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Manufacturopedia

A dictionary of manufacturing terms, written for Canadian plants.

Look up the words that turn up on a drawing, a purchase order, a customs entry or a quality file. Every entry starts with a one-sentence answer, then explains it, then shows it with real numbers. Where a term means something different in Canada, the entry says so: which standards body applies here, what the Canada Border Services Agency expects, and what the term is called in French.

77 entries

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Planning and materials

Getting the right material to the right place before the job needs it.

12 entries

Continuous improvement

The lean vocabulary: the Japanese words, what each one actually asks you to do, and which ones are worth the trouble.

20 entries

Canadian programs and agencies

The money, the regulators and the certifications that only apply here, and that a search will usually answer with American information.

16 entries

Trade, standards and compliance

Selling across the border, and the bodies that decide what counts as acceptable.

8 entries