We’ve all done it. We decide that we want to go out to eat, but don’t know where to go. Or, maybe we’ve decided to buy a new phone, but can’t determine whether to get an iPhone or Android.

It’s that time of year when businesses are looking at the future and creating their plans for the next year. It’s also a busy time of year for plumbing and HVAC contractors...

“I fired all of them,” said the Canada-based condominium developer I was helping to optimize his business. “Wow,” I said. “What happened?”

During a conversation with a plumbing contractor (I’ll refer to as Tip) who called me he told me about a fellow plumbing contractor who is a friend of his.

Being sustainable is not just about being “green” — or only about sustainable supply chains. 

Canada’s gross domestic product shrunk in the second quarter as the same supply-chain distribution issues affecting other countries are hitting Canada, too. Its exports were plunging at the rate of 15 percent during the second quarter.

Every Sunday morning, my five-year-old son Axel, my wife and I stop at the Dunkin’ Donuts in our hometown on our way to Axel’s hockey practice. We purchase five chocolate-glazed Munchkins. 

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Barclay Sales, a manufacturers’ representative company located in western Canada.