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GENCO Supply Chain
Logistics
GENCO is a leading third party
logistics provider and recognized in
Supply Chain Management and execution
excellence. Providing a complete range
of value added supply chain solutions.
Under contract to Canadian Tire
Corporation, GENCO has operated the
Western Canada distribution centre in
Calgary providing support to Canadian
Tire's Supply Chain. Located adjacent
to CP Rail's intermodal terminal in
Calgary, the facility provides a unique
approach to multi product-line
distribution. GENCO, founded in 1898,
is a privately held, third-party
logistics solutions provider,
headquartered in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania. Ten value-added solutions
business units, including: reverse
logistics, contract warehousing,
pharmaceutical returns, damage research,
transportation, supply chain analysis,
parcel management, asset recovery,
technology and government. 122
customers representing manufacturing,
retail and government, 6,000 teammates,
94 facilities located throughout the
United States and Canada with 30 million
square feet of covered space, over 100
installations of GENCO's proprietary
software in United States, Canada,
Australia and the United Kingdom.
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How GENCO has led change and
improved operations for a multi
product line distribution Centre
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Understand how GENCO creates
value-add in process innovation and
facilitating customer service
excellence
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Development of a flexible workforce
and adapting to labour strategies
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Kraft Canada Inc.
Kraft Foods
Inc. is one of the world’s largest food
and beverage companies with revenues of
$34 B and sales in 155 countries. The
Vancouver site has been a Kraft plant
for more than 20 years but began as the
Dickson’s Importing Company in 1895. It
is the oldest coffee producing operation
in Western Canada with continuous
operations for 113 years and is the
largest dedicated foodservice coffee
plant west of Ontario. Brands include
Maxwell House, Nabob, Dickson’s Melrose,
as well as several well known customer
label brands. The plant understands the
need to focus on key core processes to
drive continuous improvement in quality,
cost, delivery, safety, and morale in
order to remain competitive and deliver
successful results year after year.
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Lean Concepts
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Documentation and Document Control
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Training and Certification
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Objective setting process and
tracking systems
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Continuous Improvement
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Error Proofing
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Kodak (Graphic Communications Canada)
Kodak is
the world’s foremost imaging innovator,
providing leading products and services
to the photographic, graphic
communications and healthcare markets.
Kodak is committed to a digitally
oriented growth strategy focused on
helping people better use meaningful
images and information in their life and
work. Kodak’s Annacis Island
manufacturing site produces advanced
Computer-to-Plate imaging equipment for
the Graphics Communications Group.
Established as Creo, the facility has
been going through a sustained Lean
journey over the past six years,
recently adopting the practices of the
Kodak Operating System.
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Our steps and major obstacles along
the way
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How continuous improvement equals
continuous change
- The
impact of Lean practices on our New
Product introduction processes
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Kodak’s ultimate conflict, Lean vs
MRP
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Arpac Storage Systems Corporation
Arpac
Storage Systems is Western Canada’s
leading manufacturer and distributor of
a broad range of material handling
equipment. Established over thirty years
ago as a distributor of shelving
products in the Lower Mainland; Arpac’s
activities now include manufacturing and
direct distribution of material handling
products in British Columbia and
Alberta. Arpac’s growth success is
attributed to providing value to its
customers. We do this by challenging our
employees to provide innovative “Lean
Thinking” solutions for our customers.
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Arpac Storage Systems has been
aggressively pursuing “Lean” for the
last four years
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Using “Lean Tools” and “Rewards &
Recognition’ to build a company with
a strong culture focused on
continuous improvement
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EBCO Industries Ltd.
For over
51 years, EBCO has been providing custom
machining and fabrication services to
its customers around the world. The
company’s plant in Richmond, BC consists
of 240,000 sq. ft. of shop and office
space. EBCO’s capabilities include heavy
machining and fabrication of components
of all sizes, with lifting capacity of
up to 180 tons, includes welding of all
types of metals, precision machining,
and assembly of very large machinery,
such as mining shovels and crushers.
EBCO built the first commercial
cyclotron in Canada and the EBCO Group
continues to design, produce and market
cyclotron systems internationally. EBCO
was awarded the 2006 Leadership Award by
BC Export Awards.
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The EBCO corporate value system
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Project management in a large-scale,
custom, one-stop, highly diverse,
manufacturing environment
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The unique combination of processing
equipment and tools necessary to
achieve world class manufacturing
excellence in heavy fabrication
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The Advance Cyclotron Systems story
- how EBCO became a leader in this
field through excellence in the
design, building and installing
state-of-the-art cyclotrons
worldwide
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Brandt Engineered Products Ltd.
