TechAlliance: Product Manufacturing - October 6, 7 and 13, 2021(Oct-2021)

Techalliance: Product Manufacturing

This 3-part course takes entrepreneurs through the development steps in preparing a Manufacturing Strategy for their business.

In this session, topics covered include Strategic Sourcing Decision points, Product Design for manufacture, supplier options for production at various scales, quality control, packaging, forecasting and bill of materials preparation. Upon completion of the course, entrepreneurs will understand the basic decisions and elements required for their own lean start manufacturing process, have a Manufacturing Strategy template for their new product, a set of manufacturing vendor options for production and a series of information checkpoints for various implementation steps.

Workshop Schedule*

• October 6, 2021, 9:30am - 12:00pm
• October 7, 2021, 9:30am - 12:00pm
• October 13, 2021, 9:30am - 12:00pm

*Please note that this is a 3-part session, and each session is 2.5 hours long. Attendance is required for all sessions.

Workshop Requirements

• Video conferencing capability
• Strong internet connection

Please have your video turned on when joining the session to fully benefit from the material being presented.

Who should attend?

• This course is useful for all ventures planning to do their own manufacturing or for those planning to outsource all manufacturing or some combination of the two.

• The Everest program consists of advanced working sessions where entrepreneurs have the chance to test their assumptions and hypotheses while working through problems within their startups.
• These startups not only have a prototype/ beta or minimum viable product (MVP), but also have a team, some customer validation, and some traction.
• Only available to Regional Innovation Centre (RIC) clients. Please contact your RIC contact for more information.

Please note that to benefit from the peer-to-peer nature of these sessions, all attendees are expected to engage and remain for the full session.

If you are no longer able to attend the session, we require 2 business days' notice. Please email workshops@marsdd.com.