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Global Trade & Transportation/Global Business Management: OPMT 1103

Tips for Operations Strategy Assignment

Welcome to BCIT Library

a quick intro on using First Search to find good stuff at the library

find out where the group study rooms, silent spaces and nap pods are

there is a lot more than books to check out at BCIT Library

all the ways you can ask library and research related questions

Finding a Manufacturing Company

Dun & Bradstreet List
Google Dun & Bradstreet, manufacturers and Canada to get to this list.

SimplyAnalytics (SimplyMap)
Use Simply Analytics to create a Business Table.
Create a New Project.
Type in Canada for location.
Create project with no variables.
Select Business Table.
Search businesses by categories.
Select a Manufacturing category.
Sort by sales volume or # of employees.

Canada's Top Ten Manufacturers
a list of 10 Canadian manufacturers from George Brown College Technical Training

Finding Information About a Specific Company

Business Source Complete
Input the company name in the first search box.
Select the Limiter (to the right) as Company Entity.
Use filters - date and source type to get current magazine articles.
ProQuest Central
Input the company name in the first search box.
Select the Limiter (to the right) as Company Entity.
Use filters - date and source type to get current magazine articles

Search Tips for both databases:

Include Canada in your search as some of these companies are multinational.
Limit or sort by date to get more current information.