| This site is designed to give you the information you need to address your manufacturing component and fastener needs. For your convenience, we have put our catalog on-line, helping you find the parts you need. Check out our consulting section. In that section, we have included information about our Materials Management programs. These programs can make your life a lot easier and increase your bottom line substantially by increasing efficiency and reducing materials related costs. Components For Manufacturing is a stocking distributor of both standard and special fasteners and electronic hardware. We have 17 years experience in the industry, and can help satisfy all of your fastener needs. Components For Manufacturing doesn't have a minimum order amount, so no order is too small, or too large. We buy in bulk and sell in quantities that you require. That is why our pricing is extremely competitive without sacrificing quality. Components For Manufacturing sells both Metric and Unified inch measurement products made of most materials and platings. Our products conform to the Industrial Fastener Institute (IFI), SAE, ANSI/ASTM, Mil-Spec, AN, NAS, Din, and JIS standards. All of our products are of the finest quality. Components For Manufacturing sells to a variety of industries. Our customers manufacture products that are used in all types of applications, both electronic and industrial. We can cross reference products that are single sourced, or high in price. We specialize in hard to find items. Components For Manufacturing is a full service company you can trust. CFM Consulting Services We offer a broad range of consulting services to help reduce costs, to achieve "zero defects" in you materials procurement processes, and committing to a process if continuous improvement. We offer Zero Defects programs, striving to achieve 100% on-time delivery. We work with you to modify product design, production and business operating processes to improve your total purchase costs. By becoming your certifies "Ship to Stock" supplier, you can eliminate costly incoming inspection, improve your manufacturing efficiency and improve ISO 9002 readiness. Our programs are also designed to be compliant with: MIL-I-45208A Inspection System Requirement MIL-C-4566A Calibration System Requirement MIL-STD-105E Sampling Procedures Our services reduce your overall costs for Procurement, Material Management and Inventory. Procurement By engaging us for your Procurement needs, you will be able to simplify planning, minimize procurement costs and decrease administrative costs. Services To save you warehousing and inventory costs, we offer Just-in-Time and Ship-To-Stock programs. We keep real time control of the process through Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), where we use the internet to synchronize your raw material needs with time line inventory arrival. Breadperson The Breadperson program is a simple bin stocking program designed to increase material availability and decrease total cost. It used kanban like processes and simplified transaction documents. You can easily keep track of things through the integrated management reporting capability. Case studies have shown that the breadperson program can significantly reduce administrative costs. At one large steel producer, the administrative costs went from $30 per purchase to $4, saving over $1million per year. At the same time, high material availability reduced search time and expediting costs by over 95%, realizing savings of over $3.5 million in the first year alone. The role of the buyer has changed from placing orders and expediting (low value activity) to sourcing and supplier management (high value activity). Bin Stocking A bin stocking program increases material availability and dramatically decreases total cost. It eliminates the cost associated to receiving, incoming inspection and internal handling costs. With monthly or weekly invoicing, it is easy to administer. It minimizes on hand inventory, eliminated the risk of stock outs and provides a FIFO process for raw material. Ship to Wip Under the Ship to WIP program, Components For Manufacturing provides a consignment inventory. This eliminates receiving costs and incoming inspection. Material is dispersed at timed intervals to the assembler workstation by a Components For Manufacturing employee. Our weekly invoicing reduces paperwork, and delivery charges are eliminated under this program. Bagging A Components For Manufacturing implemented bagging program reduces material handling costs, simplifies inventory control and improves inventory accuracy. It significantly speeds cycle counting and improves efficiency of stockroom personnel. Internet Data Interchange The Internet Data Interchange (IDI) allows business to become more efficient and achieve faster data exchange. As result, businesses will see improved accuracy and lower costs through the reduction of manual data entry and labor processing costs. IDI reduces mail time and mail cost, and reduces document cycle time and eliminates handling of paper. IDI is a prerequisite for Just In Time, Quick Response and electronic commerce. Value Added Services In addition to the services listed above, we also offer: Value Engineering Assembly Secondary Operations Kitting Bar Coding Wanding Bagging | ||