Through the delightful process of member visits, one of the top discussions has involved the need for training. In the past, public events have not had the response for all to run as planned and that has created disappointment to those whos…

Three local members throw their doors wide open to a group of staff from P.E.I. member Trout River Industries.

The March SIG sessions in the Burlingon/Oakville/Milton Consortium was held at Thermal Ceramics. Almost 40 EMC members gathered for these 2 sessions that generated a lot of brilliant conversation!

Hi Folks · · EMC has a ton of Health & Safety Events coming up to register for this spring! · Our H&S workshops have been custom designed to meet the needs of our members and to satisfy ever stringent H&S …

Hello Folks - hope you are all enjoying the Olympics ... · · Please get your registrations in early as we advise our contracted facilitators 2 weeks notice if we are running or removing their sessions from the 'Calendar o…

Hi Folks! · Don’t miss these public training workshops across Ontario... · Some events are confirmed and the specified Lean Events are 50% funding eligible!

Hi Folks! · Don’t miss these public training workshops across Ontario... · Some events are confirmed and the specified Lean Events are 50% funding eligible!

The members in Lunenburg / Queens were recently treated to a rare glimpse inside the facility at Composites Atlantic in Lunenburg. Our hosts presented on their continuous improvement journey to date and talked about and displayed some of th…

Throughout the month of January, planning for the upcoming activities has been a priority. Schedules and activities are rolling out and final details will be expanded upon soon. Aside from the regular networking events, members are actively…

2009 brought to our members the "fruits" of EMC's affiliation with the Textiles Human Resources Council (THRC).

On November 24th, EMC Members gathered at Lance Canada(AKA Tamming Foods) in Guelph to learn how Lance has succeeded in driving out waste by using the tools of Lean Manufacturing, specifically through Kaizen events and Employee Communicatio…

Robinson Solutions, Kingston, hosted the September EMC event and members were joined by Allen Line, PSR Inspections Inc. of Ottawa for a lively and enlightening discussion re: Pre-Start Safety Reviews – both machine and racking related. Ma…

Over the past couple of years, it has been my pleasure to be associated with the folks of Trout River Industries. They have continuously participated, shared, learned and supported the EMC group of companies on PEI. In the small village of…

Brockville EMC members were treated to a new approach to the budgeting & forecasting process this month at an SIG hosted by Hewitt (Brockville) Ltd. and held at St. Lawrence College. Nicole St-Aubin, Aim Consulting, spoke to this Consortiu…

United Counties/Cornwall member companies gathered at Dynamic Closures, Long Sault for the yearly privilege of sharing a VERY stimulating presentation and discussion with Charles (Chuck) Hofley, lawyer with the Ottawa office of the Hicks Mo…

Ottawa Valley member companies gathered at Scapa North America, Renfrew for the yearly privilege of sharing a very stimulating presentation and discussion with Andrew McCreary, lawyer with the Ottawa office of the Hicks Morley law firm. A…

I’m not sure where the summer went –seems like the summer weather just started! But it seems that the kids are back at school (heck the dollar store already has their Halloween and Christmas stuff out) so what are you doing for back to sch…

Appreciating the learning that takes place in our educational systems and particularly the input from manufacturers across Canada to provide innovative learning forums, tools, samples, speakers, best practices and mentorship to provoke thou…

During the session in North Bay, our discussion revolved around the importance of visually managing the shop floor, as well as the office. It was noted that, a well manage visual environment would allow anyone to step in, and at a glance h…

The Burlington/Oakville and Milton Consortium got together for an engaging roundtable discussion on Training Effectiveness and Knowledge Transfer in their workplaces on April 9th.

Supervisors and Lead Hands representing Eastern New Brunswick Manufacturers continue to build relationships through peer to peer networking.

Our planned event for March was on Disaster recovery & Learning tools for leadhands. Here is some information on these topics.

The Halifax group met at Ultra Electronics to discuss training programs. The session was broken into two parts as listed below:

The Colchester group met at Tandus (Crossley Carpets) to discuss training programs. Discussion points are listed below under the two main headings.