58th Boston Hardware Meetup @ Formlabs | Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Operations

​We're back (to back) at Formlabs for the 58th Boston Hardware Meetup, this time featuring talks on supply chain, manufacturing, and operations!

​🤖 Bring your latest build and demos to share!

​​Hardware Meetups happen across 30+ cities around the world, bringing together hardware professionals to network, share knowledge, and support each other and the larger hardware ecosystem.

​​We have a great group of guest speakers

• ​Chris Amory - Manufacturing Excellence at Formlabs. Chris will be sharing how Manufacturing Engineering partners closely with R&D and Operations to ensure that great product ideas can be built reliably and repeatably at scale. He will walk us through the journey of how products are tested in production, and explain how insights from prototype builds drive critical collaboration across R&D, Manufacturing, and Operations. His talk will highlight not just the processes, but the collaboration that makes building great products a true team effort.

• ​Aaron Zhang - VP Operations at Enlight Medical Technologies. Aaron will share guiding principles and lessons learned from his experience in hardware operations on how to architect your company for speed. He will focus on improving your "clockspeed"—the true measure of time from idea to integrated product. Learn how to break down department silos, make smarter sourcing decisions, and leverage AI to make rapid, continuous iteration your winning strategy.

​​Agenda
6:00-6:30p - Arrival
6:30-6:40p - Welcome and introduction
6:40-8:00p - Guest speakers and audience Q&A
8:00-8:30p - Community open mic
8:30-9:00p - Mix + mingle

​​Thank you to our host & sponsor
Formlabs is a 3D printing technology developer and manufacturer. The company develops and manufactures 3D printers and related software and consumables.

​​Thank you to our partner
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