We’ve spoken about Lean Manufacturing many times on our blog, and it’s a term that most people are familiar with. There are many different ways that lean manufacturing can be implemented in a business; Takt Time is one of the… Read more »
10 Quick Tips to a Safer Workplace
Workplace safety should be a top priority for all businesses. Not only do you want to protect your employees from injuries, but it can also be quite expensive for compensation towards any injured parties. There are some simple ways that… Read more »
The new Silicon Valley?
I remember in the 90’s when during the tech boom there were countless new programs and technologies being introduced. Silicon Valley was the Mecca for all tech companies. Everybody thought that they had the new and best thing that would… Read more »
Using SR&ED to turn R&D into a profit centre
The SR&ED program offered by the provincial and federal governments is an under-used and even more under-utilized program. According to the CRA there are currently, in Canada, only about 50% of eligible companies taking part in the SR&ED program. In… Read more »
5 Reasons why you need SR&ED for your Food Manufacturing Enterprise: A first person account
by: Arnold Strub, MBA. Entrepreneur-in-Residence, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University. Strub’s Pickles had already been a successful small business for 75 years when we were first contacted by an SR&ED consultant. We had the usual skepticism about the program;… Read more »