Forintek IA

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Forintek IA
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• Peter Åsman, Northeastern Ontario
• Carole Blaquière, Northcentral Ontario
• Percy Champagne, Northwestern Ontario
• Frank Laytner, Marketing and technical support /
  program coordination
• Andrzej Bernat, Southern Ontario for marketing
  intelligence support

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The NOVA program is funded by
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Creating your value-added wood products in
Northern Ontario

• Free Introductory Seminar for potential
  entrepreneurs and investors
• January 13th, Elliot Lake, ELNOS Building, 3rd
  floor
• January 15th, Iroquois Falls, Town hall, 253 Main
  Street
• February 11th, North Bay, Inn on the Bay, 340
  Main Street West
• February 17th, Blind River, Blind River
  Marina Park

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A recipe for value-added wood products

• Innovative design
• Customized / personalized
• Competitively priced
• Delivered quickly

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Whats on todays menu?

• What are value-added wood products?
• Planning your business and who can help.
• Walking the talk - three case studies of
  value-added wood products businesses.

• How can NOVA help you?
• How can you help yourself?

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Planning your value-added wood products business

• Beware the hurdles!
• Not unique no market
• Cash flow
• Sales and production not matched
• And on and on

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Technical Seminars Series presentsIntroduction
to Lean Manufacturing for the Wood Products
Industry

• Tuesday, January 27th Dryden, The Centre
• Thursday, January 29th Sturgeon Falls, Comfort Inn

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Introduction to Lean Manufacturing for the Wood
Products Industry

• What to Expect
• maximizing productivity,
• increasing product quality,
• staff
• improving profitability
• hands-on simulation exercise.
• "This course is a MUST
  for any company running under 100."
• Kelly Higginbottom, Lynn
  Donaldson Associates Calgary, AB
• "Our implementation of Lean manufacturing will
  give us the opportunity to grow.
• We have reduced our material usage, work in
  progress and improved our material handling. "
• Ken
  Kowalchuk, Cabtec Mfg Inc. Regina, SK

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How can NOVA help you?

• Our Goals
• Support community development.
• Provide technical support.
• Provide marketing intelligence.
• Support education and promotion.

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Working with you

• Introductory seminars
• Technical seminars
• Direct technical support (DTS) projects
• Process product development (PPD) studies

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• Thank you for your attention!
• Peter Åsman
• Office phone [phone]
• Cell phone [phone]
• E-mail peter.asman_at_fpinnovations.ca