Manufacturer Workshop

R&D Tax Credits and Industry Benchmarking & Predictable Customer Deliveries Through Building Work Standards

Presentations

8:00 a.m.   Continental Breakfast & Networking*

8:25 a.m.    Introduction and Recognition of Speakers and Guests
                        George Chao, Manex Manager of Advanced and Clean Tech Manufacturing

8:30 a.m.    R&D Tax Credit and Industry Benchmarking
                        Larisa Rapoport and Doron Bass, Squar Milner Partners

• Gain a deeper understanding of what qualifies for R&D tax credits and what does not. Learn about industry benchmarking and key performance indicators from experienced financial advisors.

9:45 a.m.   Predictable Customer Deliveries Through Building Work Standards
                        Walt Tarpley, Manex Lean Expert

• Do you have inconsistent results? Late customer deliveries? Excess overtime to get orders out on time? This workshop addresses how to build work standards to predictably deliver your quantity and quality requirements with known resources. Learn implementation lessons and tools to eliminate pitfalls and obstacles to predictable business results.

11:15 a.m.    Open Forum
                      Event Ends at 11:30 a.m.

*Please arrive at 8:00 a.m. as guests are required to check in and complete a NextFlex non-disclosure agreement before entering the workshop.

Registration

$199 (Discounts available for manufacturers. Contact bizdev@manexconsulting.com)

Sponsor

Speakers

George Chao
Mr. Chao is Manager of Advanced and Clean Tech Manufacturing for Manex and over 10 years of business development experience in the cleantech/green tech and high tech manufacturing areas. He assists companies in finding capital resources and developing business strategies with a focus on the fields of bio, technology and renewable energy manufacturing.

Walt Tarpley
Mr. Tarpley has over 25 years of extensive manufacturing experience and expertise in general management, manufacturing operations, quality systems, engineering, and continuous improvement initiatives, including Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma. Mr. Tarpley has achieved certifications as Lean Master (Shingo Gold Level), Six Sigma Master Black Belt, Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence (CMQ/OE, ASQ), and Certified Quality Engineer (CQE, ASQ).

Doron Bass, Partner-in-Charge, R&D Credits & Larisa Rapoport, Partner
Doron Bass and Larisa Rapaport are Partners at Squar Milner, one of the largest California based CPA firms with over 450 professionals with offices located throughout California and the Cayman Islands.

*Due to NextFlex policies, country of citizenship will be requested during registration.