Food Safety – Cleaning & Sanitation - North
2026-06-18 08:30 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | NJMEP North 2 Ridgedale Ave, Suite 305, Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927, 2 Ridgedale Ave, Cedar Knolls, NJ, 07927, United States
6/18/26
About Course:
Proper cleaning and sanitizing are essential to producing high quality, safe food products. A well-informed and trained staff provides the foundation for safe food processing. Class covers the following areas: differences between cleaning and sanitation, the four factors of cleaning (TACT WINS), hygienic design, seven steps of sanitation, wet vs. dry cleaning, SSOPs and more! Course also touches on broader categories of cGMP and allergens in the context of cleaning and sanitation. The participant will receive a certificate for successfully completion of the training after passing the written knowledge test at the end of the training class.
Cleaning versus Sanitizing:
The first step in Sanitation Control is to understand the difference between cleaning and sanitizing.
· Cleaning removes soils from surfaces
· Sanitizing reduces the microorganisms on surfaces
An area must be cleaned before it can be sanitized. You can’t sanitize dirt!

Blue Print Reading for Beginners – North
2026-06-22 08:30 - 17:00 | NJMEP North 2 Ridgedale Ave, Suite 305, Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927, 2 Ridgedale Ave, Cedar Knolls, NJ, 07927, United States
6/22, 6/23/26
About Course:
This two-day training course has been designed for people who want to understand how to read blueprints. The class will be live with an NJMEP Expert Resource with constant discussion between students and the instructor. Question and answer sessions will take place during the course to ensure knowledge and understanding this two-day training course has been designed for people who want to understand how to read blueprints. The class will be live with an NJMEP Expert Resource with constant discussion between students and the instructor. Question and answer sessions will take place during the course to ensure knowledge and understanding.
Topics to be covered:
I. Basics of Blueprints
II. Reading Blueprints
III. Lines and Views
IV. Dimensions
V. Tolerances
VI. Surfaces/Finishes
VII. Machine Terms and Holes
VIII. Intro to GD & T (Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing)
IX. Other Topics
a. Screw Threads
b. Bills of Material (BOM) references
c. Schematics

A Tutorial on Lean Six Sigma Tools - Virtual
2026-06-22 12:30 - 16:30 | Online
6/22, 6/25, 6/29, 7/2/26
Participants will learn how to use and implement a variety of tools in the Lean Six Sigma toolkit to drive process improvements.
Topics covered:
• Value Stream Mapping
• Cause/Effect Diagram
• Control Charts
• FMEA
• Pareto Charts
• 5 S
• Cost of Quality
• PPAP(Production Part Approval Process)
• Scatter Plots
Knowledge and application of these tools will benefit the participants to reduce customer pain points, improve in process quality to reduce cycle time and defects to drive operational excellence and enhance customer experience/satisfaction.

Food Safety – cGMP (Current Good Manufacturing Practices) Requirements and Readiness Training – North
2026-06-25 08:30 - 17:00 | NJMEP North 2 Ridgedale Ave, Suite 305, Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927, 2 Ridgedale Ave, Cedar Knolls, NJ, 07927, United States
6/25/26
Current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) Regulations is the process that ensures the quality of a product by establishing manufacturing procedures making certain that food is safe and has been prepared, packed, and stored under hygienic conditions.
Food manufacturers must comply with cGMP’s through new regulations to be compliant with FSMA.
cGMP’s are critical, not only to FSMA, but to every food safety and quality certification.
They are audited by third party food safety auditors and are considered prerequisites.
The training will cover the core requirements, changes to former requirements and best practices on how to achieve compliance. Participants will learn how to handle FDA and third party Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) inspections.
The training will also outline how to interact effectively with investigators so that organizations can not only react to inspections, but anticipate them as well.

ISO Automotive Standard (IATF 16949) Internal Auditor Training – Virtual
2026-07-14 12:30 - 16:30 | Online
7/14, 7/16, 7/21, 7/23/26
The Automotive Standard (IATF 16949) requires you to conduct internal audits of your own Quality Management system. Your registrar expects that your internal auditors are qualified to conduct internal audits. The facilitator will help the Internal Audit Process Leaders schedule the audits according to status and importance of your processes and confirm the independence of the auditors involved. The IATF 16949 Internal Auditor Training Class is designed to train your personnel to become qualified and confident to conduct internal audits in a positive, constructive approach consistent with the objectives of your management system and adds value to your business. This class teaches the fundamentals of conducting an end-to-end process audit and includes several workshops/case studies that facilitate the learning process.

Lean Manufacturing – Introduction to Value Stream Mapping – North
2026-08-11 08:30 - 17:00 | NJMEP North 2 Ridgedale Ave, Suite 305, Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927, 2 Ridgedale Ave, Cedar Knolls, NJ, 07927, United States
8/11/26
In this course, participants will receive an introduction to Value Stream Mapping and will apply the learned principles to a specified product family in the company. This course teaches participants how to gather the information required to eliminate all non-value adding waste and how to use the information to plan the implementation of Lean activities. Participants will learn the steps necessary for creating a current state value stream map from customer back to raw material and develop a future state vision to act as a blueprint for lean activities.
The future-state map created by the class will act as a blue print for additional lean manufacturing training and implementations. The impact to the company will be calculated after the implementation plan is created, however it is anticipated that when implemented, the plan will result in a significant reduction in lead times, inventory, and floor space, and an increase in productivity.

