Achieving Innovation and Manufacturing Excellence

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Achieving Innovation and Manufacturing Excellence

• Program Overview
• Yves Landry Foundation
• June 2008

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Presentation Outline

• Background
• Program Strategies
• Program Objectives
• Program Parameters
• Conclusions
• Appendix The Yves Landry Foundation

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Program Background
Ontario Manufacturing Survival Strategy
The key focus of this program is to provide
training that would help Ontarios manufacturers
to be more innovative
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Essential Business Plan Purpose

• An Initiative that will support Ontarios
  manufacturers efforts to Achieve Innovation and
  Manufacturing Excellence. This will allow Ontario
  Manufacturers to emerge from the Chaotic
  Majority, allowing them to achieve disciplined,
  profitable growth such that they can survive and
  thrive.

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Program Strategies

• Provide funds to cover training costs that will
  support innovation within Ontario-based
  manufacturing companies, either at on-site or
  external locations.
• Support, establish and fund new programs that
  will support innovation within Ontarios
  manufacturing companies.
• Continuously improve the process to deliver
  effective training solutions that will lead to
  innovation

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Program Objectives

• Objective 1 Provide funding for the retraining
  of personnel to support major innovation at a
  manufacturing location
• Objective 2 Develop and enhance skilled
  employees via funding of training programs in
  critical areas of innovation critical to the
  companys future success

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Objective 1 Retraining for Innovation

• Retraining of personnel to support workplace
  innovation in product, process, or any other area
  that will support manufacturing growth and
  development
• Training can occur at plant location or at an
  offsite location
• Area of innovation can be internally or
  externally developed

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Objective 2 Developing Skilled People to
Support Innovation

• Funding to support training and development of
  skilled personnel in any area that will enhance
  innovation within a manufacturing company
• Innovation can be in any area that helps the
  company to be more competitive product,
  process, engineering etc.
• Training can occur onsite or offsite

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Program Parameters

• Funding up to a maximum of 50,000 per company
  during the program (2009/2010)
• Funding covers 100 of direct training costs and
  up to 50 of indirect costs
• Process requires a preliminary application form
  followed by submission of application proposal
• Funding paid at the completion of the training
  and the submission of the required training
  report
• Application process outlined in Request for
  Proposal Document covering the Funding
  Application Process (available on YLF website)

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Typical Program Process

• Company submits preliminary application concept
• Within 10 working days YLF responds with
  evaluation of concept and provides any
  suggestions to enhance program approval
• Company submits formal application proposal
• Within 20 working days YLF responds with program
  evaluation
• Upon completion of the training and submission of
  summary report, cheque issued to participating
  company

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Program Information

• For the complete Request for Proposal
  Information documents go to http//www.yveslandry
  foundation.com/rfp
• For further information contact
• Yves Landry Foundation
• 10 four Seasons Place, Suite 801
• Toronto, ON M9B 6H7
• Phone [phone] Ext. 240
• Fax [phone]

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Conclusion

• The goal is to achieve real, perceptible and
  measurable improvement in innovation capabilities
  within Ontario based manufacturing companies
• Establish innovation as an essential cornerstone
  for success
• Establish training as an essential component for
  successful innovation
• Innovative and creative companies can survive and
  thrive in Ontario

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Achieving Innovation and Manufacturing Excellence

• Appendix The Yves Landry Foundation
  Information

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The Yves Landry Foundation

• The Foundation
• Established by leaders in Canadas manufacturing
  and business sectors in 1998, to advance
  technological education and skills training to
  resolve the skilled labour and technical
  professional shortages facing Canadian industry.
• The Foundation is governed by a board of
  directors comprised of senior leaders from
  industry, education and the NGO sectors. 

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The Yves Landry Foundation

• The Founder
•   The Foundation was born out of the vision,
  principles, energy and hopes of the late Yves
  Landry, Chairman, President and CEO of Chrysler
  Canada Ltd. Yves Landrys vision was
•  To forge an enlightened partnership between
  industry and education, train a world-class pool
  of skilled manufacturing workers, technicians,
  technologists and engineers, and secure
  technological advantage in a rapidly changing
  world. 

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The Yves Landry Foundation

• The Vision
•  The Foundations mandate is to ensure that
• Canadian business and employees achieve and
  sustain top technical status in the global
  manufacturing arenas in which we compete
• Choosing a technological career is viewed
  favourably by students, parents, educators and
  governments
• Mainstream education provides relevant,
  up-to-date technical education, as well as
  education in emerging areas to the point where
  the manufacturing industry does not need to
  provide substantial remedial or supplemental
  training, or import skilled workers from abroad
  while Canadians are unemployed or under-employed
  
• Barriers to life-long technological education are
  eliminated Young people are encouraged to enter
  apprenticeships, technologist and engineering
  co-operative education programs and activities
  that foster better insight about technology and
  the inspiring opportunities available