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Chatham, Thorold, St. Thomas, Barrie, Stratford, GTA, and all stops in between converge for valuable BWA plant tour learning event! A true working cluster has the ability to attract members to its activities across its entire cluster region. Southwestern Ontario is a big geographic area. 34 BWA member companies from all across the cluster region converged on Woodland Horizons in Drayton, ON for a plant tour focus group on April 27. The BWA plant tours are not just tours. They are problem-solving exercises that engage members to be involved in common issues to help create solutions that can be brought...
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Critical thinking is a skill that is truly transferable from one manufacturing process to another to enhance continuous improvement. Read on to learn how BWA uses member plant tours to spread the skill! Opportunities present themselves everyday for learning and improvement. The wood industry includes companies manufacturing with different processes for a variety of products using solid wood, veneers, and other products for furniture, flooring, or cabinetry, case goods, millwork, among other applications. The BWA Plant Tour Focus Groups are facilitated to seize learning opportunities for all members, both the host and those visiting from different manufacturing methods. On Feb...
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Critical thinking is a skill truly transferable from one manufacturing process to another to enhance continuous improvement. Read on to learn how BWA uses member plant tours to spread the skill! Opportunities present themselves every day for learning and improvement. The wood industry includes companies manufacturing with different processes for a variety of products using solid wood, veneers, and other products for furniture, flooring, or cabinetry, case goods, millwork, among other applications. The BWA Plant Tour Focus Groups are facilitated to seize learning opportunities for all members, both the host and those visiting from different manufacturing methods. On Feb 24,...
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Adoption of new technology to move towards "Mass Customization" draws BWA member from far and wide! Read on! Mass customization sounds like an oxymoron, and to traditional manufacturing thinking, it is! Today, however, the trend to reduce costs and overheads, while giving the customer exactly what they want when they want it, is the way of the future. BWA member Dave Nichol of DJ's Furniture hosted a Plant Tour Focus Group to share their latest investment in technology that customizes single customer orders and links it directly to the shop floor. The Weinig programs called EnVision and MillVision are used...
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Adoption of new technology to move towards “Mass Customization” draws BWA member from far and wide! Read on! Mass customization sounds like an oxymoron, and to traditional manufacturing thinking, it is! Today, however, the trend to reduce costs and overheads, while giving the customer exactly what they want when they want it, is the way of the future. BWA member Dave Nichol of DJ’s Furniture hosted a Plant Tour Focus Group to share their latest investment in technology that customizes single customer orders and links it directly to the shop floor. The Weinig programs called EnVision and MillVision are used...
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We all know that the shorter your lead times, the more appealing that is to potential customers. How many customers have you lost due to long lead times? How do you break out of your cycle of typical thinking on how your business process flows? Outside ideas! That's how! Read on! Most of us have all at least heard about, and some of us have studied at length, Lean Principles and the thinking behind creating flow and reducing waste in your processes. The common challenge is that small to medium sized business owners wearing multiple hats often get caught up...
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We all know that the shorter your lead times, the more appealing that is to potential customers. How many customers have you lost due to long lead times? How do you break out of your cycle of typical thinking on how your business process flows? Outside ideas! That’s how! Read on! Most of us have all at least heard about, and some of us have studied at length, Lean Principles and the thinking behind creating flow and reducing waste in your processes. The common challenge is that small to medium-sized business owners wearing multiple hats often get caught up in...
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Seventeen BWA member companies travelled across the cluster region to learn from each other through the BWA Plant Tour Focus Group format. Cabinet makers today vary in size, and when you get to that threshold of business where you grow, important decisions need to be made. Read on to learn how the BWA events bring value to family owned wood product manufacturing operations! Once a family cabinetmaking business gets to 9 or 10 employees, the owner can't begin to clone themselves. Its time to re-think your operations and value stream to the customer, and empowering your employees. This is a...
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Seventeen BWA member companies travelled across the cluster region to learn from each other through the BWA Plant Tour Focus Group format. Cabinet makers today vary in size, and when you get to that threshold of business where you grow, important decisions need to be made. Read on to learn how the BWA events bring value to family-owned wood product manufacturing operations! Once a family cabinetmaking business gets to 9 or 10 employees, the owner can’t begin to clone themselves. Its time to re-think your operations and value stream to the customer, and empowering your employees. This is a very...
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Seventeen BWA member companies travelled across the cluster region to learn from each other through the BWA Plant Tour Focus Group format. Cabinet makers today vary in size, and when you get to that threshold of business where you grow, important decisions need to be made. Read on to learn how the BWA events bring value to family-owned wood product manufacturing operations! Once a family cabinetmaking business gets to 9 or 10 employees, the owner can’t begin to clone themselves. Its time to re-think your operations and value stream to the customer, and empowering your employees. This is a very...
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