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EMC Officially Launches Consortium in Windsor

By Jason Bates – November 6, 2009
Jason Bates

The Windsor-Essex Region is one of the last areas in Ontario to officially launch a Consortium! Being born and raised in Windsor I am incredibly excited to work with manufacturers in my "home town" creating a viable and vibrant Consortium!
Together with our community partner Windsor Essex Development Commission and with fellow EMC Members, Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium (EMC) is presenting a special business briefing & Consortium launches for area manufacturers on Tuesday November 24th.

Increasing Manufacturing Competitiveness

Guest Speaker:  Al Diggins, President & GM - EMC Canada

Participants will learn how leveraging the expertise which already exists in your local manufacturing community can help your business; How networking peer-to-peer with your industry colleagues and other manufacturers (regardless of size, sector or sophistication) will increase your capabilities and boost your company's competitive advantage globally….

During this presentation, Al will discuss key issues affecting manufacturers:

·         EMC's Energy Group for Electricity & NG purchasing

·         Rising costs of business;  The Dollar;

·         Manufacturing Specific Safety Group

·         EMC's new 400 on-line training programs

·         Aging workforce

·         Scarcity of knowledge resources;

·         The China Syndrome;

·         EMC's Food Sector Initiative

Discover what EMC member manufacturers are doing to succeed and how you can benefit

Manufacturing in Today's Harsh Climate

Guest Speaker:  Chad Metcalf, President - Value Stream Solutions Inc.

Participants will learn how change is continuous - and developing a corporate culture and mindset that can deal with the challenges that change brings, can help strengthen your company and move your business closer to becoming a world-class organization!  Chad will also discuss how Lean and Leadership can accelerate positive change in your business and how manufacturers can benefit!

During this presentation, Chad will discuss opportunities and best practices around:

·         Culture & the ability to get things done;

·         Vision/Values/Roles/Enablers/Measures;

·         Identifying resistance, having a plan, and staying the course;

·         Working through change to get results;

·         Building a sustainable process for continuous improvement;

·         Standard work, problem solving, improving, measuring, and adjusting;

Discover what manufacturers are doing to succeed in today's difficult economic climate!

Who Should Attend?

CEOs, Presidents and Senior Managers who want to build advantage through excellence, improve competitiveness & expand their knowledge network. 

Windsor ON, November 24/2009

7:30am-11:00am
Fogolar Furlan Club, The Windsor South Hall
1800 North Service Rd

This is a FREE EMC event!

 

RSVP Required.  For more details or to register, please contact:

Jason Bates, Field Service Advisor, Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium

'  Phone:  519.281.1176

*  E-Mail:  jbates@emccanada.org

 

 
 

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Jason Bates

Field Service AdvisorExcellence in Manufacturing Consortium

Jason BatesLocal Field Service Advisor (FSA)Prior to joining EMC as a FSA in August of 2006 Jason worked throughout Southwestern Ontario in a sales and marketing capacity for an industrial…

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