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The Owen Sound HR/H&S Strategic Interest Group in Januaery focused on the topic of Mental Health.
The Owen Sound HR/H&S SIG in January met to find out more about the issues relating to mental health and effects in the workplace. Canada will be releasing a voluntary standard for psychological health and safety in the workplace in 2012.
Jeff Suchak with the Community Mental Health Association and a Certified Trainer with Mental Health Works gave a presentation regarding this very important and timely issue. He indicated that 1 in 5 people have some degree of mental health issues -…
The Barrie/Midland/Muskoka Quality & Production Strategic Interest Group met in January to compare notes and share best practices regarding Employee Suggestion Programs.
Our host Canplas Industries started the discussion by sharing their efforts to increase & recognize employee participation. Their employee suggestion program is a part of their cost reduction program. They use many different methods off idea collection including person-to-person, web-based, and email. Every idea submitted gets points which can be accumulated and exchanged for Jump gift cards. A cross-functional committee meets monthly to review ideas and the ideas are tracked over a one…
February 1, 2012
The New Digital Technology Adoption Pilot Program & Industrial Research Assistance Program
The Barrie/Midland Senior Managers group met at Canplas Industries in January to learn about the new Digital Technology Adoption Pilot Program (DTAPP)and to review the Industrial Research Assistance Program.
Mike Curry, P. Eng., Industrial Technology Advisor with the National Research Council Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP) gave a presentation covering IRAP's role in stimulating innovation in small & medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in order to increase economic growth - jobs, revenue, market share and profitability and to create wealth for Canada.
IRAP offers financial & technical support to develop and adapt innovative technology. The program helps accelerate the growth of…
The Barrie/Midland Environmental, Health & Safety Strategic Interest Group met in January to learn about changes and requirements for Environmental Compliance Approvals and NPRI Reporting.
This month, DV Systems Inc. hosted the Environmental, Health & Safety Strategic Interest Group session which was all about Certificates of Approval or Environmental Compliance Approvals and National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI) reporting.
Our guest presenter was James Barker from MTE Consultants Inc. and he gave a very informative presentation regarding the topics mentioned above and answered members questions. A copy of his presentation is available on the Barrie/Midland/Muskoka…
Every month, when the Information Technology professionals of the Barrie/Midland Consortium get together, there is no shortage of questions and discussion topics.
Every month when the Information Technology professionals of the Barrie/Midland Consortium get together there is no shortage of questions and discussion topics.
They started the January session with a roundtable discussion of how their respective businesses are faring heading into the new year.
The discussion, then, headed into the technology realm and covered the following topics:
- Web developers & building web presences
- Protective cases for iPads/Phones
- Transitioning from…
2011 was another great year of events.
There are Strategic Interest Group session for 5 different areas of responsibility in the Barrie/Midland/Muskoka consortium including, Senior Managers; Quality & Production; Environmental and Health & Safety; Information Technology; and Human Resources.
Another year has flown by and the Barrie/Midland/Muskoka consortium continues to flourish!
I was cleaning up some old files on my computer and I ran into attendance forms from the Senior Managers group in Midland from 2001 and in Barrie from 2003 - ten and eight years respectively of consortium activity in which I have been involved. The manufacturers in Midland were members before I joined EMC.
2011 was another great year of events.
There are Strategic Interest Group session for 5…
DV Systems Inc. in Barrie hosted the Barrie/Midland/Muskoka November Quality & Production Strategic Interest Group session where the topic of discussion was problem solving and what techniques to use when a problem presents itself.
After a roundtable introduction and catch up session, the group got down to discussing the topic of problem solving and what techniques to use when a problem presents itself.
We looked at the four basic steps in problem solving and discussed:
- What tools to use?
- How do you know which tools to use for each type of problem?
- How do you avoid "group think", schedule pressures, biased experiences, etc. to be able to apply critical thinking to successfully solve problems?
The group agreed that…
December 2, 2011
Georgian College's Centre for Applied Research and Innovation
The Senior Managers from the Barrie/Midland/Muskoka consortium gathered on November 17th to meet and hear from Chris Berni, Manager of the Centre for Applied Research and Innovation at Georgian College.
The Barrie/Midland & area Senior Managers Strategic Interest Group session was hosted by DV Systems on November 17th 2011.
DV Systems is the only Canadian manufacturer and supplier of air systems, having been making industrial compressors since 1954. The company's objective is to provide reliable, innovative products and compressed air system solutions combined with exceptional customer service.
This month's session included a presentation by Chris Berni, Manager of the Centre for…
November 30, 2011
Theta Industries hosts Information Technology session - 08 Nov 11
The IT group met on November 8th for their last session on 2011. As always, lively technical conversation was the order of the day.
First a little about our host:
Theta TTS helps manufacturers by providing product development support, prototyping, and metal stamping services. The company has been delivering innovative and cost-effective solutions to customers for over 40 years. In addition to precision tooling and stamping, Theta TTS provides a full range of value-added services to ensure that parts are designed, produced, assembled, and shipped…all to the highest standards of quality & service.
Theta TTS produces…
Baxter Corporation has always strived to have the least environmental impact possible and has spent many years concentrating on energy efficiency – having reduced the facility’s natural gas and electricity use by 30 percent and its water consumption by 56 percent since 2005.
Baxter Corporation, an EMC member located in Alliston, manufactures products that help save an improve patients' lives.
The 180,000 square foot plant, which employs more than 400 people, manufactures life-sustaining intravenous (IV), nutritional, peritoneal dialysis and haemodialysis solutions - 99 percent of which are sold in Canada. The Alliston facility is the longest-standing parenteral solutions plant in Canada (opening in Alliston in 1957) and the only Canadian manufacturer of…
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