CANADA SUPPLY CHAIN PARTNERS
Sigmapoint , a “ Lean Enterprise ” contract manufacturer based in Ontario , is taking on the manufacturing of the SYMKLOUD suite , while Hitek Logistics has been a key transportation and logistics partner , able to quickly ship products anywhere in the world from Kontron warehouses in Canada and Shanghai .
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RESHORING VIA PARTNER POWER On the operational side , Kontron Canada Inc . is in the midst of reshoring the SYMKLOUD product suite to its homeland .
Building up an ecosystem of manufacturing and supply chain partners to provision this is the domain of Steve Séguin , Vice President of Operations . A company veteran of more than a decade , Séguin has spent time both in Germany and Canada in various roles .
“ As part of our operations strategy over the last few years , we developed an ecosystem of key partners that are integrated to our supply chain , as if they were an extension of Kontron ,” he explains .
“ The SYMKLOUD product family was produced in Asia , and we ’ re reshoring this so that we can reduce lead times and also increase flexibility .”
Sigmapoint , a “ Lean Enterprise ” contract manufacturer based in Ontario , is taking on the
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