Written by: Paul Hogendoorn, MEE Cluster Digital Transformation Specialist Most of us have heard the term “time is money” used mostly by people that sell their services based on time. In manufacturing, time really is money, so to improve as a company, its very...
Written by: Paul Hogendoorn, MEE Cluster Digital Transformation Specialist There are many conversations today about “digital transformation” and adopting digital technologies in your manufacturing operation. There’s also a lot of confusion, uncertainty, hesitancy, and...
Written by: Paul Hogendoorn, MEE Cluster Digital Transformation Specialist It is very well known that labour shortages exist in almost all sectors and almost all regions. Manufacturing and Western Canada are no exception, and this is one of the reasons to attend this...
Manufacturing is key to the economic strategies of Canada’s western provinces, and there’s a very good reason for that: it just makes sense, from both an economic and as well as increasingly from an environmental and sustainability perspective. This is why...
Written by: Paul Hogendoorn, MEE Cluster Digital Transformation Consultant How can technology help address the labour shortage issue, or improve your company’s productivity? It can in many ways, but the first answer I offer to those two questions is often not the...
Written by: Paul Hogendoorn, MEE Cluster Digital Transformation Consultant I’ve been working with Western Canadian manufacturers through the MEE Cluster for just under a year now, and most of the manufacturers I’ve engaged with are ‘project based’ manufacturers, and...
Written by: Paul Hogendoorn, MEE Cluster Digital Transformation Consultant There are many elements to “digital transformation”, and digital work instructions and checklists are certainly a key piece. In some cases, it could be a good first step for companies that have...
By: Stefan Rutkowski, Director, Operations, CAREERS Despite rising costs and supply chain challenges, Alberta’s economy remains robust, with the manufacturing sector a key driver of innovation and economic growth. Yet a significant challenge persists—there is a...
By: Bruce Ennis, MEE Cluster Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt Have you heard of Lean? Lean is a business methodology developed by Toyota. It is enormously successful. Today, many of the most successful businesses in the world practice Lean – Boeing, Caterpillar,...
By: Bruce Ennis, MEE Cluster Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt In 2008 Toyota surpassed General Motors as the largest and most successful car company in the world. GM had a 35-year head start on Toyota. Toyota passed them - on productivity AND quality. There are many...