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Supply Chain

2021-07-26

Some of our supply chain from a Canadian company perspective.

MECH STANDARD DIST

HOME DEPOT

GRAINGER CANADA

MCMASTER-CARR

ELEC STANDARD PARTS DIST

MOUSER CANADA

DIGIKEY CANADA

ARROW

OTHER DIST

TEQUIPMENT

BHPHOTOVIDEO

RCC ELECTRONICS

BESTBUY

MLTEST

ANDYMARK

ATLAS TOOLS

PARTS MFG DIRECT

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS

MICROCHIP

CHIP QUIK

ASROCK INDUSTRIAL

IGUS

3D FUEL

BASELABTOOLS

ALPHIDIA

EPC

PHYSICAL TOOLS DIRECT

NORDSON EFD

KVASER

DIGITAL TOOLS DIRECT

AUTODESK

OTHER

LETS ENCRYPT

FASTMAIL

NAMECHEAP

TEKSAVVY

RBC

ARCADIA SOLUTION

SHIPPING

We love shipping companies that save us time. We do not want to spend hours calling customer support or driving to a warehouse or waiting in-line or investigating payment errors.

DHL (our favorite) (the best cross-border shipping experiences we have had, due to their time-efficient online interface) (no domestic service, at least in Canada that we know of)

UPS (same-day shipping available via UPS Express Critical, good customer support, recently launched a simple-ship interface for normal-expedited services)

Purolator (drivers show up on time)

Canada Post (balanced back-up option)

Fedex (enough issues in the past so we do not proactively use them currently, but most of the time have good incoming shipments from other vendors)

Notes

Find good local suppliers and commit to them. Lowest transport risk and associated losses (language barriers, shipping, import fees, FOREX, legal, leadtime coordination).

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