MPLS Comprehensive: Technology, Engineering, Applications, QoS
Review of OSI protocol stack and packet switching Packet vs. circuit switching Connection-oriented and connectionless network architectures Reason for layered telecom architectures OSI stack Function of each layer Layer 2 switching Ethernet and OSI Packet construction and addressing Overview of Routing and MPLS Layer 3 routing Native Hop-by-Hop Network Layer (Layer 3) routing Next Hop…
DWDM – Advanced
Introduction Advantages and disadvantages of optical transmission History of optical transmission Wave Propagation through Fibers: Linear Regime Types of fiber Attenuation and dispersion More on Wave Propagation through Fibers: Non-Linear Regimes Chromatic dispersion Polarization mode dispersion Pulse dispersion Effective length/area Brillouiin/Raman scattering Four-wave mixing Self-/Cross-Phase Modulation (SPM/XPM) Passive Transmission Devices Couplers Splitters Isolators Circulators Gratings…
Delivery Performance Improvement
Day 1: Defining The Problem Manufacturing Delinquency Causes Inadequate capacity. Poor production control. Poor productivity. Procurement shortfalls. Poor process yields. Organizational ambiguity. Key Concepts Capacity versus load Assessing capacity. Machine capacity. Labor capacity. Outside processing capacity. Supplier capacity. Load. Assessing loads. Lead time. Identifying lead time. Lead time discipline. Booking under lead time…
Creating a Leading Up Culture
Openers Discussion: What is upward leadership? How do our direct reports exercise voice in this organization? Creating a Leading Up Culture Discussion: Organizational culture and our own influence over our work group’s culture Activity: Learning to listen Exercise: Determine our work group’s culture and create a plan for ensuring our direct reports are comfortable sharing…
Leadership 3: Vision, Strategy, Execution
Introduction to Course and Leadership Welcome and introductions Course objectives and road map Discussion: What makes a leader Leadership Before, Now, and After Leadership throughout the history Contemporary leaders: What makes them successful? Debrief and discussion: Defining leadership styles Are there specific traits and competencies of a successful Leader? What if I don’t fit the…
Succeeding at Technical Management: Do’s & Don’ts
Introduction The Manager The Leader The Learning Organization Manager Attributes A Positive View An Obverse View Strategies and Planning Your Strategic Plan Planning for Growth New Initiatives Budgeting and Investment Investment in Product/Marketing R&D Cash Cows Dealing with Key Personnel Smart Hires/Direct Reports Work Hours Line vs. Staff Bosses and Customers Your Team or Your…
Leadership 2: Become an Effective, Confident Leader!
Introduction to Course and Leadership Welcome and introductions Course objectives and road map Discussion: Defining leadership Responsibilities of Leadership Requirements of an effective leader Leadership vs. management Discussion and examples of leaders vs. managers Transitory Nature of Leadership Leadership styles: Classes – relational and functional/styles – directing, selling, participating and delegating Follower classifications: Committed novice,…
Design of Experiments – Comprehensive
Day 1: Product and Process Optimization Introduction The product design process Developing manufacturing processes The history and nature of tolerances Tolerance assignment practices Attributes versus variables data Developing appropriate acceptance tests Reliability testing versus acceptance testing Operating characteristic curves and their application Acceptance testing risk Hypothesis testing Using z-tests and t-tests for hypothesis testing…
Leadership 1: Be the Leader Others Want to Follow!
Introduction to Course and Leadership Welcome and introductions Course objectives and road map Discussion: What makes a leader? Leadership Defined, Leadership Issues Explored Leadership, power and management: What’s the difference? Video: Leadership Is Debrief and discussion: Defining leadership styles Recognizing the traits and competencies of a successful leader Leadership at all levels of an organization…
Design of Experiments
The Nature of the Challenge Product and process design Product and process robustness Identifying potential key performance parameters Deterministic versus probabilistic thinking Basic Probability and Statistics Concepts The normal curve: Its history and mathematics Means and standard deviations Using normal curves, means, and standard deviations to predict probabilities of occurrence Confidence levels Sample size considerations…