OWEN SOUND & AREA

BRUCE | GREY | HURON

Event Details:

Date: Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Location: Hobart Food Equipment Grp; 2875 East Bay Shore Rd, Owen Sound (MAP)

To register for this event please contact Jeff Mitobe

Agenda Items:

  • Welcome, Introductions & EMC Update
  • Discussion as per SIGs below
  • Plant Tour
  • Roundtable Networking

Financing Opportunities and SR&ED (8:00 – 9:45)

  • Please join us for an interactive presentation by NorthBridge Consultants on the many Government Funding Opportunities available to manufacturers and the Scientific Research & Experimental Development (SR&ED) Tax Credit Program
  • Learn how Hobart has utilized the Lighting Retrofit Rebate and their expected year over year savings
  • Making SR&ED a part of your workday
Plant Tour/Best Practice Walk (9:45 – 10:30)

  • Safety Shoes, Safety Glasses, Hearing protection
Integrating Multiple Demographic Groups (10:30 – 12:30)Are you struggling to integrate different demographic groups in your workplace?How do you build a bridge between the 20-somethings and the 40-somethings?–Is it even necessary?Have you come to realize that a person’s challenges outside work are NOT left at the door?–How do you propose to accommodate them?

  • Mike will share examples of the struggles Hobart is facing in hiring & integrating demographic groups.
  • Please arrive prepared to share and discuss any policies and procedures which you feel are starting to show fruition or have utterly failed.
Reminder to Members: Please visit your home consortium page on EMC’s website for more information on upcoming events, online SIG registrations and more!If you are a member, come out to our next local event to meet your neighbors again. If you are not yet involved, get in touch…the manufacturers down the street want to meet you, and so do we.