Brandt
Engineered Products Ltd. has a dedicated
staff of machinists, fabricators,
technicians, designers, engineers and
project managers who specialize in
manufacturing innovative equipment. BEPL
has sustained consistent growth over the
years to become a leading force in the
supply of design/build-to-order pipe
mill equipment, railroad maintenance and
motive power equipment to customers
around the world. Housed in their
112,000 sq. ft. Regina facility, Brandt
has, for seven consecutive years, been
recognized as one of Canada’s 50 Best
Managed Company.
This event will include visiting two of
Brandt’s Regina manufacturing
facilities.
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Challenges we have overcome with a
nation-wide skills shortage and
phenomenal sales growth in the past
several years
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Strategic planning and deployment
through management team approach
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Team building - using small,
flexible teams to tackle the job
shop environment
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Performance measurement to drive
continuous improvement
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Material Management, JIT and Kanban
to minimize verbal instruction
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A visual workplace is the foundation
for computerless scheduling and
material flow
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Weldco-Beales
Manufacturing
Weldco-Beales is a world leader in the
design and manufacturing of heavy
equipment attachments and cranes for the
construction, resource, forestry,
mining, and road maintenance industries.
Weldco-Beales service oriented approach
has everything to do with our goal to
make our customers successful. Across
North America, thousands of trucks,
excavators, dozers, wheel loaders, and
motor graders are working with a full
range of Weldco-Beales attachments.
Weldco-Beales’ engineers and technicians
use state-of-the-art design software,
including solid 3-D modeling and Finite
Element Analysis. Highly skilled
operators use computerized numerical
controlled (CNC) machining centers,
lathes, mills, rolls, robotic welding
and computer controlled plasma cutters
to produce the best quality products for
their customers.
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Visual planning boards
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Getting organized using 5S
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Developing visual work flow
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Using robotics and cells to
becomemore competitive
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The challenge of change and culture
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Net Safety
Monitoring Inc.
Net Safety
Monitoring Inc. is a global leader in
the design, development, and manufacture
of fixed toxic and combustible gas
detectors, flame detectors, safety
systems, and ancillary safety and
security products. Net Safety has built
a reputation for developing products
that are engineered for continuous
performance, even in the most extreme
environments. At our state-of-the-art
R&D lab and manufacturing facility we
enforce strict quality standards and
intelligent engineering to ensure that
all our products meet the demands of the
toughest industrial environments and
applications - all certified to the
strictest global standards for safety
and performance.
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Lean - Process Excellence
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Corporate Training Program
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Westeel
Westeel is a
manufacturer of storage products for
bulk commodities including grain,
fertilizer and petroleum. Its history
dates back to 1905, when it was formed
as the Winnipeg Ceiling and Roofing
Company. Today, the company’s
manufactured products include grain
silos, granular and liquid fertilizer
bins, and multiple lines of petroleum
storage tanks. The company also sells
grain handling and conditioning
equipment. Westeel’s products are sold
worldwide. Westeel employs approximately
500 people at its manufacturing
facilities located in Winnipeg,
Saskatoon, Regina, Tisdale and Olds.
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An Implementation Methodology for
Lean Manufacturing
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Cellular manufacturing
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The power of automation to enhance
capacity
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The power of the Kaizen Event The
way to change culture
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Westfield
Industries
For over 50
years, Westfield Industries has been
designing and building the finest grain
augers in the world. They’ve refined the
product line to incorporate the best
farm tested designs, engineering,
materials and components to give farmers
top performance and value that they can
count on. Westfield Industries have
integrated Lean manufacturing into their
daily operations and just completed an
impressive transformation at the
Rosenort facility. The newly configured
plant incorporates Lean principles and a
Kanban system throughout their
operations. The end results - reclaim
shop floor space; improve their
competitive position in the marketplace;
improve their overall work environment
addressing safety, ergonomics and cross
training opportunities; and achieve
greater empowerment on the shop floor.
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How the transformation of the
Rosenort facility was carried out
and the magnitude of the resulting
benefits
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How Lean manufacturing has been
integrated so as to be a way of life
in the facility
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The plantwide use of Kanban to link
all operations in the plant
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How the operations are coordinated
through visual workplace
applications
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Arnes Welding Ltd.
KWE BUILD
‘EM BETTER
“We Build’em Better” has been the motto
and focus of “Arne’s” serving the
construction industry needs for 54
years. As an intrinsic part of our
culture we will continue to provide you
with innovative state of the art
solutions to your transportation needs.
We have 83,000 square feet of plant
space and 10,000 square feet of office
space on a 5 acre property.
WHO WE ARE
The focus of Arne’s has always been
superior quality and hence our End dump,
Side Dump, Hoppers, Low beds and
Specialty trailers enjoy a virtually
trouble free, low maintenance cost, long
life as well as the highest resale value
in the market. These factors have led to
strong brand preference and loyalty by
the end users of our product.
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Strategic direction
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Transformation to Lean
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Employee engagement
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