Open Letter to the Canadian Electrical Industry: Our Supply Chain

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.

Why?

Why do we need a workshop for our industry? All of our research over the years to supply chains customers shows that brand loyalty is mixed — it’s almost 50/50 between the manufacturer and the distributor. 

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NEMA and ISA Working Together on New Building Systems Cybersecurity Program

During a recent Industrial Control Systems Joint Working Group meeting, representatives from the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA), U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) and International Society of Automation (ISA) outlined a new program to address the growing risk of unprotected and under-protected building control systems in the U.S. and abroad.

Building owners, users, and manufacturers of control systems continuously work to find practical ways to create safe and more secure environments.

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IDEA to Offer Customer Training Plan for the IDEA Connectors Launch

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.

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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. 

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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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Liteline Promotes Eric Teacher to National Specification Manager for Canada

Liteline Corporation is pleased to announce the promotion of Eric Teacher to National Specification Manager for Canada.

Eric Joined Liteline in February as Regional Manager - Specifications for Ontario, Canada and quickly became an indispensable resource to the Sales, Marketing and Product Development teams. Eric has extensive experience in the Lighting and Controls industry.

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Electrical Safety Authority Welcomes New Directors to Board

The Electrical Safety Authority's (ESA's) Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Arjan Arenja, President, Spectrum Development Inc., Walter Pamic, Co-owner, Power-Tek Electrical Services Inc., and Ysni Semsedini, CEO, Festival Hydro have been appointed to the ESA Board of Directors.

"I am pleased to welcome our new members to the Board and look forward to their expertise and contributions to support ESA's mandate to enhance safety, and administer the province's electrical safety regulations during a period of rapid change and renewal," says Peter Gregg, Chair, Board of Directors, ESA.

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Jules Marchildon joins Fusetek as Ontario Regional Sales Manager

Techspan Industries is pleased to announce that Jules Marchildon has joined our Fusetek division in the position of Ontario Regional Sales Manager.

Jules comes to us with over 30 years of experience selling Power Electronic products, most recently as the Electrical Sales Manager at Mersen. He has also worked for a Distributor and for a Manufacturers Rep Agency, which has given him a broad understanding of the entire electrical channel. Jules brings with him proven leadership and technical sales.

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