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The WMCO, in partnership with Archmill House, brought forward a first ever Hybrid – Plant Tour Focus Group event recently this past December. The event successfully bridged the challenge of collaborating our online attendance with the on-site attending members for the tour. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic began, the trade skills sectors faced headwinds of sourcing skilled labor effectively. As the dramatic rise in wood products demand surged through the past two years, manufacturers continued to struggle to source talented and capable workers. The featured topic of the recent Hybrid Plant Tour brought together wood manufacturers of all sizes...
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The tour theme challenge focused on product sequencing with a review of product flow and continuous improvements that have been made over the...
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Due to the high demand of customers orders and the necessity to expedite product flow, WMCO facilitated a...
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On September 23rd, the WMCO brought forward Part 2 of our export roundtable series, which included guest presenter Maggie Weaver Principal of Shaftesbury associates. The event featured a detailed review of Strategyzer’s Business Model Canvas (BMC) in the first half of the event. The canvas is an essential first step for companies that are going to be working with trade experts. Often, in group settings like the Trade Accelerator Program (TAP), the BMC enables trade experts to understand the goals of a business and the objectives that they are pursuing. It is also a valuable self-assessment tool to define what...
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The Health & Safety Excellence Program is a guided program where businesses are provided a variety of H&S topics to choose from to implement in their facility, thus improving...
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Another Lean Road Map training has wrapped up. And in its wake are more WMCO wood manufacturers with wider eyes to see waste for what it is, and how to go about reducing it. Over two days, Brad Cairns, Quantum Lean in partnership with Sepp Gmeiner, Lignum Consulting provided online training teaching the foundation of Lean manufacturing with a plethora of videos, examples, first-hand experience, step guides, quizzes, and more. The interactive training provided a platform attendees could keep at pace and enjoy the training along the way. The event explored important lean principles, concepts, and ways companies can cultivate...
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On August 12th, the WMCO continued to facilitate discussions regarding the elevated prices with supply chains as well as constrained logistics channels. Manufacturing members and suppliers of wood-related products segmented off into groups at the event themed around Lumber, Hardware, Coatings & MDF/Sheet-goods. Time intervals allowed groups to rotate their discussions and provide an opportunity to network within the virtual space. Looking toward the next few months, the WMCO has begun laying plans with the...
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Recently on July 7th, the WMCO hosted a Virtual Case Study/Plant Focus Tour of Tri-Coat Wood Finishing. The event featured a look into how owner Andrew Bauman successfully implemented a significant process improvement, boosted productivity, and optimized labor utilizing a methodology termed QRM. The virtual tour /case study event began with Lignum Consulting Partner Sepp Gmeiner in dialogue with Bauman on how he achieved his success at his facility and the challenges overcome to reach his vision of workflow. Following the dialogue, the event carried forward with a walk-through of Tri-Coat Wood Finishing’s facility. The case study/ virtual tour...
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June for WMCO members was a particularly full month with two online networking events and our first cohort meeting for members that have already signed up for the Health & Safety Excellence Program. On June 3rd, the collecting topic was on Government Funding Programs currently available. It featured Bernadeen McLeod, Founder of Mentor Works as our guest speaker, presenting in detail how companies of various sizes can tap into funding programs and providing information on what applicants can do to ensure a high degree of success when submitting. Mentor Works is an organization that exclusively focuses on helping companies...
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