Canada Digital Adoption Program (CDAP)

Access up to $15,000 in government funding for technology upgrades.

KEMAT Consulting is a certified Canada Digital Adoption Program (CDAP) digital advisor

The Canada Digital Adoption Program (CDAP) is offering $4 billion in total funding to help small and medium-sized businesses embrace digital transformation. The Boost Your Business Technology grant provides a one-time cash payment of up to $15,000 for small and medium-sized businesses that retain a KEMAT Consulting Digital advisor and complete a technology planning exercise.

We help clients develop a strategic road map and build out an actionable plan to accomplish goals.

We customize our approach to fit the needs of each client and couple our knowledge with an array of analytical tools. Drawing on our expertise, we develop an actionable plan that is pragmatic, executable, and specific to our client's needs.

For more information and apply for the grant, please visit ISED's website

Our approach -customized processes from strategy to result

We help businesses across Canada accelerate their growth through better understanding of the factors shaping their markets, customers and competitors.

Before applying for funding, review the criteria with a qualified advisor to determine whether you qualify and which stream would be best for your business.
Seek out the platforms and capabilities that will most effectively support your business objectives and budget — and compare the pros and cons of each option.
Plan your digital transformation strategy with a comprehensive set of steps, timelines, and resources.

Supporting you every step of the way

Once you've crafted your strategic plan and roadmap, you can rely on our team of digital transformation consultants to provide ongoing support throughout the transformation process.

Kemat Consulting brings to bear a full suite of solutions for small and medium sized businesses. Our relationships with leading vendors, industry leading platform and project management expertise, and commitment to your success will help you transform your business.

About KEMAT Consulting

KEMAT is a business advisory firm that provides multidisciplinary solutions to complex challenges and opportunities. KEMAT provides strategy and business development, process and implementation planning, and project management support to businesses across the globe.

For ten years, we have helped clients in a wide range of industries make the most of digital technologies and services. And while we understand that every business has a unique set of challenges, we can also help you navigate these challenges by creating an adaptable digital strategy that will meet your goals..

How can we upgrade your Business technology?

Funding from the CDAP Boost Your Business Technology grant can be used to support the adoption of digital technologies. To inspire your investment planning, we've provided some examples below.

Marketing

How can you make the most of your advertising budget?

CDAP aims to bring digital marketing plans into full maturity. Digital marketing platforms that leverage cost efficiency and metrics advantages on established platforms, such as search engines, social media, and blogs

Dashboard & Analytics

How can you use the data you have to improve your business?

The greatest advantage of any digital adoption is the improvement of your data collection. Sustainable business needs to learn and pivot based on their business activity, the current market environment, and insight from their web analytics, sales analytics, and internal process analytics.

Security & IT Management

Be right where your customers are with right technology to help your business engage with them.

Operations Management

Simplify complex business processes with technology that will make your team's work faster and easier.

Sales

How can you equip your sales team with the most effective tools to help them reach their potential?

Discover how popular products and services match up against one another in terms of price, popularity and profitability. Learn how to use technology to gather relevant data about your client base, enabling you to serve them better. Make use of reporting features that enable you to set goals and track KPIs.

Inventory

How can you efficiently track product inventory online?

Review the latest capabilities of digital inventory management software. Learn inventory integrations with your POS and eCommerce systems.

Digital Adoption Ideas

Some examples of solution recommendations your business might benefit from could include:

Create a digital marketing and e-commerce strategy
Create dashboards and analytics to provide actionable insights into your organization
Implement a CRM or ERP system
Automate your accounting operations using cloud-based technologies
Develop an App for ease and/or speed of fulfillment
Connect / integrate various systems to talk to each other
Digitize areas of your business where paper or Excel are still used to manage processes
Automate ordering, invoicing, contract and supply chain management, etc.
Creation of a digital inventory management system
Automate standard operating procedures
Set up network security software
Audit and prepare for a cyber security audit
Set up ERM system for Health Canada compliance reporting …and more

Ready to get started?

Our dedicated team is standing by and ready to help you access and make the most of CDAP funding. Reach out today for more information about the program, your eligibility, and your transformation opportunities.

Frequently Asked Questions

The Canada Digital Adoption program offers financial support to help small businesses get up to speed with technology. Here, we address common questions about the Boost Your Business Technology Grant and how KEMAT consulting can help you take advantage of this government initiative.

You are not eligible for the $15,000 Boost Your Business Technology Grant if you already have a digital adoption plan developed through one of the following programs in the last 12 months:

Programme Audit Industrie 4.0
Digital Boost 2.0
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency: Digital Acceleration Pilot

However, you may qualify for the Fast-Track option and be eligible to apply for a $100,000 interest free loan through BDC to continue your digital transformation journey. All program eligibility requirement still apply.

KEMAT Consulting has assembled a dedicated team of transformation advisors with extensive experience helping small and medium-sized businesses achieve their transformation objectives. You will work with a senior digital strategist as a primary point of contact. This individual will recruit support from internal teams as necessary to develop a tailored, comprehensive plan for transforming your business.

Your digital adoption plan is a comprehensive assessment of your opportunities to improve your business through the use of modern hardware and platforms. You will receive from us specific deliverables including:

Current state analysis
Post transformation capability report
Summary of proposed digital solutions, including a cost / benefit analysis of your top three options and high-level requirements
Near- and long-term digital strategy
Implementation roadmap, including timelines, costs, and required capabilities

No. The Boost Your Business Technology grant is intended to help you assess your organization's digital maturity and opportunities to increase your competitiveness through adoption of new technologies. Eligible costs are limited to those involved with creation of your digital adoption plan, including:

Advisor fees, commissions, and charges associated with creating your digital adoption plan
Applicable federal and provincial sales taxes associated with fees charged by the advisor

A digital adoption plan will provide a comprehensive roadmap of your priorities, including timelines, budgets, and a cost-benefit analysis of relevant platforms and strategies. Once we have completed our work for you, our relationship will not end there. We will continue to support you as your business enacts its transformation into a digital enterprise. We have the people, expertise and relationships in place to ensure you get the best return on your digital investment.