Why You Should Be A Part Of The Supply Chain Connector
A few weeks ago we launched, in conjunction with Northern Development Initiative Trust, a campaign to have companies register with the Supply Chain Connector.
Before I go further let me explain .
The Supply Chain Connector is the brain child of the folks at Northern Dvelopment, we came on board to publicize the idea.
The purpose of the chain is this. Try and get as many companies who provide goods and services in the industrial sector to sign up, so that the big companies who need specific services, can find the right company , in the region, to satisfy their need.
It's all about making sure companies from Lytton to the BC-Yukon Border, from Mount Robson to Haida Gwaii, have a chance at landing some of the work that will be required during the resource boom that is about to hit Central and northern B.C.
Only those companies that have a location within those boundaries are allowed to register with the Supply Chain Connector.
Government has been saying that it wants the local companies to have the first dibs on any goods and services required before allowing for major firms from outside of this area to poach this business.
This is a departure from what Northern Trust normally does but you can quickly see why we at 250News embrace the idea so much.
Registering does not cost anything nor do you have to give up any trade secrets, This data base is designed to be a single spot where companies can go looking for the product that they need in a one stop shopping center.
We have already reached about 2,000 companies which have registered , the goal is to reach about 4,000 companies which could provide goods and services to what is expected to be a major boom in industrial expansion.
We at 250, just like NDIT, want to put together the most comprehensive list of companies that could be available to provide those services. If the activity takes place in the central and northern part of the province, it holds in our mind the providers of goods and services in the same region should get the first crack at providing those services to the developing market. It will be good for the local businesses, and good for the overall economy of the region.
So we ask you , if you own a business that supplies or supports the industrial sector, and you are located anywhere in central and northern BC, that you sign on and get your business out there and make sure you tell your friends to do the same.
It is our region of the Province that is the economic engine for BC, the north should be the first in line for any benefits that come from driving that engine. Registering is easy, just click here.
I'm Meisner and that's one man's opinion.
Comments
“Only those companies that have a location within those boundaries are allowed to register with the Supply Chain Connector.”
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Wait and see the spike in out of province business’s opening branches here.
No “supply chain” for us in the USA where prices seem to rule? Big difference in Home Depot.ca and Home Depot.com. I can see the Yanks getting upset by someone yelling “Buy Canadian”. But “Buy Provincial?” Might be an angle not covered by NAFTA. Buy America. Upset Canadian merchants and businesses. Merchants talk to their M.P.s. MPs pass the word onto Harper. Harper trims down the $4 Billion dollars he gets from imports, then everyone eventually “buys happy”. Get on it.
DG and Harb… I would not get too excited about this SCC idea… anybody in the real world of commercial/industrial purchasing is going to get their requirements based on price… sure, a few local bits and pieces… but reality dictates the actual sale for anything of any size or dollar value.
Source value will determine who supplies product or services… and do not forget the hidden connections that all companies have developed over the years… nothing like a personal relationship to overshadow anything that might be public feel good PR.
Always good to try though … you never know which creek might yield the little yellow rocks… still a lot of frogs out there that haven’t been kissed yet !!!!
V.
“Try and get as many companies who provide goods and services in the industrial sector to sign up, so that the big companies who need specific services, can find the right company , in the region, to satisfy their need.” .. and this will work for a very short while until every business that phones gets told they don’t have the part in stock and will have to order it in. I have never seen a town with as many big warehouses that seemingly never have what you are looking for. After they get the run around a couple of times they will start going directly to Vancouver or Edmonton for their parts. I bought a rather common part here awhile back and after getting it, I found out later that they ordered it from Vancouver who in turn had to wait for it to come from Quebec.
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