CME and Province of Ontario bring SMART Manufacturing Session to Brampton

Brampton area companies looking to implement productivity improvements will want to attend the SMART Manufacturing Session on Friday, January 23rd at the Holiday Inn Select and Conference Centre.

Delivered in partnership by the Government of Ontario and Canadian Manufactures and Exporters (CME) companies who qualify for the program may be eligible for up to $50,000 in funding for cost sharing projects.

Manufacturing companies with more than 10 and less than 500 employees that have been in business for 2 years or more are eligible to apply. Projects selected for funding will receive 50% of eligible project costs, up to a maximum of $50,000.

A wide variety of productivity improvement projects are eligible, including:

• Lean manufacturing

• Lean design

• Quality improvement

• Energy efficiency

• IT best practices

• Environmental Impact reduction

At minimum the primary focus of the project must be on improving operational efficiency. Ideally the project will not just improve efficiency incrementally, but transform the way a company does business, ultimately making it substantially more competitive.

Projects must start within 2 months from notification of selection and should be completed within 6 months of that notification. CME intends to notify applicants whether their projects have been selected within 45 days of application, so applications shouldn't be submitted too far in advance of the planned start of a project. For a limited time, CME will accept applications for projects that have already started, but which are not projected to finish within the next 2 months.

Projects of any size can be proposed for funding, but SMART Funding is only available up to 50% of project costs or $50,000, whichever is less. Good projects shouldn't be too big or too complicated – CME is looking for projects that will be completed successfully and on time, and want the benefits that are reported to clearly relate to the project. At the same time, projects should not be so small that achieving the stated goals or performance objectives depends on other things - like the completion of other projects at the facility.

For more information please contact the SMART program team at 1-877-913-4263 or

www.cme-smart.ca.

Attendees must register for the SMART Manufacturing Session and can do so at:

http://cme-smart.ca/brampton.

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