The dust has settled from the first of our Future Forum conferences and we’d like to congratulate the winners and runners-up at our 2020 Vision: Nation Dinner. It goes without saying, that the performance of forward thinking companies play a pivotal part in propelling our industry into the future, and making sure we have relevance.…
HERA Future Forum – 20/20 VISION | 21 February 2020 | Members only | Only 100 seats! | Auckland OverviewCluster workshopNation breakfast20/20 VISIONNation dinnerPresentersSponsorshipCostRegisterOverview Be the disruptor, not the disrupted. Get certainty about your future at this future-focused event! Equipping yourself to be as prepared as possible is the smart thing to do. Anyone who had…
Over the holidays a recent discovery got me to thinking about what data leads designers to imagine the future. As per the status quo of any extended holiday (once the eating, spending time with whanau (family), lounging about and doing things one tenth the speed we usually do), we generally turn our attention to tidying…
Nov132019 Listen on iTunes Listen on Spotify Listen on PodBean 13 Nov 2019 | Ep.21 – Bridging innovation – 3D printing In this episode of Stirring the Pot, we talk with MX3D CEO Gijs Van der Velden – all the way from the Netherlands! Gijs company has a clear mission to introduce the advantages of 3D…
In collaboration with the Pressure Equipment Workshop Committee, we’re pleased to announce that the 3rd New Zealand Pressure Equipment Workshop will be held 12 June 2020 in Auckland. The aim of this pressure equipment focused conference is to bring together designers, fabricators, inspectors, vendors, regulators, owners and operators in an effort to: Share technical information, innovation and…
The fabrication industry is currently in a digital transformation – and understandably, many fabricators are cautious to invest. We get it. That’s why we’ve set up a quality and productivity research project to investigate this technology. And why we’re now inviting our industry to be a part of it. We want to investigate the implications…
We’re pleased to announce that we’ve had two new team members join HERA this month – Innovation Centre Manager, Greg Buckley, and Research Engineer, Hafez Taheri. They both bring a unique set of skills and diverse thinking to our HERA team fabric, and we’re excited to see the positive contributions that they’ll bring to our…
Sep182019 Listen on iTunes Listen on Spotify Listen on PodBean 18 Sep 2019 | Ep.17 – Avoid death by a thousand cuts and automate! In this episode of Stirring the Pot, we talk with University of Wollongong Former Executive Dean of Engineering, Professor Chris Cook. Chris was involved with the Facility for Intelligent Fabrication -…
If there’s one word that embodies the spirit of team leadership, it’s empathy. Empathy is probably the most sought-after workplace skill these days – be it for the customer, employee, teammate or even boss! But how commonplace is it? Empathy is often little valued, yet critical for bettering workplace culture and performance – but is…
HERA | Bottleneck Analysis seminar | Christchurch | Limited seats available 12-13 June OverviewDay 1Day 2PresenterTestimonialsCostLocationRegisterOverview About the event This two-day workshop introduces the Theory of Constraints (TOC) concepts to attendees to give them a strong grasp of its application and potential. Covering TOC for operations, project management, logistics and making financial decisions, this workshop is enhanced through practical…
The third industrial revolution changed the way the previous generations worked – and very soon, the fourth industrial revolution will do the same again for us. Inevitably, we’ll always have the ability to access powerful resources previously unavailable or uneconomic. HERA members now need to be able to innovate and change to counter or utilise…
Participants on the Innovation SET & GO program reaped the rewards of being on the Innovation READY program last year. Gaining access to expert advice from a panel of commercialisation gurus as part of the SET & GO portion of the program. One participant has even gone further in their innovation journey – creating their…