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You have a lot of challenges and deadlines you face every day, emails to deal with, meetings to attend, customers to call and the list goes on. Then you remember that request you received a while ago from the local FSA to host an EMC event at your facility...
Some of you reading this have been members of EMC for quite some time (perhaps since the beginning?), many of you are newer members still feeling your way, while some of you are not currently members and are wondering what the fuss is all about with our SIG events.
Manufacturers initially join EMC for many reasons but the lions share do so because they see the value in networking and sharing knowledge with fellow local manufacturers to enhance their operations. It is the core of what EMC is…
Many thanks go to members of the Management Team, John Larsen, Mary Jane Bushell and Carol Grubb for their wonderful hospitality and hosting the April SIG HR and CI Events.
The Owen Sound SIG Members were privileged to receive a great detailed tour of their impressive facility. It certainly was evident that Larsen and Shaw's success "hinges" on great Teamwork and a high standard of company values.
The day started with the HR/H&S Session focusing on The Discipline Process.
Discipline in the workplace is the means by which supervisory personnel correct behavioral deficiencies and ensure adherence to established company policies. The purpose of discipline is…
New Forum for Manufacturing Executives and Owners to Help Strengthen Industry by Honing Better Leadership and Accelerating Business Transformation
(Owen Sound ON) Today, Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium of Canada (EMC) President and General Manager Al Diggins announced the launch of the ENGAGE Program for Manufacturing Executives and Owners.
Manufacturing business leaders face difficult and unique challenges. EMC has created an equally unique forum designed to help manufacturing leaders break through the barriers and obstacles that impair growth and profitability.
Today, Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium of Canada (EMC) President and General Manager Al Diggins announced the launch of the ENGAGE Program for Manufacturing Executives and Owners.
The launch of the ENGAGE Program is the culmination of industry-driven…
Desiging Your ERP System to Improve Customer Service & Response Time Between Departments and Customers.
Steve Nixon, Operations Manger with Descon Conveyor Systems, was the host of EMC’s Senior Managers SIG event in April, where we learned how this engineered -to-order, make-to-order manufacturer, created its own customized ERP software solution. Descon manufacturer’s engineered-to-order conveyor systems for fortune 500 clients throughout North America, with a primary focus on the food and beverage sector. In the past, Steve and his team relied heavily on excel spreadsheets to store and manage information, each being managed in silos, and each requiring a tremendous amount of oversight, to ensure everyone requiring information, was receiving it.
Steve began developing their ERP software after hiring a programmer from Georgian College, at which time he began to design service modules, to help move information more quickly and accurately, in order to better serve their customers with the information they needed, when they needed it. Using the ".net framework" , the programmer was able to create new modules to move, update and share data more efficiently, whether users were in the office or on the road.
Steve shared the way his…
Cambridge/KW EMC event featuring Professional Engineers Ontario has a great turnout
A PEO representative joined EMC members at Kraus Flooring last week to answer questions about how the repeal of the industrial exception will affect manufacturers.
EMC members joined Marisa Sterling, Industrial Exception Lead, from Professional Engineers Ontario to hear more about the changes to the Professional Engineers Act that will soon require a Professional Engineer to review engineering work associated with machinery or equipment that produces products for the manufacturer for the use in their manufacturing facilities. We learned this is a requirement in all other provinces in Canada
What is engineering work? The Professional Engineers Act…
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