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Editor's Message
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The end of the year is rapidly approaching, and it is quite evident that everyone is extremely busy preparing for the coming year, while trying to juggle and get some time at home over the holidays. As we close out the year, I want to draw your attention to some of the highly valuable and informative editorial pieces CEW has run throughout the year. The articles present a variety of insight into the electrical market, where it is going and what should be important to you today and tomorrow. Have a great holiday from the entire team at Canadian Electrical Wholesaler! |
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Utilizing Market Data to Build Your Business
Data, data, and more data are all available at our fingertips. Today we are more informed than ever, with detailed market data available in various forms. So, the question remains, how are we utilizing market data to build our brands and gain more insight into customer needs, wants, and behaviours? Creating a business plan based on... Read More... |
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Supply Chain: The Crossroads Between People & Technology
Supply chain disruption continues to be the industry’s number one concern, followed very closely by talent acquisition and retention. As the industry continues its digital journey, the future is technology powered and human-led. Retaining the right people and developing them to embrace technology, think, and plan for the future will... Read More... |
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Be Prepared
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10 Ways to Thrive In 2023 (Even if There is a Recession)
The markets up, the markets down. You listen to economists and you hear about recession and will the Fed raise rates or hold. Large technology firms are laying people off by the thousands but electrical distributors and manufacturers cannot find people. Electrical product supply chains have gotten better but you then hear of the transformer and switchgear... Read More... |
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Acquisitions in Canada
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Acquisition Considerations and their Impact on the Canadian Market
After the recent acquisition of Aztec Electrical Supply by Sonepar earlier this month it seemed prudent to take a brief look at recent acquisitions, what they mean to the Canadian market and if a rise in acquisitions is likely to continue. Although we have not seen acquisitions reaching some of the levels we are seeing in countries like the US, we have seen... Read More... |
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Sponsored Content
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5 Ways EDI Helps Automate and Optimize Canadian Businesses
In today’s marketplace, automating business document exchange is key to achieving cost efficiencies to keep you competitive. EDI (electronic document interchange) is a powerful way to lower operating expenses by transmitting electronic documents between companies. Read More... |
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Economic Forecasting Calls for Challenging Times Ahead
On September 22, 2022, Electro Federation Canada hosted the annual Economic Forecast Day. The financial markets are experiencing a complex and concerning economic condition, unlike anything we have experienced in the past few years, with inflation running at 40-year highs. Business is experiencing a storm of challenges from the impact of... Read More... |
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Pathways to Net-Zero: Electrification and Transitioning to a Electricity-Based Economy
This article stems from the discussion at Nexans’ Change the Current event hosted this past month at the Evergreen Brick Works in Toronto, focusing on the presentation by Dr. Bruce Lourie, a policy expert and best selling author. The theme of the discussion was electrification, clean energy, and achieving net-zero-carbon in Canada and what... Read More... |
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Electrical Insight
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Pathfinder Report Available Now
Pathfinder provides the best insight into the total available market for electrical equipment in Canada. The report presents Canadian-driven and defined market mix data as well as product mix and customer mix details that can be used to help steer many key business decisions—from marketing and channel development... Read More... |
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Automation Impact
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Small Scale Robotic Automation Drives a Big Impact for Gerrie Electric’s Distribution
Gerrie Electric turned to small scale automation to unlock warehouse footprint and productivity opportunities quickly and reliably. The result – error-free picking, a boost in throughput, a trajectory to achieve and beat a targeted 3-year ROI and room to accommodate their immediate growth for additional robots and... Read More... |
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Five Tips to Find Time for Field Service Marketing
Time is a precious resource that we all want more of. And if you own a field service business or work for one, you undoubtedly know how hard it is to find time for everything you need to accomplish in a workday, let alone a week, a quarter, or a year. Like many of us, you do your best to check every item off of the to-do list during working hours while... Read More... |
