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TFC expands specialist parts capabilities

to meet growing customer demand

astening supply chain service expert TFC
has expanded its global sourcing
capabilities to make it easier for its
Fcustomers to access parts from high-
quality specialist suppliers. This means
manufacturers can pass the challenge of sourcing
and stocking bulk order custom produced
components to TFC. The components can be
delivered just in time to production lines, to
improve processes, increase efficiency and reduce
overheads.
Manufacturers across industries commonly
opt for specialist parts when there isn’t a suitable
standard machined or cold formed part available.
Usually made by processes such as CNC machining, cold do our bit by giving customers every opportunity to
forming or additive manufacturing, specialist parts may access specialist parts.
require particular finishing or certain dimensions to meet “2021 is an opportunity for British manufacturers to
either tight space constraints or harsh environmental go back to their best,” added Burgoyne. “Manufacturing
conditions. Because they cannot be purchased from a businesses are looking for new ways to overcome old
wholesale distributor, manufacturers must source and problems. Our customers have simplified their processes
commission suppliers, assessing lead time, quality and by opting for a vendor managed inventory supply chain
price. approach, as well as reducing their overheads by
Partnering with the experienced team at TFC can outsourcing their machine shop production.
open opportunities to access specialist parts quickly, “VMI sees a partner company essentially become a
have them delivered conveniently and enable both direct stockist of components, including specialist parts if
and indirect cost savings. TFC will work with its quality- necessary,” continued Burgoyne. “The VMI partner can
assured supply chain to provide the best returns for each stock a minimum of two months ahead, enabling easy
individual customer. scaling up and down of production, ensuring continuity of
“It’s no secret that the pandemic and Brexit has supply and saving time and money on sourcing and FAULHABER Stepper Motors
caused disruption to UK supply chains,” explained administration.”
Morgan Burgoyne, CEO of TFC. “Because of this, we’ve TFC has 60 years’ experience sourcing specialist Applications?
found more and more customers are searching for and components, drawing from its local and global network of
asking us about custom parts. For example, Google quality assured manufacturing partners and suppliers. Step into the ring
Trends data shows searches for specialist parts in the UK TFC has rigorous in-house quality processes, verifying
were at a five year high in December 2020, while parts meet the necessary ISO or AS standards.
specialist components peaked in June 2020. We want to MORE INFORMATION: www.tfc.eu.com
The new hollow shaft stepper
motor DM 66200H series operates
Dunkermotoren launches Online Shop 2.0 backlash-free and can be easily
integrated into challenging appli-
cations, across diverse markets.
unkermotoren has launched a new online shop possible configurations, check availabilities and order
based on an online product configurator that directly. The matching drive specifications and 3D
the drive manufacturer already integrated into models can also be downloaded directly. faulhaber.com/ringstepper/en
Dthe website in 2018. This enables customers Not only does the online shop offer new customers a
to configure the perfect drive online from 125,000 great overview of Dunkermotoren’s product portfolio, but
existing customers can also order their
products quickly and easily. Special
conditions and agreements are automatically
applied in the online shop. Known article
numbers can be entered directly in the shop,
and customers can also find a history of all
previous orders in their dashboard, regardless
of whether they were placed via the shop or
in the traditional way.
Express production for Dunkermotoren
products will be further expanded in the
course of this. Currently, more than 2,000
products from the stock program can be
configured, ordered and delivered within a
few days.
MORE INFORMATION: shop.dunkermotoren.de

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