Volume 2, Issue 2 – Fall 2017

Cover story – The Saskatchewan spirit: Micro-distilleries are becoming big business — at home and abroad

By Derek Lothian.  Sitting at my kitchen table on the evening of August 9, I was suffering from a bout of writer’s block. I had struggled through all but the

By Patrick Thera.  Want to foster a high-tech community in the heart of Prairies? Why not ask a Prairie company that has been successful in advanced technologies long before the

  By Dr. Rick Green.  There is a good chance that, before now, you haven’t heard of POS Bio-Sciences. Like many Prairie manufacturers, we are better known internationally than we

By Darryl Minty.  There are as many characteristics to a lean organization as there are lean experts. Everyone has a unique definition, a personalized approach, and an underlying set of

By James Mitchell.  For decades, operational specialists and heads of the world’s most successful companies have realized the value of involving people at all levels of an organization — in

By Trent Meyer.  We have all heard the shocking numbers that are being thrown around by demographers and those selling the ‘future of agriculture’ — the most common being the

Meet three manufacturers overcoming the odds to grow their businesses, and communities, in rural Saskatchewan.  By Colleen Mackenzie.  Big machinery, big industry, big city, right? Think again. In Saskatchewan, nearly

Micro-distilleries are becoming big business in Saskatchewan — and the world is taking notice.  By Joanne Paulson.  Drink less. Therefore, drink better. And, while you’re being discerning, drink local. That’s

By Jayson Myers.  Steve Verheul is an awesome poker player. You can’t tell what he’s thinking. You never know what cards he holds. But, you can bet he will play

Manufacturers have felt the pinch of resource prices, but that doesn’t mean they’re standing still.  By Joanne Paulson.  Innovation is generally understood, in the public realm, as a ground-breaking discovery

By Keith Moen.  In the wake of NAFTA negotiations and ‘America first’ policies, there exists a fine line between favourable and unfavourable public procurement practices. From a free enterprise perspective,

Some have called blockchain ‘the most important IT invention since the internet itself.’ Yet, if you ask folks on the street, few can succinctly define it. In layman’s terms, what