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The new CAD Society |
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By Rachael Dalton-Taggart on
4/29/2008 10:30 PM
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Recently, the CAD Society experienced a little bit of a rebound: with a vitalized strategy from president Mike McGrath, and VP, Tom Lazear, the Society decided to revive itself as a cross-industry organization that will tackle both the positives, and the negatives, of the industry as a much stronger voice and organization.
The CAD Society is looking for new members, ones who want to benefit from a range of discounts available to members, including hardware discounts from HP, software discounts from Archway Systems, and training from companies such as i.get.it. Members only gain access to about 13 discounts currently on offer - an offering that is set to rise across the coming months.
As for what else? The CAD Society is going to issue a newsletter, a job forum eventually, as well as forums, networking, and ultimately a program for mentoring engineers and an intern connection program. In addition, the CAD Societ ...
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Manufacturers ‘struggling’ with Skills Shortage |
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By Rachael Dalton-Taggart on
12/8/2006 8:07 PM
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USA Today and Yahoo News reported this week that US manufacturers are struggling to find skilled laborers to do the hard work of manufacturing. And this is despite the reported millions of lost manufacturing jobs in recent years.
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Patents - do they Stop Innovation? |
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By Rachael Dalton-Taggart on
11/8/2006 12:11 AM
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InformationWeek published an interesting article about the 'Patent Trap' - an issue which has been dominating the IT news headlines for months now. And ends with the question - Do Patents Stop Innovation?
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PGM - another industry acronym to add to the list |
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By Rachael Dalton-Taggart on
5/18/2006 3:52 AM
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If you create a new term and no one hears it, was it worthwhile? A look at Right Hemisphere's activities with "Product Graphics Management" provides a great case study in how to gain acceptance for a new term or concept, but is the term actually right?
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