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AI-First Software, Web & Automation for Vancouver Businesses

Global Maple System builds custom software, web platforms and automation for companies across Vancouver, British Columbia — from Port of Vancouver logistics operators to False Creek Flats tech and biotech teams. We replace manual, disconnected workflows with systems built around how your business actually runs.

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  • Acute labour shortages, historically most severe in accommodation and food services, pushing operators to automate scheduling, ordering and customer-facing workflows to cover staffing gaps
  • Rising commercial rents under triple-net lease structures plus a critical shortage of industrial land in Metro Vancouver, compressing margins and forcing leaner back-office operations
  • Persistent inflation in materials, services and labour costs eroding margins faster than businesses can reprice, increasing demand for better cost-tracking and operational visibility systems
  • Trade and tariff policy uncertainty affecting port-dependent import/export, logistics and manufacturing businesses, requiring more agile, data-driven supply-chain systems

AI & Automation · Vancouver

With trade volumes at record highs, industrial space scarce and hospitality teams stretched thin, Vancouver businesses have an outsized opportunity to use AI-driven automation to replace manual scheduling, logistics tracking and back-office work with systems that scale without proportional headcount growth.

Doing business in Vancouver

Vancouver runs on trade, technology and production — a city where the Port of Vancouver moved a record 158 million tonnes of cargo in 2024, Lululemon Athletica's global headquarters sits downtown, and thousands of software, biotech and creative companies pack into a few dense innovation corridors. Institutions like the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, BCIT and the BC Tech Association keep feeding that ecosystem with talent, while the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade tracks the pressures local operators are navigating in real time.

Those pressures are real. Commercial tenants on triple-net leases are absorbing rising costs on top of a genuine shortage of industrial land across Metro Vancouver, and persistent inflation in materials, services and labour keeps compressing margins faster than most businesses can reprice. Operators dependent on the Port of Vancouver — and the more than 132,000 supply-chain jobs it supports across Canada — are also working through trade and tariff policy uncertainty that makes manual, spreadsheet-based logistics too slow and too risky. In hospitality and food service, acute labour shortages have made it harder to staff basic operations, let alone grow them.

You can see the same story play out differently by district. Downtown and Yaletown carry the weight of finance, retail and head-office operations. Mount Pleasant and Railtown mix creative studios with logistics and light industrial tenants. False Creek Flats alone is home to roughly 8,000 people working across more than 600 businesses — biotech firms like AbCellera, software companies like Hootsuite, and dozens of smaller teams scaling past the point where manual processes and disconnected tools still work. Film and television production adds its own volatility: BC production spend dropped from $3.3 billion across 511 projects in 2022 to $2.3 billion across 346 projects in 2023, pushing studios and production companies toward leaner, more digital workflows just to stay competitive.

Global Maple System builds the custom software, web platforms and automation that let Vancouver businesses respond to all of this without adding headcount. Whether you're a port-adjacent logistics operator, a False Creek Flats startup professionalizing your back office, or a hospitality group trying to do more with a smaller team, we build systems around how your business actually runs — not a generic template.

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What Vancouver businesses tell us

  • ✕ Acute labour shortages, historically most severe in accommodation and food services, pushing operators to automate scheduling, ordering and customer-facing workflows to cover staffing gaps
  • ✕ Rising commercial rents under triple-net lease structures plus a critical shortage of industrial land in Metro Vancouver, compressing margins and forcing leaner back-office operations
  • ✕ Persistent inflation in materials, services and labour costs eroding margins faster than businesses can reprice, increasing demand for better cost-tracking and operational visibility systems
  • ✕ Trade and tariff policy uncertainty affecting port-dependent import/export, logistics and manufacturing businesses, requiring more agile, data-driven supply-chain systems
  • ✕ Volatility in film/TV and digital media production spending (BC production spend fell from $3.3B across 511 projects in 2022 to $2.3B across 346 projects in 2023) as jurisdictions like Georgia and Ontario compete for productions, pushing studios toward leaner digital production and workflow tooling
  • ✕ Fast-scaling tech, biotech and creative firms clustered in innovation districts like False Creek Flats outgrowing manual processes and needing custom backend integration as they professionalize operations
What we build

For Vancouver's key industries

Trade and marine logistics (Port of Vancouver)

Vancouver's economy runs through its port. The Port of Vancouver handled a record 158 million tonnes of cargo in 2024, a 5% increase year-over-year, and its operations sustain more than 132,000 supply-chain and related jobs across Canada. For import/export, freight and logistics businesses tied to that trade, growing volume and shifting tariff policy mean manual tracking and disconnected spreadsheets can't keep pace. We build data-driven logistics and supply-chain systems that give operators real visibility into shipments, costs and inventory as conditions change.

