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Superior Boiler Works & Welding
Superior Boiler Works & Welding is a Tier 1
& 2 designer/manufacturer/fabricator of
Pressure Vessels, Heat Exchangers,
Deaerators, Filtration & Mobile products
serving the global market. Our flexible
environment ensures quick turnaround times
for project deliverables while maintaining
the excellent quality we have become known
for in our 45 plus years of business. With
our new Western Canada and Southern USA
offices, we continue to expand our presence
outside our original Golden Horseshoe
geographic area.
AGENDA
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Flexible manufacturing - designing and
building to customers requirements in a
timely manner
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Quality Assurance
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Project Management
 
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Bombardier
Aerospace
Bombardier
Aerospace has revolutionized commercial air
travel by empowering regional air carriers
to expand their boundaries and introduce
fast, comfortable and direct aircraft
service to more communities than ever
before. Bombardier’s Achieving Excellence
initiative engages all employees within
every Business Unit and Function with a
continuous improvement roadmap to deliver
business results, through the definition and
the integration of world-class best
practices.
AGENDA
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Lean transformation at the Toronto site
including:
- Cultural challenges that were overcome
- Technical challenges that were
addressed
- Applied “3P”
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Virtucom Inc.
Virtucom,
established in 2000, manufactures precision
sheet metal components specializing in the
rapid production of high-quality components
for clients in the medical, security,
communications, industrial controls and
transportation industries. Virtucom’s strong
commitment to a continuous improvement
culture and Lean implementation are
fundamental to the company’s long term
business success. Using a combination of
Lean tools, such as 5S, Kaizen and Kanban,
and our value flow philosophy, Virtucom’s
Lean manufacturing practices have resulted
in shorter lead times and higher on-time
delivery success, and creating a more
organized and safer work environment.
AGENDA
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A culture of continuous measurement,
analysis and improvement
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Value flow philosophy - removing
unnecessary and wasteful activities
inherent in our processes
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5S to create a safer and more organized
work place
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The implementation of SMED Kaizen that
targets areas of setup and changeover
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Matcom Industrial Installations
Matcom
Industrial Installations is a full service
contractor that specializes in the
installations, relocation and warehousing of
heavy industrial machinery. Over the years,
Matcom has expanded its services to better
help the needs of our clients. A new service
to join our others like fabrication and
maintenance is Pre Start Health and Safety
Review (PSR). PSRs are intended to ensure
worker protection as required under the
Occupational Health and Safety Act (Section
7). It is the responsibility of the employer
to meet these requirements/guidelines and
provide the worker with a safe environment.
AGENDA
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Safety and training focusing on Pre
Start Health and Safety Reviews (PSRs)
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Project management for machinery and
equipment installation
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Warehousing and fabrication operations
in support of industrial installations
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Third party maintenance management for
industrial installations
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Nordco Inc.
Nordco’s
Canadian operations assembles Railway
Maintenance of Way Equipment for North
America Class I and Class II railways.
Nordco produces 4 main products ranging from
a Regulator weighing 56,000 lbs to a Curve
Gang Spiker weighing 11,000 lbs. The Oshawa
facility has been on their Lean journey for
the past 4 years; achieving great success
where they currently flow all their machines
down one mixed model assembly line. They
have implemented many processes to get the
parts to the assemblers and many KANBAN
systems to re-order or re-kit parts.
Nordco’s biggest success has come from their
Culture and Teamwork - it is the people that
make the difference from a good company to
great company. The Oshawa facility will be
producing 81 machines compared to 32 in 2003
when they first began their Lean journey.
AGENDA
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Culture, Teamwork and Employee
Empowerment - Shop floor runs without
supervision where employees set their
own overtime and move to where they are
needed in order to get a job done
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An Opportunity Log for dealing with
opportunities on the floor
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Kanban throughout the operations and
kitting of parts
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Unique documentation processes for
machines with many parts
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A mixed model U-shaped assembly line
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Messier-Dowty
Inc.
Messier-Dowty
Inc. is the world leader in the design,
development, manufacture and support of
integrated aircraft landing gear systems.
The Toronto operation is housed in a 19,000
m2 facility. Messier-Dowty maintains an
extensive computer-aided design and
manufacturing engineering capability with
more than a decade of expertise in the
development of fully integrated landing gear
systems. Also on site is a comprehensive
maintenance, repair and overhaul station. 5S
is the foundation throughout the facility
for continuous improvement, evident in all
areas including administration.
AGENDA
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A Lean Cell for producing Landing Gear
Shock Absorber parts using Kanban
signals in place of MRP
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Use of FIFO in areas that are ‘shared
resources’
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5S Enterprise wide
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High precision machining of critical
parts
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Assembly methodology using visual
management for signaling actions
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A world class 5S Auditing system that
uses the intranet as a foundation
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Sutherland - Schultz Inc.
Sutherland-Schultz is a leader in the
manufacturing, industrial and automotive
service industries focused on providing
customers with innovative, customized
technical service solutions. Our team of
Asset Management & Maintenance Management
experts are currently providing world class
services to companies such as General Motors
and Redpath Sugar, etc. Sutherland-Schultz’s
800 employees all share the same goal -
working with our customers to find the best
solutions and allowing them to focus on
their core business. On top of that, our
70,000 sq. ft. custom fabrication facility
has been recognized as a case study in 5S
implementation and utilization.
AGENDA
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Global best practices in Asset
Management and Industrial Maintenance
Management
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Preventive maintenance management
systems and procedures, reliability
maintenance best practices
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Custom manufacturing of sheet metal,
piping and ironwork products across all
industry sectors
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