Delaware Manufacturing Extension Partnership launches software platform CONNEX to strengthen local supply chain
Summary
CONNEX is a product of the Delaware Manufacturing Extension Partnership at Delaware Technical Community College, giving Delaware manufacturers the ability to connect with each other, find local suppliers, mitigate risk, discover new business opportunities, and manage their supply chains. Extension Partnership Deputy Director Rustyn Stoops says local supply chains typically have the most success - and access to Delaware CONNEX is free. It allows companies to post their capabilities, materials they can utilize, you name it, it could be listed and become a differentiator for someone seeking them out.” Stoops says the new platform works up and down the supply chain. “So if I’m a manufacturer and I need somebody to provide me with something, I can put an RFQ out looking for potential supply chain partners to fill those activities out," he says. Manufacturers who sign up before December 6 get a free one-year upgrade to the national CONNEX platform to discover opportunities across the country.