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Scheduled Audits Are Key to Reliable Product Data
On average, it costs $1 to verify a record as it is entered, $10 to fix it later, and $100 if nothing is done to correct it. Every electrical distributor and manufacturer has learned the hard way that inaccurate, outdated product content costs money. Whether it’s lost orders, processing returns, or extra work for employees, you know from experience that... Read More... |
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Business Considerations
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Why We Aren’t Doing What We Should Be Doing... and What To Do About That
I know this guy who buys other people’s businesses. He tells me that 90% of the time, the sellers know exactly what needs to change in their business to make them better. He knows this because they plainly tell him. Now even though these sellers know what would make their business more successful and therefore much... Read More... |
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Leadership Interview
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Leadership, D&I, Supply Chain, and how Schneider Electric is Driving Electrification Through Digitization with Adrian Thomas
Adrian Thomas has been with Schneider Electric for 6 years, serving in several roles before taking on the challenge of Canadian President for Schneider Electric in January of 2021. We spoke to him about his experience in the role so far, his approach to leadership, energy management, supply chain resilience, how digitalization... Read More... |
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Legrand’s Latest Agency Announcement for 2023
Legrand Canada is pleased to announce the appointment of Jebco Agencies Inc. as the new adorne, OnQ, and Pass & Seymour agent for Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Thunder Bay for the Electrical Distribution Channel, effective January 1st, 2023. For over 20 Years Jebco has represented Wiremold and Cablofil in the Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Thunder... Read More... |
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CSA Group Opens New Distributed Resource Lab
The new lab, adjacent to CSA Group’s US headquarters, addresses an increased demand for the testing and certification of energy storage devices, charging equipment, micro grid components, and power conversion systems. The lab was designed in close consultation with CSA technical experts, customers and industry thought-leaders, with the... Read More... |
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Shawcor Acquires Kanata Electronic Services Ltd., Expanding Reach Into Nuclear, Aerospace and Other Industrial Wire and Cable Markets
Shawcor Ltd. has recently announced that it has acquired Kanata Electronic Services Limited, a privately owned manufacturer and supplier of specialty cable assemblies and wire harnesses for the nuclear and aerospace industries. Kanata serves customers around the globe from a single, Toronto area site and will be integrated into Shawcor’s ShawFlex Read More... |
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Noramco Announces Troy Mills as New Sales Manager – Western Canada, Utilities Division
Recently, Noramco has welcomed Troy Mills as their new Sales Manager in Western Canada for their Utilities Division. Troy Mills joined the team on December 5th, and brings with him more than 15 years of experience in Management and Marketing. He studied at Fanshawe College where he earned his Skilled Trade Electrical Certificate. In his new role Read More... |
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Building Permits, October 2022
The total value of building permits in Canada declined 1.4% in October to $10.0 billion. Losses in the residential sector more than offset gains from the non-residential sector. On a constant dollar basis (2012=100), the total value of building permits decreased 0.9% to $6.0 billion. The value of residential permits declined 6.4% to $6.5 billion nationally... Read More... |
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Labour Force Employment Survey, November 2022 – Little Change Noted
Employment was little changed (+10,000) in November, and the unemployment rate declined by 0.1 percentage points to 5.1%. Employment was up among women in the core working ages of 25 to 54, and declined among young men aged 15 to 24. It was little changed among the other main demographic groups. The employment rate among... Read More... |
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Product Watch
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Monitoring recent products launched in Canada
New products are hitting the market at such a pace that it is often hard to be aware of everything new. Let Canadian Electrical Wholesaler and its sister site Electrical Industry Newsweek help you stay aware of new products and solutions for your customers. Read More... |
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2022 Archives
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Everything Else You Missed
SO much happened in 2022 we cant fit it all in an annual roundup. You can find the back issues of CEW in the archives. Reread your favourite article or go back to make sure you didn’t miss anything this here. View the Archives HERE Read More... |
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