Welcome to the 29 th Bluewater Wood Alliance

Welcome to the 29 th Bluewater Wood Alliance Quarterly Networking Event Conestoga College, September, 2018

Agenda: 12: 30 - 1: 00 pm BWA Update Introductions: Who is in the room? • Welcome New BWA Members! • Call for BWA board committee participation • BWA Program Launches: BWA Benefit Plan, Lean Program, Sandler Sales Program • BWA NGM Canada Supercluster Project Update • Upcoming Events: Oct 17: BWA Sandler Sales Event • Oct 31: Plant tour Focus Group: Woody’s Manufacturing • Nov 21: BWA Quarterly Networking Event • Dec 6: BWA Lean Training Event 2

Agenda (2) • 1: 00 -1: 30: Strategy for Customer Retention and • • • Expansion; Andrew Wall, Sandler Training 1: 30 -2: 00: Networking Break 2: 00 - 2: 30: Benefit Industry Trends and Analysis; Vince Principato, Beneplan Inc. 2: 30 -3: 00: Networking Break 3: 00 -4: 15: CNC Transformation; Loren Burns, Precision Woodcraft; Grant Nicholson, Upper Canada Stretchers 4: 15: Tour of Conestoga College Wood Program Shop 4: 30 Adjourn: Networking following the event: Edelweiss Tavern 3

Welcome New BWA Members! • • • International Beams Element 5 Boston Design QTK Fine Cabinetry Canadian Woodworker 4

BWA Cluster Map 5

BWA Board Committees • The BWA needs your participation to make it be truly member driven! • Policy/Governance Committee • Member Services (Including Buying Group)/Educational Committee • Marketing/Website Committee • Please speak to Mike Baker to learn more! 6

BWA Program Launches • BWA Lean Program: Event Dec 6 • Video: https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=jd. Gb. CDD ry. Gg&feature=youtu. be • https: //bluewaterwoodalliance. com/bwaleant raining 1/ 7

BWA Plant Tour Focus Groups • • Oct 31: Woody’s Manufacturing, Strathroy, ON Kaizen Problem Solving Exercise Focus on Value for Visitors and Host Application of Lean and Continuous Improvement “Take-away” learning for participants Peer-to-peer opportunities Sharing of best practices to improve your processes Associate members invited as per host request 8

BWA Program Launches • BWA Sandler Sales Milton Training • https: //bluewaterwoodalliance. com/salestrai ning/ • Event Oct 17 9

BWA Program Launches • BWA Benefit Plan • https: //bluewaterwoodalliance. com/groupbe nefits/ 10

Next Generation Manufacturing Supercluster: BWA Partner • BWA is at the table with several sectors with NGM Canada Manufacturing Supercluster • Yet to be approved; possible BWA portion: $30 million over 5 years @ approx. 40% funding • Current members in good standing first eligible • So pay your dues! 11

Welcome Guest Speakers! • Andrew Wall of Sandler Training • Vince Princapato, Beneplan Inc. • Loren Burns, Precision Woodcraft, Grant Nicholson, Upper Canada Stretchers 12

…. after the meeting Some of us will meet at the Edelwiess Tavern 600 Doon Village Rd, Kitchener ! s u n i o J 13