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On May 16th, the BWA hosted its Lean Road Map Training Event for manufacturers and suppliers at EDC’s Kitchener location: EDC Export Growth Hub. Brad Cairns & Sepp Gmeiner brought a wealth of knowledge to train and discuss all aspects of Lean Manufacturing. What bugs you about your current systems? Reflect for a moment on your current systems in place at your facility… What does it mean to you, to be productive as a company? Accomplishing something is perhaps the first thing to come to mind and an obvious and logical answer. But what specifically is it that you are working...
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On Thursday, March 28th, the BWA hosted it’s annual Spring Quarterly Networking Event at Humber College School of Trades Woodworking Center. Many BWA members have experienced surprise visits from the MOL with mixed feelings. While we all want to ensure the health and safety for our employees, it can’t hurt to build better bridges between BWA members and the MOL who focus on safety. Ron Landry, Provincial Coordinator at the Ministry...
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Large manufacture of furniture in Southwestern Ontario is searching for a manufacturer to produce custom wood lets with matching stretchers. Wood species is undetermined at this point, will likely be ash, oak & or walnut. Legs to be supplied raw. Annual units likely in the several hundred. Below are reference images of the concept. Any interested inquiries should respond to: Tara Davey, Program Administrator admin@bluewaterwoodalliance.com 1-519-270-7141
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[av_textblock size='16' font_color='' color=''] Wednesday, February 27th marked the latest BWA Plant Tour Focus Group held at Durham Furniture with over 40 manufacturing members attending. On behalf of all who attended congratulations to Durham Furniture for hosting a very successful plant tour event! BWA Members gathered at the historic manufacturing plant of Durham Furniture in the town of Durham to participate in a Plant Tour Focus Group. These events incorporate a Kaizen theme in which the plant host presents a challenge for the group to observe and provide insight and feedback. Themes included: Materials planning and flow Efficiency optimizing of batching Cost vs....
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BWA’s S.M.T.E. attracts Leadership to Milton Thursday, February 7th the BWA hosted its Sales Management Training Event with award-winning sales trainer and President of Sandler Training Milton, Andrew Wall. Though the weather was challenging, many attendees made the trek to explore the multi-faceted aspects of leading sales teams. Do your sales teams have best practices systems in place? What measurables are you currently using? How is performance evaluated and what are its comparables? Andrew Wall provided a hands-on, interactive training session that explored these topics and much more. Andrew Wall leading breakout sessions with a hands-on approach...
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