The general purpose of market research is to provide the organization with relevant, accurate information about it’s consumers and the competitive environment. This benefits a company in many aspects of the business, and can ultimately save the company time, effort… Read more »
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10 Quick Tips to Better Communication in the Workplace
Communication in the workplace is vital, and with the dependence we all have on e-mail, and other means of digital communication, it seems that communication on the whole is getting more and more difficult. Here are 10 tips to help… Read more »
Lean Manufacturing Tip: Takt Time
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 »
Why do you need an SR&ED Consultant?
Nortel is in the news again! A giant in the IT Industry and Canada’s one time largest employer have been force to sell off it’s assets due to bankruptcy. This time it is their wireless network infrastructure to Nokia Siemens… Read more »
Continuous Improvement in Manufacturing
We’ve spoken a bit about continuous improvement on our blog, but we haven’t yet talked about WHY exactly it is important for manufacturers, and how exactly you can apply it to your business. As a brief reminder, continuous improvement is… Read more »