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Welcome to this month's news
General
Average length of 1st shift
was 50 hours or higher while sales for machined parts continues to climb since
January 2010. Backlogs remain strong for the short term. We are working
hard to make sure all orders are completed on time. We understand how important
deliveries are to you and we appreciate your patience as we continue to make
aggressive changes to reduce any late orders.
Production
We have increased hours for the Davenport department to 55 hours per week to offset the rising
demand. Avanti is currently hiring experienced multi spindle machine operators.
Let us know if you know anyone who is interested in applying for this position.
More details and an application form can be found at www.avantiengineering.com and scrolling to "Employment opportunities".
Avanti has also been very
aggressive in our preventive maintenance program. Preventive maintenance is essential on
screw machines as this allows setups to commence quicker and most importantly
allows
us to produce better quality and productivity which ultimately reduces
cost!
This
aggressive approach to preventive maintenance will no doubt help all our
customers achieve better quality and service including on time delivery as well
as cost reduction.
Engineering
Quotes are increasing in demand both on
existing jobs and in new customer activity due to a more aggressive marketing
approach. Avanti continues to diversify our engineering options into new
technologies, to maintaining a strong, durable position relative to our
competition.
Sales and Expediting
Remember to allow sufficient lead time
in your computer systems. The MRP (materials requirements planning) system
allows you the flexibility to tell your system when to replenish stock based on
current on hand inventory. This sufficient lead time allows for
scheduling, setup, and outside services such as plating and heat
treating. Please
inquire about sufficient lead times and one of our sales people will be glad to
help you. Let
us know if you need any special pricing to win a job
and we will do our very best to accommodate you. Inquire
on how cost savings can be achieved through longer commitments, larger box
quantities and or reduced shipments.
Avanti is receiving many orders with limited delivery commitments and this
almost guarantees stock deficiency either at your plant or ours.
Whatever you can do to forecast further out will help us all achieve better
delivery performance and reduced costly downtime. With this in mind please
remember that we are going into the summer vacation peak season in June thru
August! There will be less productivity in these three months than normal so
please plan appropriately.
Accounting
In order to expedite the A/R
process for both our customers and Avanti, we are now offering the ability to
email invoices instead of using "snail mail". Please send an email to dstrope@avantiengineering.com if you would like to take advantage of this time and environment saving method.
Thank you for your business and for
reading my comments it is truly appreciated.
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