Name: Startup Week | Digitizing The Manufacturing Environment (GE Appliances)
Start: 2019-11-11T10:00:00+00:00
End: 2019-11-11T11:00:00+00:00

Digitizing The Manufacturing Environment - How 3D Digital Engineering Improves the Overall Consumer Experience: Omar El-Abed (GE Appliances) Description: GE Appliances (GEA) has electrified and modernized life for more than 125 years with a legacy of invention

Digitizing The Manufacturing Environment - How 3D Digital Engineering Improves the Overall Consumer Experience: Omar El-Abed (GE Appliances) Description: GE Appliances (GEA) has electrified and modernized life for more than 125 years with a legacy of invention and innovation. In line with the company’s mission of building the world’s best appliances, GEA is employing the latest in digital engineering to revolutionize its product development. Developing a core competency in 3D optical metrology has enabled GEA to innovate its bench-marking, reverse engineering, part validation, and root cause analysis. A “change agent” for developing new technologies and processes, Omar EL-Abed is the Metrology Leader at GE Appliances, a company that values teamwork, innovation, reliability, speed and, above all, a passion to help people. He is applying new technologies, methodologies, and approaches to pursue better ways to conduct business across a global supply chain. He is pioneering the application of Optical 3D Metrology for part and process validation as well as innovating the application of Model-Based Definition (MBD) for inspection using PMI data. GEA is leveraging its core competency in Dimensional Management and Optical 3D metrology to redefine its product development process. Cost: Free Full Schedule & Registration: http://startupweeklouisville.org/schedule/ Startup Week: A week of entrepreneurial events developing & celebrating Louisville’s growing startup ecosystem. We’re led by local entrepreneurs and hosted in amazing spaces all over town. http://startupweeklouisville.org/