Canadian Newsletters

Canadian consultants and consortias have developed electronic newsletters that are powerful vehicles to share information concerning lean manufacturing and high performance manufacturing. Their e-newsletters feature success stories, practical techniques, motivational material and definitions of terms. In addition, these newsletters often promote events, training courses and meetings of special interest groups. Most of these organizations encourage subscriptions, often at no cost.

• Advanced Manufacturing News
  Provides manufacturers with up-to-date information on manufacturing technologies and current issues concerning manufacturing; provides information on upcoming training and seminar opportunities for Manitoba companies and to highlight some of the specialized services of the Industrial Technology Centre (ITC).
  E-mail: Betty J. Dearth
  Tel.: 204-945-6000
• The EMC Update
  Has up-to-date, need-to-have communication covering the opportunities and events that happen within EMC and the manufacturing community, as well as celebrating the successes that have been achieved by EMC's membership.
  E-mail: Todd Oliver
  Tel.: 519-376-0470
• The Fluent News
  An electronic publication of the Fluent Manufacturing Consortia and is intended as a learning platform for companies pursuing lean excellence in Atlantic Canada. It is published every two weeks and is intended to act as a learning tool, provide encouragement, showcase examples of lean, announce upcoming lean sessions in Atlantic Canada, and direct companies towards other lean resources.
  E-mail: Sean McCarthy
  Tel.: 709-685-5820
• HPM: The Weekly Update
  Based in southwestern Ontario, HPM's 16 members participate as a leveraged learning network to accelerate the journey to World Class. HPM: The Weekly Update promotes Lean concepts and training opportunities to members and non-members.
  High Performance Manufacturing Consortium
  E-mail: Dave Hogg
  Tel.: 519-893-6260
• Innovation & Technology Watch
  An awareness tool provided by the Industrial Technology Centre to help manufacturers keep up to date with what is going on in manufacturing and related technology fields. The Web site provides monthly highlights of recent articles, reports and Web sites on: Advanced Manufacturing, B2B/E-Business in Manufacturing, Design for Environment/Design for Manufacturing, Emerging & Future Technologies, High Performance Manufacturing, and Materials. The Web site also provides event information, which is currently focused on Manitoba and ITC's library materials.
• Inside Manufacturing
  The newsletter of the Manufacturing Resources Group of Companies (MRGC), is published periodically and deals with the issues, tools and approaches that manufacturing companies need to understand and implement to maintain their competitive edge.
  Manufacturing Resources Group of Companies - MRGC^®
  E-mail: Tony Spoore
  Tel.: 416-421-0343
• The Leader Letter
  Jim Clemmer's complimentary e-newsletter provides insight on practical leadership issues, best practices, relevant book reviews and organization and personal performance improvement.
  E-mail: Jim Clemmer
  10 Pioneer Drive, Suite 105, Kitchener  Ontario N2P 2A4
  Tel.: 519-748-1044
• The LEAN Thoughtware Edge
  A free newsletter from Organization Thoughtware International Inc. (OTI), located in Guelph, Ontario. This publication provides valuable LEAN Thoughtware knowledge to our past, current and future customers/contacts. OTI believes that only by extending Lean concepts beyond traditional Manufacturing into Strategy, Office/Administrative, and Costing areas, will an organization achieve the full value of Enterprise Wide Lean.
  E-mail: Philip Kirby
  Tel.: 519-821-4924
• OCMN News
  An Ottawa area-based consortium of business professionals and companies committed to excellence in global competitiveness that share knowledge and experiences. A weekly newsletter, OCMN News, promotes best practices and training opportunities.
  Ottawa Manufacturers' Network (OMN)
  E-mail: Carole Champion
  Tel.: 613-860-0983
• OpX
  The quarterly e-newsletter dedicated to Operational Excellence published by Converge Consulting Group. The newsletter primarily focuses on the technical aspects of operational excellence with feature articles relating proper use of Six Sigma, Lean, Design of Experiments, Statistical Process Control and Quality Function Deployment. Within this technical focus, OpX also highlights innovative applications of these approaches and their supporting tools and techniques.
  Converge Consulting Group Inc.
  E-mail: Robert Gerst
  Suite 200, 309-2nd Ave. SW, Calgary  Alberta  T2P 0C5
  Tel.: 888-266-6318
• Performance
  Quarterly newsletter from pVelocity focuses on maximizing profitability in manufacturing companies. Looks at using time based financial metrics to enhance Lean Manufacturing concepts and practices.
  E-mail: Michael Neary
  Tel.: 416-482-5668 extension 228
• The Practitioner
  The bi-weekly newsletter of the Canadian Chapter of the Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME) contains articles that promote "change" and the "elimination of waste" and provides news of upcoming AME events.
  E-mail: Barb Jacklin
  Tel.: 905-681-6039
• Six Sigma Newsletter
  E-Zsigma's free monthly newsletter is a source for six sigma breaking news, popular links, tools, articles, and industry spotlights. Regular features include monthly articles, conference updates, links to free resources, archives, and more!
  E-mail: Rod Morgan
  Tel.: 416-571-0121
• Surveillance de l'innovation et de la technologie
  La surveillance de l'innovation et de la technologie est un outil de sensibilisation fourni par le centre industriel de la technologie pour aider les fabricants à ce garder à jour sur ce qui se passe dans les domaines de la fabrication et des technologies connexes. Le site web souligne les articles récents, les rapports et les sites web sur la fabrication de pointe, le cybercommerce interentreprises et les affaires électroniques en fabrication, la conception pour l'environment et la conception pour la fabrication, les nouvelles technologies et les technologies futures, le processus de fabrication de haute performance et les matériaux. Le site fournit aussi de l'information sur les événements, qui est périodiquement centré sur le Manitoba et du matériel de la bibliothèque du centre industriel de la technologie.
• Turnaround Newsletter
  Turnaround Newsletter is published periodically through Turnaround Engineering Inc. to help manufacturing companies achieve a competitive edge. Its focus is on showing how to turnaround unprofitable companies - even those on the edge of bankruptcy - in a short period of time without any capital expenditures. Each issue contributes techniques, strategies and concepts currently used in the industry to help managers, executives and other decision-makers turnaround their organizations.
  E-mail: Chris Fattaei
  Tel.: 416-826-0218