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What a great week for Northern Ontario Manufacturers. Last week, Chad Metcalf, the President of Value Stream Solutions toured the north speaking to Local area manufacturers in Sudbury and North Bay. The topic of Chad's Discussion was: Sustaining Momentum for Continuous Improvement and Future Change. Please click on the link below to view the presentation in its entirety.
http://www.emccanada.org/membersonl/ontario/northbay/2010/emcnortherntour032111pdf
Chad talked to the groups about how…
September 22, 2010
EMC: SPECIAL SIG EVENT AT B&D MANUFACTURING IN SUDBURY: STRATEGIES TO REDUCING PURCHASING COSTS
I would like to thank Andre Roust at B&D Manufacturing for hosting this months Strategic Interest Group Meeting: Strategies on How to Reduce Purchasing Costs.
Special guest speaker Ian Gray was there to talk to the group about Purchasing strategies and ways to leverage EMC members to reduce the costs of Purchasing. Please review the Purchasing Co-operative presentation below. If you were not able to attend the SIG event, Please feel free to contact Kevin McCormick at kmccormick@emccanada.org to set up a webinar at a time that is convenient to you.
Below is a sample of the presentation, if you want to see the entire presentation, click on this lin…
I would like to take this opportunity to thank Norbert Hoffmann and Novenco Inc. for hosting this months Strategic Ineterest Group Meeting, Supervisor Competency from a health and safety perspective. We had several organizations show up for this event, showing the importance of understanding what the responsibilities of the supervisors are.
Sudbury area manufacturers gathered at Novenco Inc. for a special Health and safety Strategic interest group meeting on Supervisor Competency: A health and Safety Perspective. Special Guest Speaker Laura Rourke was on hand to talk to the group about Supervisor Competency and what is required by supervisors under the Law as well as the Health and Safety Act and Regulations. Laura brings real world experience from the Automotive, environmental and electronic sectors and is a P.Eng, CRSP and…
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I would like to thank Chris Roy at Rainbow concrete Industries for hosting the April SIG event. I would also like to welcome our new members BESTECH to the Sudbury consortium. The good folks at Rainbow Concrete talked about the activities they are doing to improve the business model at Rainbow. It is clearly evident the amount of work they have done with 5's, and process improvements. Chris Roy, the Production Manager at Rainbow Concrete talked about all the initiatives and…
I would like to thank Rob Brouillette at City Welding for hosting this month's Strategic Interest Group Meeting. The topic of the event was: Continuous improvement in a down Economy. In a time when most businesses are just trying to hold on, City welding is taking a different approach. They are aggressively expanding, purchasing new sophisticated equipment, adding more floor space and aggressively going after work in every sector imaginable. Their motto is: "Big or Small we do it all!"
Rob…
I would like to thank Softub Canada for hosting last month’s SIG event at their facility in Sudbury. The session was well received and we had some excellent conversation and discussion around the importance of having Quick Changeovers. Please see below to read more on what was discussed and what some of the benefits are of having a quick changeover program.
On October 21st, 2009 our Monthly Strategic Interest Group Meeting was held at Softub Canada in Sudbury. The topic for this month was quick changeovers, / set up reduction or what is commonly referred to SMED…Single Minute Exchange of dies. The discussion revolved around the reason for pursuing quick set ups to begin with. It was pointed out that it was extremely important to get the main stake holders involved in any activity in the order of set up reduction. The main points that were…
During the session it was noted that during our daily activities, we become oblivious to the wastes that are associated in all the processes around us... this is due to the fact that we continually work in and around these processes without having an eye for improvement. Discussions revolved around the importance of training people in our organizations to be able to identify the waste's that are inherent in our processes, whether that be on the shop floor or in the office. It is important to be able to id
Our Strategic Interest Group Meeting topic for April in Sudbury was; Identifying and Eliminating the Seven Deadly Wastes. I would like to thank Softub Canada for hosting this event.
Waste elimination is one of the most successful ways to increase the productivity, output, quality and profitability of any business with very little capital outlay. All processes have some sort of waste inherent in them, and it is critical to be able to identify them in order to eliminate them. It is…
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