For the "Good of the Company"

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For the Good of the Company
Internal SolidWorks Training
Patrick J. Stewart – SMC Corporation
Central Indiana SolidWorks User Group
CSWA, 27 years CAD,
18 years SolidWorks Experience
FOR THE GOOD OF THE COMPANY

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AGENDA: A Discussion on Internal Training
• For the Good of the Company –---------- What are we doing here?
• Where you used to work -------------------Lessons Learned
• What did you learn today -------------------Ways to gain knowledge
• Did you share the knowledge --------------Ways to share Tribal knowledge
• Sink or Swim -----------------------------------Tools for keeping you afloat
• Load the wagon ------------------------------- Tools to get you rolling
• Sample Training Documents---------------- Put your methods in writing
• Internal or External----------------------------- You Decide
• The pay off ------------------------------------- Internal Happiness

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For the Good of the Company
“ So easy it seems once found, If unfound most would find impossible”
John Milton

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Where you used to work………….
• I can draw the design on a napkin, Acad, SpaceClaim etc, why
use SolidWorks.
• Struggle is to learn, so do not help your neighbor.
• All departments do it different so we can find the best way.
• Drafters, Designers, Engineers what's your definition.
• Managers are not required to know the software to manage their
people.
• I am the SolidWorks Guru….no other can touch my talents.

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What did you learn today?
• SolidWorks Website, 22 Minute-webinars, Tips and Tricks
• SolidWorks Help – Shadow Team from SW
• User Group Meeting – Host Event
• SolidWorks Blogs, You Tube, MY.SolidWorks.com
• Solid Professor, external training
• Value Added Reseller (VAR) –
Get them involved-Update your Licensing
• Call a Friend
• Are you a Lone Wolf?
• SolidWorks World 2014
http://www.cudacountry.net http://www.cgtrader.com/3d-models/aircraft/historic/1903-wright-flyer
• http://model.3dcool.net

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Did you share the knowledge?
• Mentoring
• Email
• Internal training program
• Data bases
• Lunch and learn
• Single Point Training
• All for one and One for all
• Who is the “Go-To” guy?
:NICK BURNS

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Sink or Swim
“It’s easy to get the players. Gettin’em to play together, that’s the hard part”
Casey Stengel
• Management Support, empowerment
• IT support
• $$$$
• Training Room
• Recognize “Group Think”, ask questions?
• Form a SW training Team
• GROUP THINK
• STOLEN IDEA
• MONKEY

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Load the Wagon and Deliver the Goods
“Teams succeed with Team Work………………. John Du!!!!!”
• Via team contribution develop training guide lines,
power points, video’s, manual etc.
• Company Do’s and Don'ts – “Standards”
• SolidWorks Do’s and Don'ts
• Set the date, “Survey Monkey”
• Share the knowledge
• Train everyone, old dogs can learn new tricks.
• Conflict Resolution – I want my AutoCad back!
• STAPLER

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Training on what, how and why?
• General Interface – Commands, Toolbars, View Display Control, Using
Help
• File Types – Part, Assembly and Drawing – “The 3 Headed Dragon”
• Sketching – Back to the drawing Board
• Part Modeling
• Assemblies - Configurations
• Drawings
• Company specific blocks, templates.
• Company specific file management PDM, Windows Folder Vault, Parts
Library Etc.

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SAMPLE TRAINING DOCUMENTS
THREADS COLORS - DECALS SYMBOLS

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File Management
NOT USING THE PARTS LIBRARY USING THE PARTS LIBRARY

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Internal training manual – Make it or buy it?

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And when all else fails………………….

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INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL?
YOUR CALL ………just remember training never ends………..

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So What’s the cost? - External

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So what’s the cost ? - Internal
• Training Team members lost hours.
• Facility improvements for training room
• Allocation of training PC’s
• Training document publication and revisions
• $0 outside training cost.
• Employee lost time: 4hrs a day, 1 week = 20 hrs. each.
• Was it worth it? - “Survey Monkey” post trained students.

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The Pay off
• CSWA and CSWP etc.
• Fluidity in the Data
• New employee transition time
• Improve morale
• Remove conflict between staff and mgt.
• Improve communication
• Watch the mushrooms grow, PLM, PDM Etc.
• Save $$$
“It’s amazing what you can achieve, if you don’t care who gets the credit”
Harry S. Truman

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Resources:
• http://humanresources.about.com/od/trainingtips/qt/tips-for-internal-training.htm
• http://humanresources.about.com/od/educationgeneral/a/training_invest.htm
• http://www.astd.org/About
• http://www.synergis.com/uploads/CAD%20Training%20ROI.pdf
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGkL6eQWOAI
• http://www.astd.org/Publications/Newsletters/Learning-Circuits/Learning-Circuits-
Archives/2009/08/Time-to-Develop-One-Hour-of-Training
• https://www.qualitycoach.net/products/certified-quality-improvement-associate-primer-cqia.asp
• http://knowledgemanagementppt.com/?page_id=7
• http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/aSGuest14755-162982-knowledge-management-
darwin-business-finance-ppt-powerpoint/nowledge Management by. Patrick Callioni
• http://www.cgtrader.com/3d-models/aircraft/historic/1903-wright-flyer

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Thank You…………..
“Scientists investigate that which already is; Engineers create that
which has never been.” Albert Einstein
1903 Wright Flyer 3D model by: John MacNeill
Price: $139.00

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