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EFC's Rick McCarten With an outstanding record turnout at this year’s EFC Conference in Quebec City, delegates were asked to attend a workshop on our supply chain. Delegates voted on several issues that would help advance our industry towards digitalization, improved performance, ease of doing business, and improved data.

Cyber Security During a recent Industrial Control Systems Joint Working Group meeting, representatives from the the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA), U.S. Department of Defense and International Society of Automation outlined a new program...

Research The Canadian electrical industry is facing a period of dynamic change that is creating a multitude of business challenges and opportunities.

Economy Building Permits Canadian municipalities issued a record $9.3 billion worth of building permits in April. The increase in the value of permits was almost entirely due to a planned change in development costs in Metro Vancouver.

Survey Says After 5 years of experience, pay for outside sales representatives rises by $8,000 on average and just $2,000 with 20+ years experience.

ABBTech For decades, ABB has made intricate scientific instruments that measure and analyze gases in the atmosphere to help scientists better understand its composition and evolution. Now, ABB is helping to more accurately measure greenhouse gases (GHGs), which are trapping heat in the atmosphere, resulting in an increase in global surface temperature.

True North Solutions If you’ve noticed the gas light come on when you’ve been driving your car, you’ve experienced a situational awareness Human Machine Interface (HMI). HMI systems include the displays, buttons and sounds that help a user monitor and control a machine or system.

eCommerce has been all the rage the last couple of years with progressive companies leading the charge and investing in new websites as well as product content. In fact, there are companies that are now on version 2 or 3 of their eCommerce journey.

EVs Horse-drawn carriages as we know them were the primary method of transportation for centuries. Yet, it took eight years for cars to outnumber horses [2] and just 13 for the automobile revolution to be complete.

LFI Awards The celebrated LFI Innovation Awards marked the opening this week of the 2019 Lightfair International Trade Show and Conference with a dramatic showcasing of the industry’s most innovative products and designs introduced during the last 12 months.

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Westburne Launches Women of Westburne (WOW) Initiative

Westburne WOW Led by Divisional Lighting Manager Salma Siddiqui, the initiative will focus on making Westburne the workplace of choice in the electrical industry and beyond.

Results from research conducted by Westburne found that the electrical industry has a ratio of 3:1 of male vs. female employees. “Realizing these stats are the industry norm has made our eyes open and realize we need to make a change and showcase our women who work for us and at the same time make Westburne the place women would love to work for,” the company says.

Westburne Becomes a Rockwell Authorized Service Provider in Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan

Westburne and Rockwell The Authorized Service Provider designation enables Westburne to deliver Rockwell Automation services through their factory trained team of specialists. These services include installed base evaluation, network assessment, arc flash assessment, lockout/tag-out assessment, and start-up of variable frequency drives.

According to Steve Roy, Regional Sales Manager for Rockwell Automation Canada, “Customer expectations continue to evolve. Aging infrastructure, workforce gaps, global competition and an explosion of new technology provide endless opportunities for customers to improve their businesses.

IDEA to Offer Customer Training Plan for the IDEA Connectors Launch

Idea IDEA plans to introduce an online learning management tool, the IDEA Learning Portal, to train customers on the new IDEA Connector, which will launch in late September. This portal will contain comprehensive training information and documentation on the IDEA Connector, a master data management (MDM) platform that enables distributors to securely access accurate and timely product and pricing data directly from manufacturers.

To complement the portal, there will be four training session devoted to manufacturers and distributors at eBiz. These training sessions will dive deeper into specific content to ensure a complete understanding of important functionality.

2019 LFI Innovation Awards Spotlight Excellence and Creativity

The celebrated LFI Innovation Awards marked the opening this week of the 2019 Lightfair International Trade Show and Conference with a dramatic showcasing of the industry’s most innovative products and designs introduced during the last 12 months.

The 2019 awards and trade show opening mark the 30th anniversary of the world’s largest annual lighting and technology event. The 2019 awards saw entries spanning 14 categories, with each submission judged by an independent panel of lighting professionals. Winning entries exemplified the best in innovative design and thinking.

Want to Win Customers? Think Like a Consumer

By: Thomas Donato, Rockwell Automation

We all are consumers. We all have expectations of quality and service.

When I talk to our customers, I do so with that experience and mindset. If we don’t deliver – we lose. Maybe not immediately, but eventually. It’s as simple as that.

I just lived through a great example of this. Every morning I use our blender. One of the parts broke, and the manufacturer made it quite difficult and cumbersome to get a replacement.

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