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Thursday, October 9th, 2019 the BWA facilitated a Plant Tour Focus Group of 35,000 sq. Ft Doma Doors Ltd. located in Mississauga. Plant Tour Focus Groups strive to spur innovation among wood companies by allowing the host company to showcase what they do well as a manufacturer as well as address the current challenge they are facing they want to improve. Doma Doors Mfg.’s focus was on finding new ways to manage the vast quantity of machinery used to produce the volume of productions they run, as well as managing the software for operations. Prior to the tour, the group...
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Take a 3 million square ft. facility, fill it with a constantly moving stream of parts, robots, machines; factor in leadership dedicated to continuous improvement; a workforce dedicated to producing a product of first-rate quality utilizing Lean Manufacturing and what you have is a tour nothing short of memorable and inspiring to witness. Following up from the BWA Lean Road Map Training Event held back on May...
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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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[av_textblock size='' font_color='' color=''] Heavy rain and the drive didn’t stop BWA members from traveling out to Plant Focus Tour at Woody’s Premium Cabinetry in Strathroy on October 31st. The BWA brought together members from a variety of wood manufacturing sectors including Millwork, Cabinetry, Component, Furniture, Crating, high volume and custom residential/commercial. BWA Plant Focus Tour Groups are designed to focus on a challenge the hosting company is having and bring together the vast knowledge the combined group of manufacturers has – to provide solutions for the host. Additionally, members visiting the tour can learn from the...
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Heavy rain and the drive didn’t stop BWA members from traveling out to Plant Focus Tour at Woody’s Premium Cabinetry in Strathroy on October 31st. The BWA brought together members from a variety of wood manufacturing sectors including Millwork, Cabinetry, Component, Furniture, Crating, high volume and custom residential/commercial. BWA Plant Focus Tour Groups are designed to focus on a challenge the hosting company is having and bring together the vast knowledge the combined group of manufacturers has – to provide solutions for the host. Additionally, members visiting the tour can learn from the host’s best practices and see...
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The BWA Plant Tour Focus Groups continue to draw members from far and wide from across southwestern Ontario. BWA members traveling from Chatham, Niagara, GTA, Owen Sound, and Barrie, and all stops in between representing cabinet shops, furniture manufacturers, commercial millworkers, CNC houses, and niche product manufacturers all showed up at this event because they share the same needs and interests: we all want to get better! They gathered at George Guenzler & Son in Kitchener, ON for the BWA Plant Tour Focus Group Jan 23, 2018. These events focus on a challenge in the host company, and members learn...
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The BWA Plant Tour Focus Groups continue to draw members from far and wide from across southwestern Ontario. BWA members traveling from Chatham, Niagara, GTA, Owen Sound, and Barrie, and all stops in between representing cabinet shops, furniture manufacturers, commercial millworkers, CNC houses, and niche product manufacturers all showed up at this event because they share the same needs and interests: we all want to get better! They gathered at George Guenzler & Son in Kitchener, ON for the BWA Plant Tour Focus Group Jan 23, 2018. These events focus on a challenge in the host company, and members...
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The BWA Plant Tour Focus Groups continue to draw members from far and wide from across southwestern Ontario. BWA members traveling from Chatham, Niagara, GTA, Owen Sound, and Barrie, and all stops in between representing cabinet shops, furniture manufacturers, commercial millworkers, CNC houses, and niche product manufacturers all showed up at this event because they share the same needs and interests: we all want to get better! They gathered at George Guenzler & Son in Kitchener, ON for the BWA Plant Tour Focus Group Jan 23, 2018. These events focus on a challenge in the host company, and members...
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