Lean Manufacturing – Introduction to Pull Kanban Systems – North
2026-09-15 08:30 - 17:00 | NJMEP North 2 Ridgedale Ave, Suite 305, Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927, 2 Ridgedale Ave, Cedar Knolls, NJ, 07927, United States
9/15/26
About Course:
In this course, participants will receive an introduction to Pull /Kanban Systems, and the class will apply the learned Pull / Kanban principles to a specified area in the company.
This class will define a six-step methodology to implement Pull/Kanban Material Systems. In addition, attendees will see the concepts in practice in repetitive and non-repetitive, as well as seasonal demand applications.
Attendees will learn to set-up point-of-use material storage, interface pull systems with existing planning systems, and set lot sizes based on capacity, not economic order quantity theory.
Participants will experience firsthand the benefits of implementing Pull / Kanban systems, which include: simplified processes, fewer stock-outs, less inventory, lower space requirements, higher productivity and greater flexibility in a specific area of the business.

ISO 9001:2015 Internal Auditor Training – Virtual
2026-09-15 12:30 - 16:30 | Online
9/15, 9/17, 9/22, 9/24
About Course:
ISO requires you to conduct internal audits of your own system. Your registrar expects that your internal auditors will become qualified to conduct internal audits. The facilitator will help the Internal Audit Process Leader schedule the audits according to status and importance of your processes and confirm the independence of the auditors involved. The ISO 9001-2015 Internal Auditor Training Class is designed to train your personnel to become qualified and confident to conduct internal audits in a positive, constructive approach consistent with the objectives of your management system and adds value to your business . This class teaches the fundamentals of conducting an end to end process audit and includes a number of workshops/case studies that facilitate the learning process.

Link for meeting will be emailed to all registered guests the day prior to the event.
We must receive your payment prior to the class to guarantee your participation. Payment methods accepted: company check or credit card (Amex, Visa or MasterCard). There will be no refunds for this training.
Space is limited – early registration will ensure your participation!

ISO AS 9100 Internal Auditor Training - Virtual
2026-10-06 12:30 - 16:30 | Online
10/6, 10/8, 10/13, 10/15
About Course:
ISO requires you to conduct internal audits of your own system. Your registrar expects that your internal auditors will become qualified to conduct internal audits. The facilitator will help the Internal Audit Process Leader schedule the audits according to status and importance of your processes and confirm the independence of the auditors involved. The ISO AS 9100 Internal Auditor Training Class is designed to train your personnel to become qualified and confident to conduct internal audits in a positive, constructive approach consistent with the objectives of your management system and adds value to your business This class teaches the fundamentals of conducting an end to end process audit and includes a number of workshops/case studies that facilitate the learning process.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Kathleen Baldwin at 973-998-9801 or kbaldwin@njmep.org

A Tutorial on Lean Six Sigma Tools – Virtual
2026-10-20 12:30 - 16:30 | Online
10/20, 10/22, 10/27, 10/29/26
Participants will learn how to use and implement a variety of tools in the Lean Six Sigma toolkit to drive process improvements.
Topics covered:
• Value Stream Mapping
• Cause/Effect Diagram
• Control Charts
• FMEA
• Pareto Charts
• 5 S
• Cost of Quality
• PPAP(Production Part Approval Process)
• Scatter Plots
Knowledge and application of these tools will benefit the participants to reduce customer pain points, improve in process quality to reduce cycle time and defects to drive operational excellence and enhance customer experience/satisfaction.

ISO Automotive Standard (IATF 16949) Internal Auditor Training – Virtual
2026-11-03 12:30 - 16:30 | Online
11/3, 11/5, 11/10, 11/12/26

The Automotive Standard (IATF 16949) requires you to conduct internal audits of your own Quality Management system. Your registrar expects that your internal auditors are qualified to conduct internal audits. The facilitator will help the Internal Audit Process Leaders schedule the audits according to status and importance of your processes and confirm the independence of the auditors involved. The IATF 16949 Internal Auditor Training Class is designed to train your personnel to become qualified and confident to conduct internal audits in a positive, constructive approach consistent with the objectives of your management system and adds value to your business. This class teaches the fundamentals of conducting an end-to-end process audit and includes several workshops/case studies that facilitate the learning process.

Lean Manufacturing – Introduction to Value Stream Mapping – North
2026-11-10 08:30 - 17:00 | NJMEP North 2 Ridgedale Ave, Suite 305, Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927, 2 Ridgedale Ave, Cedar Knolls, NJ, 07927, United States
11/10/26
About Course:
In this course, participants will receive an introduction to Value Stream Mapping and will apply the learned principles to a specified product family in the company. This course teaches participants how to gather the information required to eliminate all non-value adding waste and how to use the information to plan the implementation of Lean activities. Participants will learn the steps necessary for creating a current state value stream map from customer back to raw material and develop a future state vision to act as a blueprint for lean activities.
The future-state map created by the class will act as a blue print for additional lean manufacturing training and implementations. The impact to the company will be calculated after the implementation plan is created, however it is anticipated that when implemented, the plan will result in a significant reduction in lead times, inventory, and floor space, and an increase in productivity.

Lean Manufacturing – Introduction to Pull Kanban Systems – North
2026-12-08 08:30 - 17:00 | NJMEP North 2 Ridgedale Ave, Suite 305, Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927, 2 Ridgedale Ave, Cedar Knolls, NJ, 07927, United States
12/8/26
About Course:
In this course, participants will receive an introduction to Pull /Kanban Systems, and the class will apply the learned Pull / Kanban principles to a specified area in the company.
This class will define a six-step methodology to implement Pull/Kanban Material Systems. In addition, attendees will see the concepts in practice in repetitive and non-repetitive, as well as seasonal demand applications.
Attendees will learn to set-up point-of-use material storage, interface pull systems with existing planning systems, and set lot sizes based on capacity, not economic order quantity theory.
Participants will experience firsthand the benefits of implementing Pull / Kanban systems, which include: simplified processes, fewer stock-outs, less inventory, lower space requirements, higher productivity and greater flexibility in a specific area of the business.
