A Virtual Supply Chain
Supply chain resilience is a huge concern in today’s febrile world. The costs and complexity of dual sourcing are unwanted, but necessary, in a world where one missing component leads to significant downstream issues. But the costs and complexity of dual sourcing often means the risk of single sourcing is accepted.
Sarginsons has developed a methodology which puts in place a short term emergency supply of cast components, within the time allowed by the stocks held. The essence of the solution is that a larger part of the time critical elements in emergency supply are softer issues, programmes and paperwork, that can be organised well in advance, leaving the harder items, tools and fixtures, for which a number of solutions exist.
This is a totally unique supply chain solution for aluminium cast components that requires an in depth understanding of the casting process, an ability to control TYE performance and an in house CNC, fixture and pattern making capability.
