Transcript YLF Busines Plan Presnetation

Achieving Innovation and
Manufacturing Excellence
Program Overview 2008-2010
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 Landry’s 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 Foundation
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Established by leaders in Canada’s 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.
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The Foundation is governed by a board of directors
comprised of senior leaders from industry, education and the
NGO sectors.
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Program Background
Ontario Manufacturing
Survival Strategy
The key focus of this program is to provide training that
would help Ontario’s manufacturers to be more innovative
Emerging Opportunities
Advanced
Technologies
Rising
Commodity
Prices
Strong
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The Innovators
Emerging
Skill Sets
Disciplined Profitable Growth
Ontario Manufacturing
The Chaotic Majority
Global
Liquidity
Crisis
Global
Growth
Of LCCs
The Lean and the
Masterful
Closure
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Essential Business Plan Purpose
An Initiative that will support Ontario’s manufacturer’s efforts
to Achieve Innovation and Manufacturing Excellence.
This will allow Ontario Manufacturers to achieve disciplined,
profitable growth in order to survive and more importantly,
thrive.
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Program Objectives
Objective 1:
Provide funding for the retraining of existing personnel to
support major innovation at a manufacturing location in
Ontario
Objective 2:
Develop and enhance skilled employees via funding of
training programs in critical areas of innovation critical to the
company’s future success
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Objective #1
Retraining for Innovation
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Retraining of personnel to support workplace innovation in
product, process, or any other area that will support
manufacturing growth and development
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Training can occur at plant location or at an offsite location
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Area of innovation can be internally or externally developed
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Objective #2
Developing Skilled People to Support Innovation
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Funding to support training and development of skilled
personnel in any area that will enhance innovation within a
manufacturing company
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Innovation can be in any area that helps the company to be
more competitive – product, process, engineering etc.
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Training can occur onsite or offsite
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Program Parameters
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Funding up to a maximum of $50,000 per company during
the program (2008/2010)
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Funding covers 100% of direct training costs and up to 50%
of indirect costs
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Process requires a preliminary application form followed by
submission of application proposal
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Funding paid at the completion of the training and the
satisfactory submission of the required training report
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Application process outlined in “Request for Proposal”
Document covering the Funding Application Process|
(available on YLF website)
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Typical Program Process
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Company submits preliminary application concept
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Within 8 working days YLF responds with evaluation of
concept and provides any suggestions to enhance program
approval
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Company submits formal application proposal
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Within 20 working days YLF responds with program evaluation
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Company training initiative is undertaken and completed
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Upon completion of the training and submission of summary
report, cheque issued to participating company
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Examples of Innovation Initiatives
Following are seven examples of innovation initiatives that
may meet the requirements of the AIME initiative and may be
eligible for financial support:
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Example One:
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The company is currently using software in the engineering
design and development process and in the Product
Development Phase (PDP). The company recognizes,
however, that they are not utilizing all of the capabilities of
the software or that if the software were graded, additional
capabilities would be available.
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YLF would support the up-skilling or retraining of employees
in order to utilize the new or more advanced software.
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Example Two:
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The company is using a material or process that if modified
or replaced with a new material or process could result in
reduced costs, better product quality or enhanced product
features.
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YLF can fund the training to better equip company employees
to investigate the use of alternative materials or processes or
to advance the use of new materials.
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Once a new process or material has been established YLF can
fund the training of all employees including production staff,
quality inspectors and others associated with the product or
process to implement the new process in the manufacturing
facility.
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Example Three:
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The company is implementing new safety procedures of new
safety equipment that makes the manufacturing process
safer and more robust.
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YLF can fund the training for all employees associated with
the implementation of the new safety procedures or
equipment.
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Example Four:
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The company is installing new equipment including
manufacturing equipment, test equipment automation or
mistake proofing processes that will support the
implementation of an innovative new product, to make an
existing process more efficient or to provide the company
with new products and capabilities to support business
growth.
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YLF can fund the training associated with all employees that
must be retrained to use the new equipment or process.
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Example Five:
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The company is developing new packaging materials
(dunnage), implementing returnable containers or adapting
advanced delivery features such as RFID devices and needs
to retrain employees in these new processes.
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Training to support this improvement may be eligible.
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Example Six:
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The company needs to develop specifically skilled people to
support innovation in the company’s products, in the
company’s process area or in any other area that will make
the manufacturing company more competitive and profitable,
in the business environment.
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YLF can fund the training associated with the development of
such highly qualified personnel.
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Example Seven:
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The company is adapting a new innovation in a product or
process and needs to retrain employees associated with this
new innovation or process.
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YLF can fund the training for all employees associated with
the implementation of this new innovation as long as it
clearly demonstrates that the employee training will improve
productivity and/or profitability due to improving or
introducing the innovation.
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Program Information
For the complete “Request for Proposal Information”
documents go to:
www.yveslandryfoundation.com
For further information contact:
Yves Landry Foundation
10 Four Seasons Place, Suite 801
Toronto, ON M9B 6H7
Phone: 416-620-5464
Fax: 416-620-9730
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Conclusion
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The goal is to achieve real, perceptible and measurable
improvement in innovation capabilities within Ontario based
manufacturing companies
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Establish innovation as an essential cornerstone for success
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Establish training as an essential component for
successful innovation
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Innovative and creative companies can survive and thrive
in Ontario
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