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BWA plant tour focus groups concentrate on continuous improvement, and allow members to share and learn from their challenges and successes while building important industry networks! 18 BWA manufacturing members from across the cluster region participated in the October 23, 2014 event hosted by Homestead Woodworks. I have been told by some industry members that they learn the most from plant tours: by seeing another manufacturing facility and looking for those opportunities to learn and take ideas away to improve their own operations. BWA takes this another step further by facilitating the event through a structured problem solving process and...
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BWA plant tour focus groups concentrate on continuous improvement, and allow members to share and learn from their challenges and successes while building important industry networks! 18 BWA manufacturing members from across the cluster region participated in the October 23, 2014 event hosted by Homestead Woodworks. I have been told by some industry members that they learn the most from plant tours: by seeing another manufacturing facility and looking for those opportunities to learn and take ideas away to improve their own operations. BWA takes this another step further by facilitating the event through a structured problem-solving process and involving...
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Cabinet Shops are beginning to embrace technology that streamlines the customer experience all the way through manufacturing. Read on to learn more! The Bluewater Wood Alliance cluster region is fully engaged, with members traveling from the far corners of Barrie and Stratford to converge on member learning events! The BWA cluster region is a 2 hr radius of the Hanover Walkerton area. On April 30, 2014, Royal Oak Kitchens of Clifford, Ontario, hosted the recent BWA Plant Tour Focus Group. This event really focused on the presentation of best practices, including the customer experience, use of design technology, ERP, and...
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Cabinet Shops are beginning to embrace technology that streamlines the customer experience all the way through manufacturing. Read on to learn more! The Bluewater Wood Alliance cluster region is fully engaged, with members traveling from the far corners of Barrie and Stratford to converge on member learning events! The BWA cluster region is a 2 hr radius of the Hanover Walkerton area. On April 30, 2014, Royal Oak Kitchens of Clifford, Ontario, hosted the recent BWA Plant Tour Focus Group. This event really focused on the presentation of best practices, including the customer experience, use of design technology, ERP, and...
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Continuous improvement is an ongoing exercise for successful manufactures today. Read on to learn how West Bros Furniture is engaging BWA to share best practises and benefit from member expertise! BWA Plant Tour Focus Groups are designed to get members to gain insight to their own production challenges through observing best practices and challenges of fellow member companies. Hosts of these events benefit from the knowledge and perspective of companies outside their own "box". Fresh eyes on your processes see things in new ways to help you adopt new ideas and strategies to attack ongoing challenges. On Feb 20, 2014,...
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Continuous improvement is an ongoing exercise for successful manufactures today. Read on to learn how West Bros Furniture is engaging BWA to share best practices and benefit from member expertise! BWA Plant Tour Focus Groups are designed to get members to gain insight into their own production challenges through observing best practices and challenges of fellow member companies. Hosts of these events benefit from the knowledge and perspective of companies outside their own “box”. Fresh eyes on your processes see things in new ways to help you adopt new ideas and strategies to attack ongoing challenges. On Feb 20, 2014,...
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BWA Plant Tour Focus Groups engage members in each other's plants to address Continuous Improvement. Read on to learn about Vokes’ success with Lean! October 30th, 2013, marked the date of BWA’s regular Plant Tour Focus Group events. These events are based on Continuous Improvement and the adoption of Lean Principles to drive waste out of our processes and focus on value for the customer. This month’s event was hosted by Vokes Furniture of Owen Sound. Vokes Furniture has been on a lean journey for four years. As Vokes’ President Mike Vokes will attest, it includes successes as well as...
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BWA Plant Tour Focus Groups engage members in each others plants to address Continuous Improvement. Read on to learn about Vokes' success with Lean! Oct 30, 2013 marked the date of BWA’s regular Plant Tour Focus Group events. These events are based on Continuous Improvement and the adoption of Lean Principles to drive waste out of our processes and focus onvalue for the customer. This month’s event was hosted by Vokes Furniture of Owen Sound. Vokes Furniture has been on a lean journey for four years. As Vokes’ President Mike Vokes will attest, it includes successes as well as mistakes...
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BWA manufacturing members meet regularly for Plant Tour Focus Groups with the theme of Continuous Improvement dictated by the host company. Read on to see how BWA members take this format to the next level! On May 29, 2013, South Bruce Flooring hosted May’s Plant Tour Focus Group. Employee Engagement is an ongoing challenge for all companies in business, especially manufacturing operations. The format for this exercise began with Dennis McGlynn providing an overview of South Bruce Flooring’s business model and their processes, and how the various workstations layout in their value stream. The problem for the group: “How do...
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BWA manufacturing members meet regularly for Plant Tour Focus Groups with the theme of Continuous Improvement dictated by the host company. Read on to see how BWA members take this format to the next level! On May 29, 2013, South Bruce Flooring hosted May's Plant Tour Focus Group. Employee Engagement is an ongoing challenge for all companies in business, especially manufacturing operations. The format for this exercise began with Dennis McGlynn providing an overview of South Bruce Flooring's business model and their processes, and how the various work stations lay out in their value stream. The problem for the group:...
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