The Magna Centre for Supply Chain Excellence (MCSCE), addresses the problems facing today's value chains with the application of Integrative Supply Chain Systems Thinking and Intradisciplinary Collaborations. Located within the Toronto-Waterloo Innovation Corridor, the MCSCE can be found in Conestoga @ The Foundry Gaslight District.

MCSCE supports the supply chain ecosystems through initiatives such as:

• Applied Research focused on the digital transformation of supply chains
• Designing world class education and developing supply chain talent
• Developing a network of professional associations, industry, academia, and government
• Conducting workshops and seminars to share best practices of integrative supply chain systems thinking

 
MCSCE connects industry to leading researchers and provides access to a range of talent to fill the needs of today’s diverse supply chains. From September 2017 - May 2021, 61 Conestoga’s Supply Chain and Operations Management program facilitated 61 industry value stream mapping projects, totaling a financial impact of over $178 million!
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MCSCE serves a diverse range of clients including:

1. Supply chain related industries including manufacturing, logistics and transportation, and warehousing.
2. Service industries from transportation, education, health care, construction, banking, communications, retail services, tourism, and government.
3. MCSCE collaborates with academia, professional associations, government agencies, and industry.

 
Some of the specific industry partners who MCSCE has collaborated with include:

• Karmax Heavy Stamping (COSMA Division of Magna International) - manufactures and supplies technologically advanced automotive components, assemblies, and systems to the global automotive industry.
• Septimatech – delivers reliable productivity improvements for packaging lines and machines worldwide by manufacturing innovative, precision engineered solutions that provide repeatable, accurate adjustment for intuitive setup, operation, and maintenance. 
• DHL Supply Chain Canada – provides customers in many industry sectors with logistics services along the entire supply chain – from planning, sourcing, production, storage, and delivery to returns logistics and value-added services – in order to ensure logistics flow.
• The OWL –simplifies supply chain management by monitoring, detecting and rectifying performance anomalies in real-time. The Owl has built a solution that combines data analysis and human intelligence to expand the possibilities of people and organizations, allowing them to achieve world class supply chain performance without having to break the bank.

The MCSCE is pleased to collaborate with industry, professional associations, government, and other centres of excellence to develop solutions to improve performance using an intradisciplinary approach to solve complex problems.

Based in Cambridge, The SMART Centre supports both funded and fee-for-service collaborative applied research in manufacturing and recycling. The SMART Centre helps to develop high-performance manufacturing/recycling solutions (robotics, automation) as well as design, prototyping and testing of new mechanical, electronic and software products. The SMART Centre works with small to medium sized companies who require assistance to solve advanced manufacturing or recycling problems through applied research. Driving innovation, commercialization, productivity improvement and competitiveness for Ontario's manufacturing sector, the SMART Centre serves the following industries:

• Applied Research for Advanced Manufacturing / Recycling 
• Automation, robotics, controls 
• Mechanical / electronic / software design, prototyping and testing 
• AI assisted machine vision and control 
• Digital innovation including Internet of Things, sensors, data analytics, machine learning, augmented and virtual reality 

 
The SMART Centre works as an extension of a company's R&D team.

Do you know a company that should be included in our list of local manufacturers? Send us an email. ​