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On September 2011 Eurocopter decided to join the R2 Initiative as a member to support reducing rework. Eurocopter is the leading helicopter manufacturer in the world. For more information on R2 and other members see the R2 webpages. ...

Great things spread fast - in August 2011 three organizations signed membership of the R2 Initiative to support the reduction of rework. RUAG is the center of excellence for military and civil aviation with headquarters in Emmen, Switzerland.   Autoneum, formerly known as Rieter Automotive, specializes in acoustic and heat management solutions f ...

To follow todays trends Course CMII-01 will be offered online as eLearning version by the Institute of Configuration Management (ICM). This will simplify your entrance into the CMII certification series enormously. This online course will become available in September 2011. Course language is the English language. Availability of other CMII Cour ...

This Practical CM Course, taught for the first time in Germany, reflects the big interest in "traditional CM". After a short introduction of the 15 attendees (job, work, expectation etc.) Carol and the group worked out the "My Rules"/"Your Rules" which did lead as a "basic common understanding" for the whole 3 days. This tiny but solid grounding sh ...

  In cooperation with ConfigOnline, the Course - Practical Configuration Management will be organized first-time in Stuttgart from Nov 15-17, 2010. The requirements of Configuration Management (CM) are as diverse as are the requirements of each product. Whether your product is a service or designing, producing and maintaining a stat ...

As of today the course dates for public CMII courses in 2012 have been published. There will be 3 series in the German language in Stuttgart and Hamburg, GERMANY and 5 series in the English language in the United Kingdom, The Netherlands and Sweden. Course schedule for courses in French, Spanish and Italian to be anounced soon. For the latest sch ...

Named "CMII NG (Next Generation)" we did an online survey asking our customers about input for improving CMII trainings. The survey was published during March and April 2011 and ended with the drawing of one iPad. ... and the winner is: Joerg Begau. The pictures below were taken during the drawing by our neighbor kid - many thanks to Kyran. A sum ...

The online survey on "CMII Next Generation" has been ended. We received feedback and inputs from 137 customers - thanks to all that participated.  We are going to analyze all inputs in the next days and will publish a summary in the first week of May.  The drawing of one iPad will also be in the first week of May - everything is still ope ...

On March 31, 2011 the first 3 individuals received CMIIA (CMII Advanced) certification in Europe. The CMIIA certification is based on CMIIC (CMII Comprehensive) certification and is awarded after successful participation in courses CMII-07 and CMII-08. More information on CMII certification levels can be found here. The pic ...

For continuus improvement of CMII courses GfKM - CMII Europe needs your valued input. It would be of great help if you could take 5 minutes and participate at our online survey about "CMII Next Generation". On April 23, 2011 we will give away one iPad 1 with 16 GB to one of all participants of the survey. If you would like to win an iPad and give ...

The Program for our Main Conference Days Sep 27+28, 2011 is now online! Thanks to all the excellent submissions. We are confident, that the selected themes and speakers will contribute bringing the Conference to an unforgettable event! If you need a printed version of the program or PDF flyers for exposing or spreading this event to friends, c ...

The online registration process for the CMII Europe 2011 conference in Stuttgart has started today. This is your chance to save money by registering now in order to get the early bird rate. It is as simple as filling out the online registration form. The following activities are planned for the conference week: Mon Sep 26, 2011: Pre conference ...

Date and location for the 2011 CMII Europe Conference are fixed now. The CMII Europe Conference 2011 will be held in Stuttgart, Germany from Sep 26 - 28, 2011. Location will be the Millenium Hotel with a Get Together at the Stuttgarter Octoberfest on Tuesday night. Time to save the date now and to get permission for attending. ...

A short video with highlights of the CMII Europe 2010 conference is published here. Enjoy the viewing - see you all at the CMII Europe Conference 2011. ...

There is a Group with recently 161 members in LinkedIn which just recently was transferred to ICM - see the announcement from Ray Wozny: "The ownership of this site has been transferred to ICM. We want to thank Danielle Yockman for starting the site and managing it. Over the next few months we will be adding more discussions and announcements to ...

Marenco Swisshelicopter AG - ein schweizer Start-up Unternehmen - bringt ab 2012 eine neue Generation von Hubschraubern auf den Markt. Bei der Entwicklung setzt Marenco von Anfang an auf CMII in Verbindung mit SAP PLM. Der Bericht ist in der CAD-CAM Sept. 2010 erschienen und kann hier heruntergeladen werden: http://www.gfkm.de/index.php/de/news ...

In September 2010 two CMII certification series did finish with a total of 19 new CMII grads. One series ended in Hamburg on Sep 2, 2010. Another one ended in Langen on Sep 17, 2010. The 2nd series was an on-site CMII certification series organized by Siemens PLM, Germany. For more information and pictures taken after certification visit the GfKM w ...

On Nov 10, 2011 OHB System joined the R2 Initiative as a member to support the reduction of rework. OHB System AG is a mid-size German space technology company and a subsidiary of the OHB Group. OHB System AG specializes in low-orbit and geostationary small satellites for scientific research, communications and earth observation, leading-edge t ...

On October 24, 2011 - Delphi signed the enrollment form to become a member of the R2 Initiative to reduce rework. Delphi is using CMII principles globally since years and has reduced corrective action a lot. The R2 initiative is very proud to have Delphi on board to share experience on how to reduce rework with other R2 initiative members.Delphi is ...

The Lean Advancement Initiative (LAI) at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) has published a very interesting white paper about a similar topic to the R2 Initiative: "Waste in Lean Product Development". They call it "Waste" - at R2 we call it "Rework". Reading this whitepaper provides a concise overview of the most important waste drive ...

Effective today, Marenco Swiss Helicopter signed the R2 Membership enrollment form as  R2 Champion to support the R2 Initiative. Marenco is the first organization world-wide that will support the R2 Initiative. Marenco is looking forward to network with other organizations that are going to become members of the initiative soon. Marenco is a swiss ...

With the term "R2 Initiative" GfKM CMII Europe – Center of Expertise for Cost Avoidance – is starting the year 2011 with an initiative for cost avoidance thru reducing the re-work/corrective actions in businesses. In the opinion of business experts the crisis is over and businesses will be profitable again in 2011, this is the good new ...