Cost down…quality up with TR Fastenings - Value Engineering Initiative all part of the service

Under its Value Engineering Initiative, TR’s account management teams will automatically review customers’ ordering schedules for fastenings to identify opportunities for consolidation. The objective is to reduce customers’ overall inventory and the number of individual lines carried and so strip out unnecessary costs and administration.

The TR team will also help to identify, investigate and solve production problems. The image here, for instance, shows how substitution with a part with a larger flange diameter has spread the load on a board creating a better finished product for a UK firm.

“The larger part was already being used by this manufacturer, so this solution has standardised two parts into one,” said TR Business Development Manager Sean Cushen. “The replacement we recommended was also marginally cheaper.

“However, of far greater value to the customer was the improvement in the overall appearance and performance of the finished product. Although the rivet head is normally covered with a plastic head when in use, small details like this do matter in a competitive environment.”