FenCon19 Program
*Subject to change without notice.
Tuesday, March 5, 2019
| 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm | Pre-Event Mixer. Details TBD |
Wednesday, March 6, 2019
RBC Winnipeg Convention Centre
| Stream 1 Equipment & Processes |
Stream 2 Design & Culture |
Stream 3 Material |
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| 7:30 am – 8:30 am | Registration and Networking Breakfast | ||
| 8:30 am – 9:30 am | Opening Keynote – Economic Outlook | ||
| 9:30 am – 10:30 am | Building an Operationally Excellent Organization
Speaker: Vern Campbell, Operational Excellence Expert
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ERP Implementation
Speaker: Matt Batcha, Fenetech |
Expert, Advanced Insights into True High Performance IG’s and Windows
Speakers: Robert Clarke, Robert Clarke Associates Stephen Selkowitz, Building Scientist |
| 10:30 am – 11:00 am | Coffee Break | ||
| 11:00 am – 12:00 Noon | Plant Automation : How to Improve the Decision Making and Implementation Process
Speakers: Paul Breault, Industrial Automation & Robotics Sanjay Parikh, Joseph Machine Company |
Operating Window Hardware Workshop:
Speakers: Aaron Mundt, AmesburyTruth Stephan Nies, SIEGENIA |
Discover New Ways to Staff your Workforce
Speakers: Todd LeRoy, Loewen Cheryl Partridge, Opportunities for Employment |
| 12:00 Noon – 1:30 pm | Luncheon Keynote – Continuous Improvement | ||
| 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm | Plant Handling Equipment Innovation Workshop on “Easier Flow” | Design Software for Fenestration – Designing/Testing for Performance | Cold Climate Installation for Performance and Durability
Speaker: Jon Eakes |
| 2:30 pm – 3:00 pm | Coffee Break | ||
| 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Developing a Lean Strategy for your Operation
Speakers: Ian Marshall, Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters Manitoba David C. Hogg, Lean Consultant |
Implementing NAFS Program. Practical “how to” session | Workshop: FRP Door Panel Finishing – Paint, Stain and other Options |
| 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm | Post-Event Mixer – Details TBD | ||
Thursday, March 7, 2019
RBC Winnipeg Convention Centre
| Meeting Room 1 | Meeting Room 2 | |
| 8:30 am – 11:30 am | Learn how to use “Toyota’s Kata System” to take Continuous Improvement to the next level and beyond
Speaker: Warren Peters, LEAN Consultant |
CI for Management
Speaker: David Hogg, LEAN Consultant |
| 11:30 am | Bus trip to pre-selected tour site and lunch. | |
| 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm | Tour and presentation:
OmniGlass Pultrusion Facility Providing the window and door manufacturing industry with a full product range of fiberglass lineals. OmniGlass has pioneered the development of fiberglass pultrusion – with our perfected technology let us partner with you to build a better window & door.
Join us for a plant tour of our pultrusion and leading-edge manufacturing process in a state-of-the-art controlled fiberglass environment.
For more information on OmniGlass click here.
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Tour and presentation:
Building Envelope Technology Access Centre (BETAC), Red River College BETAC provides a multidisciplinary environment to facilitate advancements in building envelope technology primarily for durability and energy efficiency, while addressing the building’s intended use, life service and climate zone location. Download an overview of BETAC here. Tour Coordinator: Rob Spewak, Research Manager, Red River College |
| 11:30 am | Optional bus ride back to Delta Hotel or directly to the airport. | |
