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Can You Imagine? (Hot Technologies Transforming the Industry)

Can You Imagine? (Hot Technologies Transforming the Industry). Dr. Mike Fralix Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester, England May 28, 2009. What is [TC] 2 ?. Technology Training Thinking Doing Sustaining Sustainability. Dr. Mike Fralix Manchester Metropolitan University

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Can You Imagine? (Hot Technologies Transforming the Industry)

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  1. Can You Imagine?(Hot Technologies Transforming the Industry) Dr. Mike Fralix Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester, England May 28, 2009

  2. What is [TC]2? • Technology • Training • Thinking • Doing • Sustaining • Sustainability

  3. Dr. Mike Fralix Manchester Metropolitan University May 28, 2009

  4. Can You Imagine…. • Automobile tires without air?

  5. It’s a “TWEEL”!

  6. Can You Imagine…. • Needing a forklift to transport a 5 Meg hard drive?

  7. These are 16 GB memory sticks!They have 3,200 times more capacityand weigh almost nothing.

  8. The worldwide average length of time that consumers are willing to wait for delivery of items ordered by catalog, phone, or the Internet today is . . . . < 3 Days

  9. Do you find yourself doing things in the same way for no particular reason?

  10. Thinking Thinking Outside the Triangle!

  11. What is Sustainability? • Is it about recycling? • Is it about carbon footprint? • Is it about energy consumption? • Is it about organic? • Is it about all of the above and a whole lot more?

  12. What is Sustainability? Performance without Waste!

  13. I would argue that sometimes it is just a matter of perspective!

  14. Could sustainability be about technology and processes?

  15. Can You Imagine…. • Computers that are the size of ink pens?

  16. What is Lean? Performance without Waste!

  17. What is Sustainability? Performance without Waste!

  18. Therefore,Lean is Sustainability!

  19. What is Waste?

  20. Muda • Japanese word meaning Waste • Any activity that the customer is not willing to pay for • The Opposite of Value!!!

  21. 8 Types of Waste Knowledge Disconnection Motion Delay Inventory Over Production Conveyance Over Processing Correction

  22. Have you thought about…. • Shipping a product before it is manufactured?

  23. 1960’sDesignMakeSellShip Supply Chain Evolution 1980’sDesignSellMakeShip 2000’sDesignSellShipMake

  24. How can we really ship a product before we make it? Keep it Digital!

  25. But, where will we ship it?

  26. How are we going to get it there?

  27. Do You Remember…. • Only Four Clients on the Internet? Internet 1969

  28. But, how would we convert it?

  29. Sustainable Knitting

  30. How much water is used to color fabric? • None • A little • A lot • It depends • None of the above

  31. Can You Imagine…. • Applying color to fabric in the cutting room?

  32. Can You Imagine…. • Creating a product without the need to make a physical sample?

  33. Can You Imagine…. Making one sample or prototype and sending it to many places around the world?

  34. Can Virtual Communities Contribute to Sustainability?

  35. What are Virtual Communities? What are Avatars?

  36. Lifelike Avatars

  37. 3,000 Reference Points

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