Join us on September 17th for a complimentary breakfast seminar! Seminar will be held at the McMaster Innovation Park. This seminar is of no cost to you, but the information you will receive is invaluable! Are you aware of how… Read more »
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Canadian Manufacturing Technology Show
Northbridge Consultants will be attending the Canadian Manufacturing Technology Show this fall. The show runs from October 19th through October 22nd. Come and visit us at booth #30029.
Creating a Lean Implementation Plan
A while back, I posed about Lean Manufacturing Principles. Today I wanted to go a little bit more in depth with how you can prepare a Lean implementation plan. First of all, let’s take a look at what exactly a… Read more »
Market Research – Why?
The general purpose of market research is to provide the organization with relevant, accurate information about it’s consumers and the competitive environment. This benefits a company in many aspects of the business, and can ultimately save the company time, effort… Read more »
10 Quick Tips to Better Communication in the Workplace
Communication in the workplace is vital, and with the dependence we all have on e-mail, and other means of digital communication, it seems that communication on the whole is getting more and more difficult. Here are 10 tips to help… Read more »
Lean Manufacturing Tip: Takt Time
We’ve spoken about Lean Manufacturing many times on our blog, and it’s a term that most people are familiar with. There are many different ways that lean manufacturing can be implemented in a business; Takt Time is one of the… Read more »
10 Quick Tips to a Safer Workplace
Workplace safety should be a top priority for all businesses. Not only do you want to protect your employees from injuries, but it can also be quite expensive for compensation towards any injured parties. There are some simple ways that… Read more »
The new Silicon Valley?
I remember in the 90’s when during the tech boom there were countless new programs and technologies being introduced. Silicon Valley was the Mecca for all tech companies. Everybody thought that they had the new and best thing that would… Read more »
Using SR&ED to turn R&D into a profit centre
The SR&ED program offered by the provincial and federal governments is an under-used and even more under-utilized program. According to the CRA there are currently, in Canada, only about 50% of eligible companies taking part in the SR&ED program. In… Read more »