Northgate Land Systems
Supplier development · Fictional defence company
Post a parts list, see which small shops took the work, and fund training when qualified workers are short.
Defence contracts, turned into work for small Canadian shops.
Big defence companies owe Canada business equal to their contracts. Shieldworks sends that work to small Canadian shops, and when shops are short of qualified workers, the defence company pays to train them.
Big defence companies owe Canada business.
Win a $500M contract, and you must do $500M of business in Canada. Work with small businesses counts double.
Canada's ITBIndustrial and Technological Benefits: a defence company that wins a big federal contract must do business in Canada equal to the contract's value. Simplified for this demo. rule, simplified for this demo
Shieldworks finds small shops that can make the parts.
It reads the parts list, checks each shop's machines and certificates, and offers each job to one qualified shop. No bidding.
Short of qualified workers? The defence company pays to train them.
Welders, CNC machinists, electronics assemblers: training counts 5× toward what it owes, and the stuck work goes ahead.
Northgate(fictional defence company)owes Canada $500M of business
Shieldworksreads the parts list, checks shops, offers each job to one shop
Small Canadian shopsqualified local shops
Worker training4 seats, paid by Northgate → 3 stuck jobs go ahead
unsticks work
- Northgate(fictional defence company)owes Canada $500M of business
- Shieldworksreads the parts list, checks shops, offers each job to one shop
- Small Canadian shopsqualified local shops
- Worker training4 seats, paid by Northgate → 3 stuck jobs go ahead
unsticks work · Small Canadian shops
Loads Northgate's 40-part list and matches it to shops · about 5 seconds
Northgate Land Systems is fictional. Demo shops are synthetic. Simplified ITB rules for demo. Real shops: public data — unverified — not affiliated.
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Each side of a defence contract has its own desk: the defence company, the small shop, the college and the trainee.
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Tallowfield Fabricating Ltd.
Owner · Synthetic demo shop
See job offers from Northgate, what one certificate would unlock, and which certificates are due.
Regional college
Training coordinator · Example (not affiliated)
Fill the training seats Northgate pays for, and keep the records that let the training count.
Welder training seat
Trainee (pseudonymous) · Pseudonymous seat
Follow your training seat from enrolment to your welding test, and the shop job waiting after it.