Assembly - November 2008 - (Page 43) our competition; please don’t bring theirs to us. Delivery Delivery lead times start upon our receipt of the purchase order and all of the information we list in our proposal as necessary to start the project, including the down payment. We will acknowledge receipt of your order with an estimated delivery date based on our workload at the time. Please pay attention to our quoted lead time; it is calculated to be both doable and competitive. If we offer you a lead time of 30 weeks for a 20 week project, our chances of hitting our delivery are about 100 percent, but our competitiveness goes out the window, so we need to be realistic in our lead times. The lead time we offer in our proposal is an estimate; the delivery date we offer with our order acknowledgement is also an estimate. Many tasks involved in delivering a special machine are not under our direct control, including deliveries from our suppliers. Outside shop workloads, commercial item availability, and OEM item delivery all can affect our delivery to you. You may say that it is our responsibility to choose suppliers that are responsive to our needs, and you would be right. But their workload may change between the time they quote to us and the time we place an order, so their delivery lead time to us may change. And it may be because their supplier has a similar problem with a supplier. Changing suppliers mid-project is seldom an option for us. Delivery problems are not all generated by suppliers. If you calculate the delivery date from the lead time we quote, and then delay placing your order, we won’t be able to hit that date. If you cause a delay during the project, the end date will most likely slip an amount equal to the initial delay. If you ask us what you can do to get the machine a month earlier, we may respond, “Place the order with us a month earlier.” Customers sometimes offer to pay overtime to get a machine earlier; save your money. Shortening a carefully generated machine schedule is nearly impossible. The gating item in machine delivery is almost never material lead times, engineering time, or assembly labor— the three items that can sometimes be influenced by an influx of cash. One of the more difficult-to-predict items in a schedule is the completion of the debug process, and we must be allowed to fully debug the process or you won’t be satisfied with the result. Price and Payment Terms The payment terms we specify in our proposal are designed to keep our cashflow relative to your project slightly on the positive side, so we always have operating capital. Holding your world together™ Avdel® Blind Fastening Systems Speed Fastening ® Systems Breakstem Systems Lockbolt Systems Avdel® – Experts in Fastening Solutions Avdel® supports you wherever you need to join components reliably and ef ciently. We bring 70 years of experience in designing fastening solutions to meet your requirements through application engineering support, joint and assembly expertise and a global presence. Quality, innovation and expertise – Avdel® is the brand you can trust in an ever-changing world. www.avdel-global.com Blind Threaded Inserts ASB06084Avdel.indd 1 www.assemblymag.com November 2008 / ASSE M B LY 43 5/20/08 10:20:38 AM http://www.avdel-global.com http://www.avdel-global.com http://www.assemblymag.com
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