EMC’s National Manufacturing Conference & Exhibition - Early Bird Deadline 02-28-210

By Cori Hanna – February 12, 2010

EMC's national conference, Advantage through Excellence: Building the Case for Manufacturing in Canada is a two-and-a-half day event exploring the competitive advantages, opportunities and successes that can be achieved by manufacturers through peer-to-peer networking and sharing of best practices. May 10-12, 2010 - Early Bird Deadline February 28th, 2010

Early Bird Deadline February 28th, 2010

Six Conference Streams:

Hamilton Convention Centre May 10-12, 2010 - Advantage through Excellence's six streams puts you in the driver's seat to navigate your own learning and training. Apart from the common keynotes, workshops, and plant tours, delegates choose sessions from across multiple streams. This means you can return to your facility armed with a broad range of new knowledge.

Some of the 50+ Workshops Include these Leadership & Human Capital Sessions:

Opportunities 'Loom' with THRC/Harvard Supervisory Program LCH01 - Textiles Human Resources Council THRC
The Future of Employee HealthCare and Pension Benefits, Can You Afford Them LCH02 - BHH Benefits Inc.
Organizational Resilience LCH03 - Workplace Health Outcomes, This workshop will explore the importance of building resilience through Transformational Leadership.
Person to Person Communication... The Soft Stuff is the Hard Stuff LCH04 - Bristlecone Learning, With remarkably few exceptions, the root causes of problems in manufacturing stem from miscommunication or lack of communication between key individuals in the supply or management chain.
Hoshin Kanri Planning as a Template for Cultural Change LCH05 - Custom Foam Systems Ltd, Discover how through Hoshin Kanri (policy deployment) process, Custom Foam Systems' mission, values and vision were defined along with our long range plan and goals.
Employee Optimization through Trout River 101 LCH06 -Trout River Industries, The old way of doing business is dead. In order for Canadian companies to successfully compete in rapidly changing global marketplace, they must concentrate efforts on developing leadership and innovation skills within.
The Turnaround Interview LCH07 -Montana HR Services Inc, Why we get defensive about bad habits, How to recognize and work around the four "families" of defensive reactions.
Labour and Employment Strategies for 2010 LCH08 -Hicks Morley A practical guide to minimize and manage your employee relations issues, from the hiring process, through to termination, in both the unionized and non-union environments.
Health and Safety Update LCH09 -Hicks Morley, Best practices to address the new provisions of OHSA regarding workplace violence; and, a legal update on due diligence and accident reporting for non-worker.