Features Archive - Canadian Manufacturing

Feature Operations
Keep on trucking: Trucks must keep moving across Canada-U.S. border amid coronavirus
March 23, 2020 by William Anderson, University of Windsor and Marta Leardi-Anderson, University of Windsor
The economic damage from interrupting the flow of trucks would be both direct and indirect
Feature Technology / IIoT
Robopets: Using technology to monitor older adults raises privacy concerns
March 20, 2020 by L.F. Carver, Adjunct assistant professor, Sociology, Queen's University, Ontario
Robotic pets could increasingly provide social companionship and health monitoring in elder care, but data processing involves personal and sensitive information about individuals
Feature Environment Financing
The coronavirus is just the latest blow to Canada’s oil producers
March 19, 2020 by Warren Mabee, Director, Queen's Institute for Energy and Environmental Policy, Queen's University
Annual oil demand for 2020 is very likely to be lower than what was observed in 2019, and lower oil prices are here to stay
Feature Research & Development Risk & Compliance
Roll up the Rim: How COVID-19 has changed the contest — and maybe your odds of winning
March 11, 2020 by Michael Wallace, Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo
Changes had already been planned for this year’s game, including a digital element, fewer prizes and a more complex game structure
Feature Human Resources
Coronavirus: Ten reasons why you ought not to panic
March 11, 2020 by Ignacio López-Goñi, Catedrático de Microbiología, Universidad de Navarra
There are reasons to think there may be ways to contain and defeat COVID-19
Feature Manufacturing Operations
Coronavirus, rail blockades: Crisis management plans protect companies
March 9, 2020 by Sean Spence Doctorate Student - Security Risk Management, University of Portsmouth
The outbreak of the COVID-19 virus in China and the railway disruptions across Canada represent two different yet similar classic case studies
Feature Financing Research & Development
Are Canadians ready to ditch GDP as a key prosperity indicator?
March 9, 2020 by Fernanda Tomaselli, University of British Columbia and Sandeep Pai, University of British Columbia
Research shows Canadians want to move away from the GDP as a measurement of progress, prosperity and happiness
Feature Regulation
Why is cannabis so expensive in some provinces? Don’t ask Statistics Canada
March 6, 2020 by Michael J. Armstrong, associate professor of operations research, Goodman School of Business, Brock University
Government statistics do not provide reliable insight on varying weed prices across Canada
Feature Sales & Marketing
Canadian Truck King Challenge conquers mid-size trucks
March 5, 2020 by Mario Cywinski
As full-size trucks are becoming bigger, many are turning to mid-size trucks
Feature Environment
A tenth of active and abandoned oil and gas wells in northeastern B.C. are leaking
March 4, 2020 by Romain Chesnaux Professor in environmental engineering (specializing in water resources), Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC)
Wellbore leakage can occur along actively producing wells or wells that have been permanently abandoned after their productive life is over