I hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday season. This may help you with your home decorations…

We’ve had a lot of interest in our free one-hour GD&T live web public workshop this coming Monday. The “mini-workshop” on Rule #1 and bonus tolerance is from 1-2pm EST.

The course includes sample exercises, and attendees will receive a 10% off coupon to a future live web workshop. Read more about this course.

To take advantage of a GD&T live web public workshop, you need a Windows-based computer, with high-speed internet access (T1 or faster) and a phone line for teleconferencing.

It’s free, so why not try it? If you sign up by 10am Monday, we’ll still have time get you into our class and send you the bonus tolerance problems we’ll be going over. You can try live web training for yourself and learn a little more about GD&T at the same time.

Monday, November 17, 2008
Free one-hour workshop
1 pm - 2 pm EST
(EST - Eastern Standard Time)

Have you wondered if live web training is right for you? We’ve had a lot of interest in our new live-web format. If you wonder how it would work for you, you can attend a free one-hour GD&T live web public workshop and find out for yourself.

The “mini-workshop” covers two important GD&T topics: Rule #1 and bonus tolerance. The course includes sample exercises, and attendees will receive a 10% off coupon to a future live web workshop. Read more about this course.

Monday, November 17, 2008
Free one-hour workshop
1 pm - 2 pm EST
(EST - Eastern Standard Time)

No Special Equipment Required
Attending an ETI live web public workshop doesn’t require specialized equipment. It runs in a web browser, and the technology required is commonly found in most homes and organizations.

To take advantage of a GD&T live web public workshop, you need three things:

1. A Windows-based computer
2. High-speed internet access (T1 or faster)
3. Phone line for teleconferencing

Don’t miss this opportunity to try live web training for yourself or your organization, and learn about bonus tolerance at the same time!

ETI is having a Fall special.

From October 1st to November 30th, if you order a GD&T Trainer Multi-User or LAN version, you’ll receive 50 free GD&T Ultimate Pocket Guides for every $1000 spent on the software.

For example, if you purchase a GD&T Trainer Multi-User for $2595, you’ll receive 100 Pocket Guides ($600 value)

You can receive up to 650 Pocket Guides (a $3900 value) if your company purchases a 10-seat LAN.

The chart at the right shows some more examples. Click on it to enlarge.

Read more about the GD&T Trainer Professional Edition.

Where did the year go? It’s already time to start thinking about next year’s GD&T training plan.

To make it easier, we’ve already posted the whole year’s public workshop schedule online.

In 2009, we’ll be offering the following workshops at our Detroit area headquarters in Westland, Michigan:

- Fundamentals of GD&T 2-Day (ASME Y14.5M-1994)
- Advanced Concepts of GD&T 2-Day (ASME Y14.5M-1994)
- Tolerance Stacks 2-Day (Concept Driven)
- Intro to Statistical Tolerance Stacks 1-Day (Concept Driven)

All workshops include:
- Course materials/handouts
- An official certificate of completion
- Continental breakfast and snacks

There are also bonus materials given out with each workshop.

If you have 5 or more employees who need training, ETI can bring the training to your site, but our public workshops are perfect for companies who have fewer employees to train and for individuals who need training.

Come visit us next year. We’ll get the snacks ready!

We’re excited about this new training option.

Companies can order live web instead of traditional onsite workshops. Individuals (or one or two employees) can attend a live web public workshop.

GD&T live web training is just like a classroom workshop, but it’s delivered and attended entirely over the internet. The instructor is here at our site, teaching the same content as our traditional workshops. We have q/a time and interaction, so it’s just as personalized as a regular workshop.

The only thing missing is the cost of flights, hotels, and rental cars - and the travel time to and from the workshop.

With the soaring price of gas and companies needing to cut costs, the live web training can save money without sacrificing much needed GD&T training

ETI is starting a blog.

Why?

Like many corporate blogs,  the ETI blog will announce new products and services, keep you updated about our public training schedules, and let you know about Alex’s speaking engagements and newly published articles.

However, the heart of the blog will be dedicated to GD&T.

We’ll keep you up to date on the new standard. We’ll inform you about new developments in industry that involve quality issues. We’ll focus on news items that pertain to manufacturing and recalls that may have been avoided by using GD&T.

We’re adding a Q/A portion where you can ask Alex his expert opinion, and see comments that follow from other readers. Alex will also offer tolerancing insights culled from his years of experience working with GD&T on the job and teaching GD&T to thousands around the globe.

Alex will also provide training and mentoring tips on how to keep companies up to speed on geometric tolerancing so they remain competitive in the global industrial marketplace. He’ll give tips for those who are learning the fundamentals, as well as those who are ready to tackle the system approach for component tolerancing.

The format is fluid, so who knows where this will take us? We only know one thing: if it involves GD&T, you’ll find it here.

We look forward to hearing your comments, insights, and viewpoint.