About the Speaker

Guelph, Ontario

Manufacturing Competitiveness

Things that can be done to make manufacturing more competitive in North America.

Featured Best Practice(s)
There has been a blind rush to manufacture everything off shore. This trend is not sustainable, does not make even short term economic sense and will hurt the long term prospects of the North American economy.

• Benchmarking
• Performance measurements
• Standardization
• Lean manufacturing

About the Speaker

Dinesh Chaudhari, Sr. Operations Manager, North Shore Industrial Wheel Mfg.
Education: MBA, Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario, London, Bachelor in Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India

Experience: 20 plus years of operations management experience in construction and manufacturing industry. Current position: Senior Operations Manager, North Shore Industrial Wheel Mfg. Expertise in lean manufacturing and operations for custom manufacturing (low volume, high variety)