Class C components

When it comes to managing your operation’s class “C” components, there’s very little room for error. You need to be confident that your supplier will provide you with the parts that you need, when you need them. You also need to be certain that you’ll receive the correct quantities. Most of all, you have to be sure that your supplier will provide high-quality, reliable parts. If any one of these conditions isn’t met, it’s a recipe for disaster.

If you’ve ever encountered difficulty managing your class “C” components, you owe it to yourself to investigate the benefits of vendor managed inventory from ASF Components. We believe that inventory should be a simple process. If you need a part, you should find that part waiting for you. While this is always the ideal that most operations strive for, it’s not always reality. The logistics of performing counts, placing reorders, stocking new arrivals, and organizing components can be tricky and – more importantly – incredibly burdensome. Our goal is to alleviate that burden and allow your employees to focus on more profitable tasks.

Managing your operation's class "C" components is a necessary hassle. And, while most operators' primary aim is to achieve lower costs, more dependable uptime, and higher customer satisfaction, it can be difficult to juggle the various logistical responsibilities of ownership while also keeping an eye on day-to-day operations, including inventory. With the need to manage employees, oversee accounting, make financial decisions, and maintain equipment, it's easy to overlook – or forget – that you need to keep an eye on your operation's essential parts and components. Thankfully, ASF Components is positioned to assist!

When you're replenishing your stock of class "C" components, it can be a real hassle getting accurate counts, stocking the correct amounts, and locating the high-quality parts that you need. To simplify the process, a lot of manufacturers utilize vendor managed inventory programs to maintain their stock levels. If, however, your VMI provider doesn't have access to a large inventory of products, you may experience more troubles than you solve. Because of this, it is essential to work with a vendor managed inventory provider that carries a massive stock and, more importantly, takes steps to ensure that the items they stock are high quality and reliable.

The goal of every industrial operation is to reduce costs, increase productivity and yield profits. While this is easy to put on paper, it can be much more difficult in practice. Managing employees, adhering to regulations, maintaining essential equipment and ensuring a steady flow of class "C" components are only a handful of the daily tasks that industrial companies are expected to perform. While vendor managed inventory can't help with everything, it can help with your inventory. By utilizing a VMI program, you cut down on waste: wasted time, wasted inventory and wasted money.

Sourcing the class "C" components that you need can be a chore. To combat the difficulties, many manufacturers opt utilize vendor managed inventory to maintain their stock levels. However, if your VMI provider doesn't offer a massive selection of products, you risk not having access to the essential parts that you need to avoid downtime and ensure a high-quality, consistent output. For this reason, vendor managed inventory without a wide range of in-stock class "C" components is ineffective and, unfortunately, creates more problems than it solves by shackling your production capabilities with unnecessary limits.

When it comes to increasing your productivity, ASF Components has the experience and tools necessary to get the job done. Whether you’re a fresh-eyed start up or a well-established corporation, our vendor managed inventory can be customized to fit within your business model and integrate seamlessly into your current workflow. With the goal of increasing efficiency and reducing costs, the processes utilized in our vendor managed inventory programs have been constantly refined and retooled. In this post, we’re going to look at how ASF Components’ experience with supply chain management can be leveraged to improve your business operations without disrupting production.

Managing your daily operations while also maintaining a large inventory of on-site class “C” components can be a taxing exercise. In addition to the typical duties that come with managing your site, you’re stuck with what is, essentially, a second full-time job: tracking inventory, reordering and restocking. While these tasks can be delegated to your staff, they still place an undue burden on both your personnel’s time and your company’s bottom line.

ASF Logistics, LLC, changed its name as of Oct. 1 to ASF Components to broaden the identity of the company’s business activities beyond the traditional logistics segment of wholesale distribution.

Company officials said ASF Components will continue to specialize in developing, implementing, and managing customized supply-chain plans that make companies at the end of that supply chain more productive and lowers their cost of doing business. Despite the name change, the company will continue to operate under its current structure, and existing contracts remain unchanged.