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| COVER STORY: Advanced Manufacturing/KPMG Executive Roundtable |
Sowing the seeds for growth
By John Tenpenny
Canadian companies have had their challenges, but our panel of manufacturing leaders, gathered for the second annual Advanced Manufacturing/KPMG Executive Roundtable, agree that many growth opportunities remain. The companies that look beyond immediate circumstances and develop long-term strategic goals will be the ones that will compete and win in the global marketplace.
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| Editor's Note - Nov./Dec. |
Canada needs to get its own manufacturing house in order first
With the recent results of the U.S. presidential elections installing Barack Obama in the White House, the general population of North America has reason to be optimistic about the future. Here in Canada especially, the sigh of relief was palpable.
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| Enterprise Applications - Nov./Dec. |
Risks and rewards of purchasing network equipment on the secondary market
By Mark Tauschek
Purchasing networking equipment on the rapidly growing secondary market can prove to be a financial boon to many manufacturers. The cost of used network gear can be 50-90 per cent less expensive than in the primary vendor and channel market. However, buyers must understand the potential risks and know how to avoid them.
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| Lean Insights - Nov./Dec. |
Implementing Lean projects is about much more than just Lean tools
By Dr. Timothy D. Hill
This is the second of three in a series about Lean Best Practices.
The use of lean tools has been with us for over a century. Early authors who described Toyota such as Jefffrey Liker, James P. Womack, Dan Jones, others and myself have mentioned that the Toyota tools go back to the late 1800s. We know about tools our bookshelves are full with examples of Lean turnarounds and brilliant companies that did better.
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| Automation Insights - Nov./Dec. |
Find the low hanging fruit in your plant and automate
By Chris Stergiou
Surveying the plant, it is easy to see automation opportunities. A typical signal is a manual operation performed at several manual or semiautomated stations on a product family.
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| Manufacturing Matters - Nov./Dec. |
Survive the credit crunch by instilling discipline throughout your business
The credit crunch is rapidly making its way from Wall Street and Bay Street to Main Street, Canada and is squeezing privately held businesses across a wide swath of industries.
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