finally, steps in prosecuting a patent application to get it granted and how inventors can best assist the patent attorney prosecuting the patent application will be reviewed.

Plastics Processing: A Changing Environment

Presented by: Jack Avery, GE Plastics, August 25, 2004
$99.00
Description:
The plastics industry has been hard hit in the past 3 years. A number of factors have contributed to this changing environment:

  • Globalization
  • Recession
  • Political Uncertainty

    • Polymers, Patents, Profits: A Classic Case Study for Patent Infighting

    Heinz Martin, 2007, 294 pages
    Originally $72.00
    ISBN: 
    9783527318094
    $49.00
    Description:
    Presents a 45-year long historic as well as scientific overview about the different national and international effects of the discovery of Ziegler´s catalysts and the hurdles to take on the way to its patent protection. It provides an impressive example of fights between academics and industry concerning patent rights and the economic utilization of academic research innovations.

    Polymers—Taking Stock of the Past, a Look at the Present, & Pondering Future Growth

    Presented by: Costas G. Gogos, New Jersey Institute of Technology, January 17, 2008
    $99.00
    Description:
    The presentation reviews the history of polymeric materials—polymers, plastics, and rubbers—from 1492 to the present.

    Pricing for Profitability - Activity-Based Pricing for Competitive Advantage

    Presented by: John Daly, Executive Education, Inc. and Craig S. Carrel, Team 1 Plastics, November 5, 2009
    $99.00
    Description:

      John Daly will present the first section, which will focus on the theory of activity-based pricing.

    REACH: Keeping it Manageable, Keeping it Strategic

    Presented by: Ron Sorice and Ben McAllister, Shepherd Europe, July 30, 2008
    $99.00
    Description:
    We are in the pre-registration phase of what has been called the most intrusive legislation ever confronted by the chemical industry: REACH (Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals). It might appear monumentally frustrating and discouraging to small and medium-sized non-European manufacturers. However, compliance with REACH is quite manageable, and close attention to market activity can be of great strategic value. Pre-registration is not difficult, and it allows sales to continue while an accompanying market watch can influence or drive future REACH decisions.

    Resin Management Strategies

    Presented by: Jeffrey F. Mengel, Plante & Moran, April 1, 2009
    $99.00
    Description:
    The recent resin price turmoil has changed the way custom molders address commercial terms (pricing, quality, and delivery terms) with their customers. Today's molders must be diligent in managing margins with their customers, which is particularly difficult considering the wide swings in resin costs. However, not all customers are treated equally, AND not all margin relief has to be in resin price adjustments. This webinar will outline how molders can develop processes to manage their customers by risk and reward, and can examine the various ways to manage their margins.

    Serving as an Expert in Litigation-Oriented Projects

    Presented by: James D. Rancourt, Ph.D., Polymer Solutions Inc., July 31, 2008
    $99.00
    Description:
    Some litigated matters involve complex issues related to materials science and analytical chemistry, and can include allegations of patent infringement, theft of trade secrets, industrial espionage, product failure, and contamination, for example. Each party in a court case needs a technical expert who can understand the issues, suggest an approach for making science-based conclusions, and teach the concepts to the jury so that the jury can make their decision.

    Strategic Management for the Plastics Industry

    Roger F. Jones, 2002, 176 pages
    ISBN: 
    1566768837
    $130.00
    Description:
    This book explains how companies in the plastic industry can deal with specific problems that are not addressed in general management books. It is written for a broad audience in the industry, including aspiring professionals who wish to become managers, managers already in place who wish to round out their skills, consultants to the industry, and university students and faculty in plastics engineering and polymer chemistry departments.

    Survival Techniques in Today's Economy

    Presented by: Bill Tobin, WJT Associates, July 28, 2009
    $99.00
    Description:
    Surviving in today’s economy means understanding the game of business relationships. This webinar will show how to improve your profits and not get caught in some of the traps in which molders may find themselves with their customers. Your company needs to not only survive but also thrive in today’s business environment. This presentation will show you how to reinvent your company’s image in the electronic age and understand the way buyers “negotiate”—so that you won’t lose money. It will show examples of the games buyers play and how to respond to them.

    The Chemical Industry and Globalization

    Roger F. Jones, 2006, 200 pages
    Originally $126.00
    ISBN: 
    9780841239777
    $75.00
    Description:
    This book discusses common misperceptions about employment in manufacturing and R&D, analyzes what future business changes to expect within the industry, and the role of the financial community in the industry’s current wave of consolidations and divestitures. The business climate inside China is reviewed extensively, with particular note of future trends. The author does not gloss over the problems of doing business in China but explains how to deal with them. Also included is a chapter on the pharmaceutical industry and the rise of Asian pharmaceutical companies.

    The Commercial Development Process

    Presented by: William Tuszynski, White Eagle Group, March 4, 2004
    $99.00
    Description:
    An overview of the critical elements needed to implement a successful corporate growth initiative. These factors are the same for initiatives based on organic growth, alliances or joint venturing or on merger and acquisition activity. The first part of the course will focus on the importance of the strategic context as the framework for driving the growth initiative. We will then examine the tactical considerations used to manage commercial development projects. Finally, the pros and cons of several organizational structures and related "soft" factors in influencing success will be discussed.

    The Future of the Plastics Industry: Decline or Growth?

    Presented by: Roger Franklin Jones, Franklin International, LLC, August 7, 2008
    $99.00
    Description:
    In 2006-2007, General Electric decided to divest its plastics operations as insufficiently profitable. Since GE has been an industry pioneer for close to a century, one has to ask, “Just what is the future of our industry?” Will plastics continue to grow faster than the overall economy, or is this growth now all in the past? This presentation will examine the question from a global and a national perspective, and also go into why GE has taken plastics out of its own view of the future.

    The Plastics Industry in the 21st Century: The Rules Have Changed

    Presented by: Roger Jones, Franklin International, LLC, August 4, 2005
    $99.00
    Description:
    Over the past decade the acceleration of manufacturing productivity growth, globalization, the Information Age, the power of institutional investors and governmental regulation have all changed the nature of the plastics industry. While these effects went relatively unnoticed during the bubble economy of the 1990s, they are now being revealed, and they differ dramatically in one geographic region of the world from another. What has caused these changes? Are they what they appear to be? What is the outlook for the next decade?

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