To date, multiple attendees from 101 Northern Ontario manufacturers and industry stakeholders have participated in EMC's Productivity Improvement Cluster Events. By introducing and providing management best practices, tools and resources needed to effectively implement and sustain productivity improvements, these events are helping manufacturers to become more profitable and competitive! Event topics have included: Workplace Organization, Visual Management, and Implementing Change Understanding and identifying real waste in business practices and common sense tools to counter these wastes. Leadership action required to reach maximum productivity, plus concepts supporting the people of the organization and implementing leader standard work. Understanding some of the largest gains in productivity come from the application of simple tools…Value Stream Mapping (VSM), Kaizen, Standard Work, 5S, PDCA (A3), Problem Solving. The next series of events are scheduled for November. Thanks to funding support from FedNor, there is no cost to attend. Click on the location nearest you for more information about the next event: Sault Ste. Marie - November 15th Sudbury - November 16th Thunder Bay - November 29th Timmins - November 30th Muskoka - December 1st Comments Login to Access Comments