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Advanced Manufacturing magazine and KPMG developed a brief anonymous Manufacturing Executive Survey to gauge how Canadian manufacturing leaders are positioning their firms for growth. The survey findings will appear in the September 2008 issue.

As a thank you, you will have the opportunity to enter a draw to win one of two Nintendo Wii video game consoles and other great prizes. You will also receive an exclusive white paper on manufacturing strategy prepared by KPMG.

The Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) hosted more than 1,500 of Ontario's top scientists, investors, business leaders and entrepreneurs to exchange ideas and showcase their inventions at Discovery '08, the organization's third annual innovation and commercialization conference, held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.

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3. INDUSTRY EVENTS:

Energy Management Conference Debuts in September '08

The editors and publishers of Energy Management, Green Business and PEM Plant Engineering and Maintenance magazines and Canada's largest manufacturing consortium, Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium (EMC) have joined forces to create Canada's leading energy management and efficiency conference and exhibition.

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Ottawa-based Precarn Incorporated announced a $3 million funding boost to promote the research and development (R&D) efforts of Alberta companies applying intelligent systems to solve real world problems. The funding is being provided jointly by Precarn, the Alberta Ministry of Advanced Education and Technology, and Western Economic Diversification Canada.

By Jerry Cook, Editor of Metalworking Production & Purchasing
Driven by the continuing strength of the Quebec aerospace sector, this year's Montreal Manufacturing Technology Show (MMTS) proved to be a highly successful event.

Technological exhibition brings productivity solutions and systems to Canadian manufacturers Siemens Canada Limited is proud to announce the arrival of exiderdome, a two-storey exhibit constructed from 55 containers that transform into a must-see exposition of technological innovation.

The Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister of Industry, announced funding for 54 Canadian research projects that are exploring a wide range of advanced technologies to make future automobiles more efficient, safe and environmentally friendly.

Once upon a time, most plants had in-house machine design departments to develop new equipment. Alas, this is no longer the case as manufacturing doctrine is driven by a strategy of outsourcing non-core competencies. This ''back to basics'' approach means that in-house efforts are geared to product design and development and this has created a manufacturing process knowledge gap as in-house engineers are focused on production. As a consequence, many third party systems integrators (SI) have emerged to fill this gap. Manufacturing engineers specify equipment and maintenance has assumed some of the ''hands on'' deployment tasks.

One of the most commonly overlooked precepts of lean manufacturing is the principle of collaboration. It never ceases to amaze us in our consulting and coaching roles with clients undergoing a transformation to lean is how they overlook the importance of establishing collaborative relationships within and across their organizations and both up and downstream from their organizations. Collaboration is merely assumed, not addressed as key to their lean journey. Yet without the collaborative gene, the lean transformation journey deteriorates to nothing more than a set of tools and methods providing mediocre results at best and very little likelihood of sustaining even those small gains. The reason why collaboration is so important lies in the fundamentals of ''lean'' itself.

Autodesk Experience Tour
June 19, 2008 Vancouver, BC
June 24, 2008 Calgary, AB
June 26, 2008 Edmonton, AB
Visit: www.autodesk.com/tourca

Siemens Canada's exiderdome Tour
August 15 Windsor
August 25-29 Toronto
September 8-12 Montreal
September 23-24 Quebec City
October 6-7 Halifax
Visit: www.exiderdome.ca

International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS)
September 8-13, 2008 Chicago, IL
Visit: www.imts.com

ENEX08
September 23-24, 2008 Mississauga, ON
Visit: www.energyexcellence.ca

National Manufacturing Week
Sept. 23-25, 2008 Toronto, ON
Visit: www.smecanada.ca

MainTrain
September 25-26, 2008 Edmonton, AB
Visit: www.maintrain.ca

AME International Lean Conference
October 21-23, 2008 Toronto, ON
Visit: www.ameconference.org

MainTrain
November 24-26, 2008 Toronto, ON
Visit: www.maintrain.ca

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