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On March 29, 2023, WMCO sponsored the event “Applying Lean in the Office – Using Value Stream Mapping” led by Sheri Phillips of Lean Advisors, at the EDC facility in Kitchener, Ontario. Nine people from five different WMCO member companies were present and gained valuable insight into the ways Lean Principles can be applied to office settings. Peter DeGelder, Business Development Manager for WMCO welcomed the entire group, and reviewed upcoming WMCO events. Sheri Phillips then took everyone through the different forms of waste in office situations and gave sample exercises to assess where waste...
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Following that, we watched a welcome video before embarking on a motorized tram tour of the Cambridge Plant to learn about how team members and robots build the Lexus RX350 and 450h. While WMCO...
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Our CEO, Mike Baker welcomed everyone and spoke about WMCO initiatives such as the CFIB Partnership with WMCO, membership auto-renewal, the importance of the Health and Safety Excellence program, and our 9 new WMCO Members. Upcoming events were highlighted, starting with the MNRF Wood Waste survey that will be sent to members in early February. Zarin Khan of...
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This year, the WMCO’s fall networking event was held at Humber College’s Woodworking Center in Etobicoke. The event kicked off with updates from WMCO’s CEO Mike Baker on new developments within the WMCO including the soon to be fully launched Lean Yellow Belt online training course, an upcoming Cyber Security Training event series, Sales Development training, two upcoming plant tours and more. The new Lean Yellow Belt online training course was developed in partnership with The Lean Advisors, industry experts and Dr. Bob Abell, Learning PhD scholar specializing in human learning behaviours to optimize the online learning impact for...
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Woodland Horizon, is a custom kitchen cabinet manufacturer located in the peaceful town of Drayton, Ontario. Founded in 2005 by Laverne Martin and his wife, the 2000 sq. ft. shop grew through one move, and two expansions to the 18,000 sq. ft. where it is now…and they are already looking...
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There is a WSIB rebate program out right now that provides twice the rebate it normally does and on June 17th the WMCO in partnership with CME featured an information session on how companies can access the program. Program Specialist, James Ebidia was on hand to provide a full description of the program on how wood manufacturing companies can implement it into their factories. Over the past year, the WMCO along with James Ebidia have be providing both informative sessions on the Health and Safety Excellence Program (HSEP) as well as hosting a monthly wood cohort meeting for companies that...
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This year’s June Networking Event was hosted in Guelph at Linamar’s Frank Hasenfratz Centre for Excellence in Manufacturing. Additionally, the WMCO continues to make our member events accessible via a hybrid model of in-person and online (live-streamed). The Guelph Venue also offered an opportunity for members of a tour of the 88,000 sq. ft. facility after the networking event. The WMCO is currently exploring a potential cost saving partnership with the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) – and in doing so, brought Michael Kirwin, CFIB’s Senior Vice President, Business Development to provide an insight to how their organization supports...
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Earlier this year, the WMCO featured a virtual plant tour of Diamond CNC’s previous location, Brantford ON. There, the company showcased their product flow and how the business has evolved over the years. As a follow up to the February 24th, 2022, virtual plant tour, the WMCO recently wrapped up part 2 of 2 on location at Diamond CNC’s new facility location on April 28th in Nanticoke, ON. Owners Mike and Rob Clare provided a full walk through of their new 35,000 sq ft. facility with an emphasis on their continuous improvements to simplify product and information flow. Diamond...
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Even in times of extraordinary sales levels, WMCO members are always thinking ahead with their business strategies. This year, the WMCO partnered with Sandler Training once again in the spring of 2022 to unleash a 4-part training series that featured president of Sandler Training Milton, Andrew Wall. “Your Business is performing exactly as you planned it”. – Andrew Wall, Sandler Training Milton Over the four-week delivery of the WMCO sales training program, attendees leaned, workshopped, strategized, and developed their sales growth strategies laying the seeds for new levels of sales growth and how to be more profitable with their sales. ...
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