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Impact of COVID-19 on wireless technologies
Review of pandemic’s impact on sector helps OEMs capitalize on sector growth

Clean to inspect: How 5S drives improvements
It offers more than workplace organization.

Reliability issues: Focus on reducing lubrication failures
Highlights from a STLE Toronto workshop help with lube management.

High productivity gains: Achieve them with cross training
Build agility by building employees’ abilities.

Closing the loop: Pyrowave turns plastic into a reusable resin
Technology microwaves feedstock to create virgin-like styrene resin.

Focus on growth: Five steps to take during the economic recovery
Hit hard by market disruptions, manufacturers are rethinking strategy.

Napoleon’s sizzle: Innovation and quality are part of the DNA
Hats off to a manufacturing dynamo for doubling revenues in five years.

Cyber attacks: Are you covered?
Include cyber insurance as part of a risk mitigation strategy.

Unlock new revenue and margins through servitization
How leveraging technology to power services maximizes aftermarket profits.

Driving agility: How standard work helps get it right
Establish the best way to execute an action that everyone will follow.

Sew essential: Making the switch from cushions to medical masks
How a BC textile manufacturer quickly moved to serve COVID-19 PPE demand.

New reality: Managing processes with Deming and EVSM
Reap benefits by adapting the PDCA cycle with value stream mapping.

Clearing the air: Identify and address breathing hazards
Steps to take that will improve workplace health and safety.

Canada’s auto industry: Investment has slowed, electric vehicles beckon
There are challenges for the Canadian industry to overcome but also opportunities.

Controllable membrane to pull CO2 out of exhaust streams
Electrically switchable system continuously separates gases without moving parts or wasted space.