Training a Skilled Workforce
Small businesses are particularly challenged hiring, training, and retaining productive employees. This has always been a problem, which has been made worse by the current virus restrictions. First, a...
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08 Mar
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08 Dec
Are you so busy you need to turn down jobs?
Businesses are rarely steady in terms of consistent volume. Then came the virus and all the uncertainty. Most of the cabinet industry has been fortunate to have seen continued...
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24 Apr
5 tips to ease social distancing in your factory
Here are 5 tips to help you limit physical interactions in the factory and get back to business. Go paperless Social distancing is put in place to avoid...
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05 Dec
3 tips to reduce shipping errors
Have you thought about what happens after you ship a cabinet or a casework project order? At the customer end? Experts say one of the top mistake woodworkers make...
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20 Jun
When parts get lost – So do profits. Here’s why !
It’s human nature to lose things: who hasn’t hunted for a cell phone, eyeglasses, or car keys? So it is not surprising when someone on your production team will...
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28 May
Sorting parts – Why cabinetry shops are adopting fixed racks?
In every cabinet shop, different steps in the work process move at different paces. Automated processes like panel sizing and CNC cutting will output finished parts more rapidly than...
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15 Apr
Are you wasting the hidden potential of your CAD|CAM ?
Today’s sophisticated CAD/CAM design and production applications drive automated equipment with seamless precision. They can also provide near-photographic quality renderings of projects before the first board is cut. But...
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12 Nov
3 Tips to address the labor shortage in the woodworking industry
Labor shortages are plaguing Canada’s wood products manufacturers. The lack of workers is cited as the number one concern by business managers. More than 462,000 job vacancies were recently...
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17 Oct
ERP vs MES : which one provides a fastest ROI?
ERPs, or Enterprise Resource Planning systems, are known for being heavy and sometimes painful to implement. Here’s why an MES (Manufacturing Execution System) may be a very interesting approach...
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23 Jul
How an MES could bring your plant to the next level!
What is an MES A manufacturing execution system – or MES – is a production floor information system that connects, monitors and controls manufacturing operations on the factory floor. Using...