Sandii Smith - Membership Services ManagerFriday, August 24, 2018
We are living in an era that offers the buyers of today a plethora of options. Subcontract services are available in abundance, meaning that purchasers are in some ways spoilt for choice. So what can suppliers do to stay in the game? And is it all about price?
Cash is ultimately the lifeline of any small business - in fact, 82% of small businesses that fail do so due to poor cash management. So what steps can be taken to ensure you are not one of these fatalities?
Dean Munkley - Sales & Marketing ManagerFriday, July 27, 2018
Whilst it’s true that every industry suffers from workload fluctuations, the engineering sector seems to be stricken with peaks and troughs more than most. But why is this? And can it be overcome?
Dean Munkley - Sales & Marketing ManagerFriday, June 29, 2018
The dawn of the internet has changed the way that sales is conducted in the past 10 years. However, in light of the new GDPR laws, I predict that we’ll start to see a regression back to face-to-face sales meetings.
Subcon returned to the NEC in Birmingham this month for its forty-second year. Running from the 5th to the 7th June, it also marked Qimtek’s fifth year of exhibiting at the event.
Dean Munkley - Sales & Marketing ManagerFriday, May 4, 2018
Subcon 2018 will take place from the 5th-7th June 2018 at the NEC in Birmingham. It attracts a steady footfall of high quality purchasers, who have an active need for the services of subcontract engineering suppliers.
The Qimtek network is designed to provide subcontract engineering suppliers with unrivalled access to active manufacturing buyers. That being said, your success with the membership will hinge upon the work that you’re prepared to put into it
The CMI has been developed to reflect the total purchasing budget of companies that are looking to outsource manufacturing in any given quarter. Quarter 1, 2018 sees the index growing to it's highest level for 2 years
