SKCAC
Participates in 62nd Annual
Pacific Northwest Purchasing Conference
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SKCAC Industries gained significant marketing
exposure with its display at the North American Purchasing
Managers (NAPM) regional conference in Tukwila recently. The
two-day conference focused on Supply Chain Management, bringing
in 160 purchasing managers from corporations all around the
Pacific Northwest and California. As part of the conference,
NAPM hosted a Supplier Showcase where 30 suppliers were chosen
to set up displays for the attending purchasing managers.
One of our key customers, Donna Reinke, Director of Purchasing
for Red Dot, offered SKCAC Industries the opportunity to showcase
our dual mission.
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to help purchasing managers with supply chain management.
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examples of supply chain management solutions.
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Mark Kantonen, SKCAC Executive Director expressed,
"We were greatly surprised by the enthusiastic interest in SKCAC
Industries from companies like Weyerhaeuser, Starbucks, T-Mobile and
others." Over the two-day period, 63 people from 43 companies
indicated interest in SKCAC and the possibility of working together
on projects using SKCAC's work force and capabilities. Twelve companies
had 18 immediate follow-ups to pursue for project and idea discussions.
Three companies had immediate projects to develop, such as assembling
electronic controller faceplates for a Spokane company, replacing
batteries nation-wide in door alarms and traffic counters, and other
project possibilities with an electronic game manufacturer. Many other
attendees were clearly surprised and supportive of SKCAC's dual mission
of meeting their business needs while also meeting community needs
with the developmentally disabled.
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For show preparations, Carl
Dirks, owner of Dirks Associates, and SKCAC Industries developed
two color brochures and a display board explaining capabilities
and showing the workforce in action. The materials also illustrated
completed project examples. The conference attendees expressed
strong support for the promotional materials and how they
clearly conveyed SKCAC's capabilities and missions. Carl managed
the show preparations and booth as part of his contract to
expand SKCAC Industries' exposure to major Pacific Northwest
companies.
The Suppliers Showcase also
involved a game to draw purchasing managers to the booths
to answer a question, receive a sticker towards a NAPM grand
prize drawing and leave a business card for the supplier's
drawing. SKCAC Industries asked each attendee "What's
This?" for a product we assemble for a large truck manufacturer.
From that question came many opportunities to explain how
we fulfill our dual mission of "Good work performed by
good people".
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