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e-Newsletter
November 2008
Volume 7, Issue 11

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1. EDITOR'S NOTE:

Straight from the horse's mouth

We here at Advanced Manufacturing believe we have one of the best industrial publications around and we're always trying to improve the content we deliver to our readers as well as how we deliver that content.

As most of you probably know, we have since late last year offered our issues as digital versions of the magazine, easily available and fully interactive.

But don't take our word for it. Just after the lauch of our latest digital edition - the October 2008 issue - I received an email from Advanced Manufacturing reader Steve Chomniak, Senior Manager, Quality Assurance at F&P Manufacturing Inc. in Tottenham, Ont.

"There are a lot of magazines that send emails to subscribers prompting them to read articles from current issues online. They are typically not very inviting and as a result I rarely read them. Your October (digital) issue is the best I've seen to date. It was great to read it like a real magazine in an easy to use format on my laptop. Great job."

Steve, thank you for the kind words and to all of our other readers, please feel free to send me your comments on the magazine and our other services so that we can best meet your needs as manufacturing professionals.

John Tenpenny, editor
Advanced Manufacturing

Please feel free to drop me a line:
jtenpenny@clbmedia.ca
(905) 713-4367

2. INDUSTRY NEWS:

CME hosts annual Canadian Innovation Awards

Christie Digital Systems Canada, Inc. President
Gerry Remers (left) and CME President Jayson Myers.

4. INDUSTRY NEWS:

Auto-parts industry seeks $1-billion in loans

Government package 'required immediately' to help sector survive during liquidity crisis – and avoid collapse, manufacturers warn federal and provincial finance ministers.

FULL ARTICLE

5. INDUSTRY NEWS:

Ford's Fumes-to-Fuel technology ramping up for operation at Oakville facility

Ford's Fumes-to-Fuel system is turning
emissions into a source of green energy.

Ford's Oakville Assembly Complex (OAC) may soon begin producing 'green' energy through the use of the company's patented Fumes-to-Fuel system, an ecofriendly, industry-leading pollution-control system that converts emissions from the plant's paint shop into electricity to help power the plant.

FULL ARTICLE

6. INDUSTRY NEWS:

Bystronic Canada Ltd. opens its doors in Mississauga

(Left to right) Christoph Schuepbach, President of the
Market Division NEA; Peter Kyc, General Manager Bystronic
Canada Ltd.; Ferdi Toengi, CEO Bystronic Group;
Michael Zakrzewski, Head of Market Region NAFTA.

Bystronic recently held a grand opening ceremony for its newest company, Bystronic Canada Ltd.

FULL ARTICLE

7. INDUSTRY NEWS:

Industrial companies struggle to produce innovative products, says report

Accenture and The Manufacturing Institute have released a report on the state of innovation in U.S. manufacturing that will help companies create more innovative products to support growth in the nation's troubled economy.

FULL ARTICLE

8. EXPERT COLUMNS: Enterprise Applications

In 2008, manufacturers suffer while their IT departments don't — yet
By Aaron Hay

In August 2008, Info-Tech completed in-depth research on cost reductions in IT. Forty manufacturers were included in the cross-section of North American businesses that participated. A major reason for performing this research was to understand how IT organizations can most effectively reduce costs in the face of negative economic pressure.

FULL ARTICLE

9. EXPERT COLUMNS: Lean Insights

Human Capital — one of the foundations of Lean Best Practices
By Dr. Timothy Hill

Lean is built on a few key foundation stones. Human capital considerations in Lean will make or break your Lean initiative. Lean has gone by many names even before Womack's The Machine That Changed the World referred to TPS as Lean. Throughout that history, Lean has always relied on getting the right person to the right job at the right time and keeping that person engaged.

FULL ARTICLE

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