Film and television / digital media production

BC's screen industry has always moved in cycles, but the recent swing was steep: production spend fell from $3.3 billion across 511 projects in 2022 to $2.3 billion across 346 projects in 2023, with industry employment dropping from 37,000 to 26,000 jobs. As jurisdictions like Georgia and Ontario compete harder for productions, Vancouver studios and production companies are under pressure to run leaner. We build the digital production and workflow tooling that helps teams manage projects, budgets and vendors with fewer people and less duplicated effort.

Technology and software (SaaS)

Vancouver's tech sector is dense and growing, anchored by companies like Hootsuite and supported by the BC Tech Association and institutions like UBC, SFU and BCIT. Clusters like Mount Pleasant and False Creek Flats — home to roughly 8,000 workers across more than 600 businesses — are full of SaaS companies scaling past the point where manual processes hold up. We build custom backend integrations and internal tools that let growing software teams professionalize operations without slowing down product work.

Tourism and hospitality

Vancouver's hospitality and tourism operators have faced some of the most acute labour shortages of any local sector, particularly in accommodation and food services. That gap is pushing owners to automate what used to require a full front-of-house or back-office team — scheduling, ordering and customer-facing workflows. We build automation that covers those gaps directly, so a leaner team can run service at the same standard without burning out trying to do everything manually.

Mining and natural resources

Vancouver is headquarters to major players in mining and natural resources, including Teck Resources. Companies operating at that scale, or supplying into it, need back-office and operational systems that can handle complex cost tracking, reporting and logistics without breaking down as the business grows. We build the operational software layer that keeps resource-sector back offices running cleanly, from cost visibility to supply-chain coordination, in a city where materials and labour cost inflation keeps eroding margins across every sector.

How we help

Built for Vancouver businesses

Scheduling & Workforce Automation

For hospitality and food-service operators facing Vancouver's acute labour shortages, we build scheduling, ordering and customer-facing automation that lets a smaller team cover the same service — without the burnout of running everything by hand.

Lean Back-Office Systems

With triple-net commercial leases and a shortage of industrial land pushing up costs across Metro Vancouver, we build back-office systems that cut the administrative overhead your business is carrying so you can operate leaner without cutting service.

Cost & Margin Visibility Tools

When inflation in materials, services and labour erodes margins faster than you can reprice, you need to see the erosion happening. We build cost-tracking and operational-visibility dashboards that surface where margin is actually going, in real time.

Trade & Supply Chain Data Systems

Port-dependent import, export and logistics businesses are navigating real trade and tariff policy uncertainty. We build agile, data-driven supply-chain systems that let you adjust sourcing, routing and pricing quickly instead of reacting after the fact.

Custom Backend Integration for Scaling Teams

Fast-scaling tech, biotech and creative companies in innovation districts like False Creek Flats outgrow manual processes quickly. We build the custom backend integrations that let your team professionalize operations without slowing down the work that's driving your growth.

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Industries we serve in Vancouver

Trade and marine logistics (Port of Vancouver) Film and television / digital media production Technology and software (SaaS) Tourism and hospitality Mining and natural resources Construction and real estate development

Serving businesses across Downtown Vancouver / Central Business District, Yaletown, Mount Pleasant, Railtown, False Creek Flats.

Vancouver questions, answered

Yes. We build supply-chain and logistics software for import/export, freight and trade-dependent businesses navigating port volume growth and shifting tariff policy — from shipment tracking to cost and inventory visibility.

It won't replace people, but it can absorb the workflows that are hardest to staff for, like scheduling, ordering and customer-facing tasks, so the team you do have can focus on service instead of admin.

Yes — rising commercial rents under triple-net leases, a shortage of industrial land, and persistent inflation in materials and labour are squeezing margins across the city. Our systems are built to give you visibility into those costs, not just automate around them.

Custom. Off-the-shelf tools tend to break down once a company outgrows manual processes, which is exactly where a lot of False Creek Flats teams are right now. We build backend integrations and internal tools around your specific workflow.

It depends on scope — a focused automation build can move in weeks, while a fuller platform takes longer. We start with a conversation about the workflow that's actually costing you time, then scope from there.

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