According to Wikipedia, “lean is centered around creating more value with less work.” Lean manufacturing is basically creating a more streamlined process where we learn from our mistakes and reduce waste – whether physical waste or wasted time. It uses… Read more »
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Xerox Corp’s Continued R&D Efforts
There was an interesting article posted on the Canadian Business website yesterday about the Xerox corporation, and their continued dedication to R&D efforts despite the fact that they’ve had to make cutbacks everywhere else: The company is freezing salaries and… Read more »
“Real People” friendly
Over the weekend, I came across a blog post about whether our blogs are “Real People” friendly, and that got me to thinking. Yes, it’s important that our blogs are “real people” friendly… but so is everything that we use… Read more »
AMIS – Ontario’s Advanced Manufacturing Investment Strategy
Lines of credit have almost completely dried up in this recession, and it’s harder than ever for businesses to fund their new development projects. Ontario’s Advanced Manufacturing Investment Strategy (AMIS) is a great venue for Ontario manufacturers to pursue. What’s… Read more »
Research In Motion’s Quarterly Results
I don’t know about you, but hearing about all of the negative news about companies doing poorly, laying off employees, going bankrupt or closing makes me very much depressed. So it makes news like this all the more encouraging: today’s… Read more »
Save Money & Make Smart Decisions When Purchasing From Foreign Sources
Cambridge area manufacturer Purchasing Manager Walat Yasin offers the following advice to fellow companies: Buying foreign has become of great interest to our company recently, especially as we have the order quantities to justify the purchases and save significantly. We… Read more »
10 Quick Tips to Beating Stress
There is a lot of pressure on people in businesses these days. The recession is making it a lot harder for some businesses to survive, and that can put A LOT of stress on the best of us. A little… Read more »
Online Networking for Businesses
Media has been all abuzz about online social networking in the past couple of years. While it has been around in some form or another since the early 90s, it wasn’t until sites like MySpace hit that people really started… Read more »
March Outlook on Business
The Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters association has just released their March survey. Each month they survey over 700 companies on business conditions. The results for the month of March? Canadian manufacturers are more optimistic about the coming quarter than they… Read more »