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  Canada's Ultimate Best Practices Exchange Program
The Innovation Insights program is widely recognized throughout Canada's manufacturing community as high-value, with practical demonstrations of manufacturing best practices in technological and process management.  The ultimate objective is to enhance the innovative and productive capabilities of Canadian industry.

Innovation Insights is delivered by Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME) and the National Research Council - Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP).


Innovation Insights is designed to help SMEs achieve business excellence.
Visit Innovation Insights' host companies who are at the forefront of best practice implementation. In both manufacturing and service businesses, competitiveness, productivity and profitability depend on getting core business process right - and making sure these processes keep improving.

Results are achieved utilizing the program's proven format of interactive learning that includes best practice presentations, and networking session, and a 'behind-the-scenes' visit of the Host's facility.

Seeing a best practice in action is inspirational, providing participants with ideas for improvement, while also moving a company to new heights.  It's a world-class win-win!

This program provides not only a learning experience for the attendees, but also provides value to the selected hosts, who receive on the spot feedback from a group of experienced manufacturers.


 
  Empowering Innovative Excellence  
Program Themes: Within these topics, our hosts cover a number of specific issues, such as:
Lean - Process Excellence
Human Resources
The Environment
Product Development
International Trade & Export Development
Commercialization
Logistics

 

Customercentricity
Change Management
Lean Best Practices & Processes
New Product Development
Environmental Issues
Training
Employee Ownership
Value Stream Mapping
Six Sigma
Kaizen
Visual Management
Information Technology
Self-Directed Work Teams
Preventative Maintenance
Supply Chain Management
Flexible Management
Rapid Prototyping
Cellular Manufacturing