Anyone in the know will tell you that behind every thriving manufacturing/distribution company stands a successful Inventory Management system. Nobody knows this better than Frank Ioffrida, President and CEO of Aircraft Hardware West. “AHW prides itself on being a trusted partner in service to our clients’ business success,” says Ioffrida, “which is why we are always striving to deliver personalized service in order to meet the specific inventory needs of every one of our clients.” It’s no wonder then that Ioffrida and his dedicated AHW staff are excited about AHW’s newest offering: to provide Customized Kitting in which a group of parts is packaged together and delivered just in time to support a specific build or assembly. Other benefits from this customized service include specific bar code labeling as well as detailed reports to allow easy use and traceability. Marketing and Sales manager Krista Ioffrida is quick to add, “We are very interested in cultivating long term trusted partnerships with our clients and are offering Customized Kits at no extra cost to the customer.” Besides offering this service at no extra charge, AHW will also keep the cost of the parts at the same price as if purchased individually.
Customized Kitting is a great way to streamline any assembly or production job. Usually, before starting any given build or assembly, all the different parts must first be gathered together, which takes time and resources. Locations are found; fork-lifts are rallied to zip here and there throughout the warehouse; pallets are brought forth. Then the boxes are pulled, the pallets returned, the parts are separated and the counting begins. One hundred panel fasteners from this box, fifty blind rivets from that box and on it goes until all the specified parts are pulled and carefully counted for the assembly. Lindsay Vaughn, AHW Operations Manager says with a smile, “We do all that work here at our site. After a brief consultation to determine the requirements of any given job, AHW will package a Customized Kit which delivers all the right parts at the right time and all in one place.” AHW will even buy back all existing stock and guarantee QA approval.
When asked how this new Customized Kitting service is being received, Frank Ioffrida responds, “Our experience is that customers are very quickly satisfied by the many significant long-term benefits of pre-packaged assembly kits, including less time and money spent purchasing/receiving, and reduced inventory.” So, if your company is looking for ways to build the sturdiest Inventory Management System possible, AHW’s Customized Kitting service might prove an invaluable tool. All the right parts without all the searching delivered just in time at no extra cost to you. Is that a no-brainer? You decide. For more information or to set up your own Customized Kit, please contact Krista Ioffrida at
kioffrida@ahw-global.com.
