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Loewen
Jun
6
1:00 PM13:00
June 6

Loewen

Loewen Lean Journey
Lean journey through the stakeholder eyes

Loewen is the leading manufacturer of premium windows and doors for the luxury architectural market in North America and abroad. Loewen is an innovative organization that has evolved into a design-driven, technologically advanced company of the modern age. Having transformed Operations starting fifteen years ago, in 2019 Loewen started the lean transformation of the Office. On this tour you will learn about the lean transformation journey from both the manufacturing and the office perspectives. You will see just-in-time manufacturing, line-balance and demand flow management and hear about the holistic approach to business redesign and ‘grass roots’ continuous improvement.

www.loewen.com

Rating: Intermediate

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Arrowquip (PM)
Jun
6
1:00 PM13:00
June 6

Arrowquip (PM)

Agile, Fair, Together, The Arrowquip Way
Developing a class leading production system, while staying true to our culture

Arrowquip has been creating best in class livestock equipment since 1988 through extensive research and development unmatched in the industry. Our core values Agile, Fair and Together shape the company and are at the heart of every decision made by the Arrowquip Team. By standing true to these core values, the Arrowquip brand has very quickly been established as the top cattle handling equipment on the market. As a result, the business growth has exploded. Arrowquip is customer centric to its core. As a result, the production system is constantly changing and evolving to satisfy our customers’ requirements. On this tour you will see one piece flow manufacturing, with a strong focus on 5S and the visual factory. You will also see assembly automation, balanced factory and build to order.

www.arrowquip.com

Rating: Beginner

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MacDon Industries Ltd.
Jun
6
1:00 PM13:00
June 6

MacDon Industries Ltd.

MacDon Production System
Agricultural, heavy equipment manufacturer transitioning to Lean methods

MacDon Industries Ltd. is a Canadian based manufacturer of harvesting equipment specializing in the production of pull-type and self-propelled windrowers and specialty and pick-up headers for combines worldwide. On this tour you will see a factory in transition towards Lean operations. ERP is the primary daily production execution system with lean methods overlaid and integrated. The Component Operations are job shops with balanced work output to Assembly Operations. The Assembly Lines are balanced to flow and have efficiently designed workstations and Kanban-replenished inventories. You will see the entire production flow from laser cutting, through press brake forming, manual and robotic welding, powder paint and assembly.

www.macdon.com

Rating: Intermediate

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Controlled Environments Limited
Jun
6
9:00 AM09:00
June 6

Controlled Environments Limited

Growing Through Lean
A practical approach to driving Operations Excellence through Continuous Improvement

Conviron is the world leader in the design, manufacture and installation of plant growth chambers used in scientific research, agricultural biotechnology and other life-science disciplines. Conviron has a deeply held conviction that their primary role is to support the work and mission of their clients and supply innovative custom solutions, as well as standard and highly highly-configured products. On this tour you will see how custom engineered products are value streamed to minimize waste utilizing the latest technologies while still maintaining classical tools such as white-boards for production control, huddle boards and visual management for continuous improvement and hoshin X planning.

www.conviron.com

Rating: Intermediate

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Dimatec Inc.
Jun
6
9:00 AM09:00
June 6

Dimatec Inc.

The Road Not Taken? - Dimatec's LEAN Journey
"We are often better than we think we are, but not as good as we should want to be"

Dimatec craft’s quality products to access earth’s valuable resources in a way that sustains us all. Founded in 1988, Dimatec has become the trusted leader in the design and manufacture of innovative, high-quality metal bond diamond products, drilling equipment components, and precision machined parts for the mineral exploration, mining, geotechnical and energy sectors. On this tour you will learn about Dimatec’s journey towards Lean Advanced Manufacturing and Industry 4.0. Robotics, CNC machining and 21-point measuring with offset correction to the CNC autonomous cell will be showcased. You will also hear about the challenges and lessons learned reducing waste and optimizing manufacturing with people, robotics and CNC machine automation.

www.dimatec.com

Rating: Beginner

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Arrowquip (AM)
Jun
6
8:30 AM08:30
June 6

Arrowquip (AM)

Agile, Fair, Together, The Arrowquip Way
Developing a class leading production system, while staying true to our culture

Arrowquip has been creating best in class livestock equipment since 1988 through extensive research and development unmatched in the industry. Our core values Agile, Fair and Together shape the company and are at the heart of every decision made by the Arrowquip Team. By standing true to these core values, the Arrowquip brand has very quickly been established as the top cattle handling equipment on the market. As a result, the business growth has exploded. Arrowquip is customer centric to its core. As a result, the production system is constantly changing and evolving to satisfy our customers’ requirements. On this tour you will see one piece flow manufacturing, with a strong focus on 5S and the visual factory. You will also see assembly automation, balanced factory and build to order.

www.arrowquip.com

Rating: Beginner

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