Switching to lean
The owner of Saskatoon’s SBC Case Industries Ltd., Patric Byrns, was already sold on the potential benefits offered by the lean manufacturing approach before participating in a multiple module lean training program. However, he needed help to raise the knowledge level of shop employees and to implement the concepts on the shop floor first. That’s where the technical expertise of an outside resource really paid off. 

Software and design: two words that some think should never go together. Software is often perceived as technical, logical and sometimes just plain frustrating. Design is more commonly associated with art. It’s about vision, the harmony
of colours, lines, textures and space. I think many who eschew software for a more traditional approach would be surprised to discover just how far software has come in terms of helping in the design portion of the job.

I have a unique and exciting contract to provide millwork for a new building that will be front-and-centre at the upcoming Vancouver Winter Olympics. It consists mainly of wall and ceiling panels that are designed to make the visitor feel like they are inside a giant stack of lumber.