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Welcome to HiDEC
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The High Desert Enterprise Consortium (HiDEC) is a community of independent manufacturing businesses committed to helping each other continually strengthen their competitive position against the world's best, while maintaining a high level of corporate responsibility to the communities of Central Oregon.

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Problem Solving Class
   

Are you tired of dealing with the same problems over and over again?

HiDEC Invites you to Explore Systematic Approaches to Problem Solving

 Learn how and why solving problems in a systematic way can save time, money and frustration.

Learn how and when to use basic problem solving tools such as "5 Whys," "Cause & Effect Diagrams," and "Pareto Analysis."

Practice using the tools in a team setting.

 

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HiDEC Executive Forum: Designing Kaizen Events for Success

 Do you want to host a successful kaizen event at your plant?  Do you want to better sustain event results? 

Come learn from Toni Doolen,  assistant professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Oregon State University, present preliminary results of studying more than 50 companies and their kaizen event methods.  Also on the agenda is a NWHPEC member company that has found a good system to consitently hold kaizen events with great results.     

Thursday, June 5 from 8:00 - 12:00noon at Hitchcock Auditorium on the COCC campus in Bend.

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