IT capabilities enhance services: E-commerce applications allow seamless service and support for industry clients. (Canadian Bearings Advertorial).Canadian Bearings A bearing and power transmission distribution company based and operating in Canada. The company was established in 1947 with the opening of its first location in Toronto (its original headquarters, which is now located in Mississauga, Ontario) and has since expanded to numerous other has been winning major contracts due to its ability to provide sophisticated electronic support to large industrial customers that have a multitude of locations. "We have a modern, fully computerized facility in Thunder Bay Thunder Bay, city (1991 pop. 113,946), SW Ont., Canada, on Thunder Bay inlet of Lake Superior. The city was created in 1970 by the amalgamation of the twin cities of Fort William and Port Arthur and two adjoining townships. ," says Ric Nicholetts, Northern Ontario Northern Ontario is the part of the province of Ontario which lies north of Lake Huron (including Georgian Bay), the French River and Lake Nipissing. Northern Ontario has a land area of 802,000 km² (310,000 mi²) and constitutes 87% of the land area of Ontario, although it regional manager. Everyone, whether inside-support staff or sales and technical staff, is equipped with personal computers or laptops. "This provides our employees with instant product data, technical design and application support," Nicholetts says. Canadian Bearings also has direct online relationships with many of its major support manufacturers. "We're working towards paperless transactions, from an electronic request, through the shipping and receiving process to the payment procedure," Nicholetts explains. Canadian Bearings' 34 branches across Canada Across Canada was an afternoon program that formerly aired on The Weather Network. The segment ran from early 1999 until mid 2002. The show ran from 3:00PM ET until 7:00 PM ET. have traditionally been supplying bearing and power transmission as core products. "In recent years we have been moving rapidly to non-core products," Nicholetts says, "This allows us to be an integrated supplier of everything our customers consume." The purpose of having a single-source partnership is to reduce the number of overall vendors, while being able to measure and monitor the vendor performance with a goal to reduce the total cost of acquisition. The company has been in business for more than 50 years. Its presence in Northern Ontario expanded significantly in 1997 when it acquired RPM of Thunder Bay, a long-standing motion control, power transmission specialist. Canadian Bearings currently has 30 employees in Northern Ontario working out of branches in Thunder Bay, Sudbury, Sault Ste. Marie Sault Sainte Marie — pronounced "Soo Saint Marie" (IPA /su seɪnt məˈɹi/) — is the name of two cities on the Saint Marys River, which forms part of the boundary between the United States and Canada. , North Bay and Timmins. Major customers in Northern Ontario include Abitibi-Consolidated's four mills, Ontario Power Generation Ontario Power Generation (OPG) is a public company whose shares are wholly owned by the Government of Ontario. It is responsible for approximately 70% of the electricity generation in the province of Ontario, Canada [1]. and Boart-Longyear of North Bay, along with Algoma Steel ''See also Algoma (Disambiguation) Algoma Steel Corporation (TSX: AGA) was founded in 1902 by Francis Clergue, an American entrepreneur who had settled in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. , currently under reorganization in Sault Ste. Marie. To illustrate the new direction "To Act as One," Canadian Bearings has a partnership agreement with B.C. Bearings to service on their behalf, all of the Eastern Canada sights of Weyerhaeuser Canada Inc. Recently the company was awarded the Atomic Energy of Canada contract as the single-source supplier, including all MRO MRO In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Mauritanian Ouguiya. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. (maintenance, repair and operations Maintenance management or Maintenance, (MRO'), is fixing any sort of mechanical or electrical device should it become out of order or broken (repair) as well as performing the routine actions which keep the device in working order (maintenance) or prevent trouble ) components that AECL AECL Atomic Energy of Canada Limited AECL Agroecology AECL Aircraft & Equipment Configuration List AECL Administrative Exposure Control Level consumes. The Thunder Bay branch also supplies and services a joint-venture forest products company located in Cuba. Canadian Bearings' repairable asset services are designed to reduce customers' operating costs and are backed by ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9002 supply-management systems, with performance guarantees. This service is also backed by knowledgeable technical field people and partnerships with a comprehensive group of certified repair specialists. "During these tough economic times we feel it is important to provide value-added, cost-saving initiatives to our customers," Nicholetts says. Since 1996 the company has been ISO 9002 certified at all locations. Dedicated internal audits are carried out each year to maintain their high standards. KPMG KPMG Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler (accounting firm) KPMG Kaiser Permanente Medical Group KPMG Keiner Prüft Mehr Genau (German) KPMG Kommen Prüfen Meckern Gehen originally certified Canadian Bearings and carries out review audits at each location every three years. "Our ISO certification is an example of our dedication to consistent customer service" throughout the entire company, Nicholetts says. It supports Canadian Bearings' core purpose: "To enable customers to build, operate and maintain machinery and equipment to tomorrow's higher standards." Canadian Bearings services include 24-hour emergency service, strategically located service centres, electronic access to one of the largest collections of inventories in North America, international sourcing, technical and engineering support and supply-management services. "We have the best-trained people in our industry," Nicholetts says, "and our people have at their disposal state-of-the-art technology, well-stocked service centre supported by world-class manufacturers of bearings and transmission equipment. We also have electronic access to one of the largest collections of inventories in North America, Alliances partnerships that provide vast North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. coverage over an extensive range of products." "Our supply-management services improve quality, increase speed and reduce costs," Nicholetts says. The company's list of Fortune 500 company references attest to Canadian Bearings' supply-management success, he says. "Our solutions that report documented cost savings" are proven on the plant floor, in the stores, purchasing, maintenance and accounting," Nicholetts says. "Reported facts that support this commitment are the over $22 million of savings from over 3800 recorded (costs) we have saved our customers to date. Canadian Bearings optimizes the entire supply process from the point of manufacture to the point of use. We consistently monitor and measure our process and supply management systems." |
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