When Wood Pro Expo returns to Lancaster County, Pennsylva- nia, October 18-19,
attendees will have the chance to learn
as well as take in almost 12,000 sq. ft.
of exhibits. The event will be held at
Warehouse at the Nook in Manheim,
Pennsylvania. Attendees can start
their day by taking in complimentary
keynotes ahead of the exhibits opening
each morning. The keynotes begin at
8 a.m. on October 18 and 19 and the
exhibits open at 9 a.m. each day.
FDMC editor, Will Sampson, will
present his popular report on the 2018
Pricing Survey as the opening keynote
October 18. Titled “Solving the Pricing Puzzle 2018,” the session will address the perennial pricing challenge
facing woodworking companies. Learn
if you are you charging the right price
for your work. Sampson takes you inside the results of the 2018 FDMC Pricing Survey for custom woodworking.
You’ll learn what other shops charge
for the same work, fundamentals of
pricing custom work, and common
pitfalls to avoid in your pricing process.
Dr. Eugene Wengert AKA the Wood
Dr. will headline Day 2 (October 19)
of Wood Pro Expo Lancaster with his
opening keynote, “The Wood Doctor is
in.” His wide-ranging presentation will
address the changes in the industry
and their effects on the typical wood-
worker’s business.
“No doubt that many basics in our
industry are changing, “ said Wengert.
“We’ll look at changes in wood availability, wood prices, wood product market changes and more, and then what
we can do to be ready to minimize
the impact or even benefit from these
changes.” He’ll also save some time to
field questions from the audience on
practical or technical challenges you
encounter in lumber and panel.
His question and answer column
in FDMC magazine has made him a
treasured woodworking industry resource. Wengert is the author of eight
practical books and has published ore
than 500 articles relating to the wood
products industry. As a former professor and extension specialist at Virginia
Tech University and researcher at the
USDA Forest Products Lab in Madison,
Wisconsin, Wengert taught more than
30 practical wood processing classes
and seminars a year for the wood
products industry, including sawing,
edging, grading, drying, machining
and gluing.
Lean expert, Mike Roth, returns to
Wood Pro Expo Lancaster to conduct a
two-part workshop titled, “
Jump-Starting Your Lean Journey,” on October
19. Roth’s session will address implementing lean management with any
sized business. Roth says his talk will
be relevant to woodworking businesses
no matter where they are on their lean
journey.
A Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt
with a lean manufacturing certificate
from the University of Michigan, Roth
is the CEO/President of Go-Lean-Six
in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The company provides strategic leadership and
“on site” mentoring.
Roth has more than 20 years of
experience in the process improvement
field with organizations such as Harley-Davidson, Johnson Controls, Mack
Trucks, BAE Systems and Volvo. His
session at Wood Pro Expo Lancaster
in October 2017 was well received, and
he also addressed a packed audience
by Harry Urban
harry.urban@woodworkingnetwork.com WOOD PRO EXPO
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