NFDA Panelists: More Than Just Manufacturers and Distributors Need to be Involved
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“Every one is trying to limit inventory,” panelist David Monti of Fall River Manufacturing summarized the situation for the National Fastener Distributors Association.
Distributor Russ Doran of Timberline Fasteners noted, “You can’t just take 5% out of costs year after year. Eventually it doesn’t work.”
That creates a need for “partnership with engineering,” Doran suggested in a National Fastener Distributors Association panel on “Manufacturers are from Mars, Distributors are from Venus.”
“Pull us in,” Monti suggested. “Get the entire supply chain involved.”
• “Our approach is working both sides,” Joe Peplinski of Würth Industry Group explained.
“Too many” involved in ordering fasteners “are afraid to ask questions,” Peplinski finds.
• Distributors need to provide education to those buying fasteners, Tammy Work, distribution manager for A. Raymond Tinnerman urged. “We do training,” she added.
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