Hi everyone,
This is our final newsletter for 2010, we hope you've had a great year and are planning some well-earned time off over the holidays.
You can check our holiday office hours below. Our complimentary desktop calendars are also in the post, feel free to drop us an email if you would
like a copy.
We have more Product Development seminars planned for next year, and some good articles below on the Business Value of Simulation and the Skillset
Challenges to Simulation Driven Design. IPENZ has also put out its 2011 Centre for Professional program, in which I'm helping facilitate a Finite Element
Analysis introductory course. See below for more details.
Also in this issue are some Christmas jokes, another puzzle and answers to last issue's question. We have really enjoyed working with you
all this year, and look forward to supporting you in your 2011 engineering endeavours.
Enjoy the read!
Greg Morehouse
Managing Director
Engineering Analyst
greg@motovated.co.nz
Motovated's 2011 Desktop Calendars
Our 2011 complimentary desktop calendars are in the mail. If you haven't received your copy by the New Year, please
drop us an email and we will put you on our calendar list and send you one ASAP.
We will also have a copy available for downloading on our gallery web page early next year.
Holiday Office Hours
Motovated will be officially closed from:
Wednesday 23rd December 2010 and re-opening on Monday 17th January 2011
We will be in email contact over the holiday period, however please let us know if you need work processed during this period and we will see what we
can do... You can contact Jonathan Prince on 021 582 199!
Articles and Blogs
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The Business Value of Simulation
Read Jonathan's article on the value of employing engineering
rigor in your development program. The article uses an example
of how Formway applied such rigor with overwhelming success in
an economic downturn. Jim Brown at Tech-Clarity Inc.
has also written a very interesting article on the Business Value of
Simulation and leveraging Virtual Prototyping...
Read More |
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Skillset Challenges to Simulation Driven Design
This excellent article outlines the very real skill sets required to
perform simulation driven design such as we do here at Motovated.
If you are an engineering manager or are involved in
the engineering industry...
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Upcoming Events and Training
| IPENZ 2011 Centre for Professional Development Program |
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Download PDF (5.6MB)
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The new IPENZ 2011 Centre for Professional Development program is now available for review, with some great courses and seminars on offer.
Motovated
will be co-facilitating an Introduction to Applied Finite Element Analysis course with Canterbury University Computational Solid Mechanics
(FEA) lecturer Dr. Elijah Van Houten. You can find the details by following the link opposite.
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| Product Development Seminars by Jonathan Prince |
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These Product Development Seminars have had some great feedback, and will be continuing around the country. Check the dates below and
pencil them in for the New Year.
- Wellington - 10th February 2011, in conjunction with IPENZ
- Ashburton - late February 2011, in conjunction with Grow Mid Canterbury (to be confirmed)
- Christchurch - mid March 2011, in conjunction with IPENZ (to be confirmed)
For more information, contact Jonathan on
jonathan.prince@motovated.co.nz
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Some Interesting Links...
Christmas facts you never knew...
- In the village where the original Saint Nicholas was born, children celebrate Christmas by giving gifts to old men with long white beards.
- Red and green became official Christmas colors in 1939, when it was recognized that red marked-down price tags brought in green cash during the shopping season.
- Sir Isaac Newton was born on December 25th
- Christmas crackers were invented by Thomas Smith. He had imported some French novelties to sell as Christmas gifts, but these were
not popular until he wrapped them and added a snapper.
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More Project Management Laws...
- If it can go wrong it will - Murphy's law.
- If it can't possibly go wrong, it will - O'Malley's corollary to Murphy's law.
- It will go wrong in the worst possible way - Sod's law.
- Work expands to fill the time available for its completion - Parkinson's law.
- A two year project will take three years, a three year project will never finish - (anyone know who's law this is?)
- Murphy, O'Malley, Sod and Parkinson are alive and well - and working on your project.
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Outsmart your colleagues...
Suppose you're on a game show, and you're given the choice of three doors: Behind one door is a car, behind the others are goats.
The rules are as follows:
After you have chosen a door, the door remains closed for the time being. The host, who knows what's behind the doors, then has
to open one of the two remaining doors, and the door he opens must have a goat behind it. You will then be asked whether you want to stay
with your first choice or to switch to the last remaining door.
Imagine that you chose Door 1 and the host opens Door 3, which has a goat. He then asks you "Do you want to switch to Door 2?"
Is it to your advantage to change your choice?
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| Send your correct answer to
competition@motovated.co.nz to be
in with a chance of winning a $50 Mitre 10 voucher.
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Answers to last issue's puzzle
Check your answer to October issue's question here: Consider each case in turn:
Remember that only one clue is true and the others are false
- If the prize is behind Door A, then the clues on Door B and Door D are both true, violating the rules
- If the prize is behind Door B, then the clues on Door A and Door D are both true, violating the rules
- If the prize is behind Door C, then the clues on Door A, Door C and Door D are all true, violating the rules
- If the prize is behind Door D, then the clue on Door B is true, and the others are false, which matches the rules
Therefore, the prize is behind Door D.
Last issue's puzzle winner...
Congratulations to Ken Molloy from AuCom Electronics Ltd, a $50 Mitre 10 voucher is on its way to you.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
The team at Motovated wishes you a great Christmas season, and look forward to working with you again next year.
Thanks!
Greg and the team at Motovated.
"engineering your vision"
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Thanks for your time and support. We look forward to working with you and continuing to provide the best engineering services possible.
Greg and the team at Motovated.
"Engineering Your Vision"
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