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TCI Precision Metals has launched an online store at https://tciprecision.com/, offering an expanded range of standard machine-ready blanks alongside custom jobs. Customers can select from more than 1,700 size, alloy and tolerance configurations. On-hand inventory allows quick delivery to meet short deadlines in low quantities, and the online store also offers aluminum drops and precision vise jaws. More...
TCI Precision Metals has announced the addition of specialized round stock conversion to squared, high precision Machine-Ready Blanks. Depending on job specifications or customer preference, round and square, precision Machine-Ready Blanks are now available, starting from round raw stock.
TCI Precision Metals announced, today, the addition of specialized round stock conversion to squared, high precision Machine-Ready Blanks. Depending on job specifications or customer preference, round and square, precision Machine-Ready Blanks are now available, starting from round raw stock. “Some customers prefer to start with round stock material even when the finished machine-ready material needs to be square, but most of the time it comes down to alloy selection and availability,” said Ben Belzer, President and COO of TCI Precision Metals.
TCI Precision Metals announced a program to provide customers with first article sample parts on request with accompanying production volume quotation. The program allows customers to verify production processes, fixturing and create first article finished parts, realizing the benefits of machine-ready blanks, before ordering the materials. Some restrictions apply.
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TCI Precision Metals has announced a program to provide customers with first article sample parts on request with accompanying production volume quotation. The program allows customers to verify production processes, fixturing and create first article finished parts, realizing the benefits of machine-ready blanks, before ordering the materials. Some restrictions apply.
TCI Precision Metals (Gardena, CA) has announced the addition of specialized round stock conversion to squared, high precision Machine-Ready Blanks. Depending on job specifications or customer preference, round and square, precision Machine-Ready Blanks are now available, starting from round raw stock.
TCI Precision Metals has announced the addition of specialized round stock conversion to squared, high precision Machine-Ready Blanks. Depending on job specifications or customer preference, round and square, precision Machine-Ready Blanks are now available, starting from round raw stock.
New TCI Precision Metals ‘Round-to-Square’ Machine-Ready Blanks increase customer choice, add flexibility, and provide more options for hard to find alloys.
Depending on job specifications or customer preference, round and square, precision Machine-Ready Blanks are now available, starting from round raw stock. “Some customers prefer to start with round stock material even when the finished machine-ready material needs to be square, but most of the time it comes down to alloy selection and availability,” said Ben Belzer, President and COO of TCI Precision Metals. “For example, 144 Cold Finished Carbon Steel and 465 Stainless Steel are both far more readily available in round stock. “There tends to be more waste converting round to square but if specifications or material availability dictate, TCI can now efficiently deliver on the request with our ‘round to square’ milling services,” added Belzer. TCI sawing, milling, and grinding equipment are all designed for high volume production and are configured to convert and prep virtually all materials to precision machine-ready specification much more efficiently than most shops can do in-house.
Image Caption: New TCI Precision Metals ‘Round-to-Square’ Machine-Ready Blanks can be processed using a large range of material types, diameters, and lengths.
Machine-Ready Blanks from TCI Precision Metals help shops increase throughput up to 25%. With a single purchase order customer receive custom precision blanks ready to load directly into their CNC machining centers. Precision blanks eliminate the need for in-house sawing, grinding, flattening, squaring operations and outside processing. Each blank arrives deburred, clean and to customer specifications – guaranteed as close as +/- .0005” dimensionally and as close as .002” flatness, squareness, and parallelism. Customers are able to use the time they previously spent in setup and prep for more productive use of CNC machining centers, adding to their bottom-line profitability.
We all spend a lot of time refining our 30-second elevator pitch and getting to know our customers’; what products and features are important to them, what are their delivery preferences, are there any administrative nuances that need to be considered, etc., but how do our customers’ perceive us overall? In their eyes, what real value do we bring to the table? The marketing geniuses are usually quick to propose clever taglines and messages intended to help us connect with our customers’, and hopefully, get them to remember us for something of value we provide.
This is all well and good if you are selling a single widget, but what if you have multiple products and services, each with their own unique value proposition to the customer? How do you understand, from the customer’s perspective, what the common denominator is that makes you important to them as a resource? That unique position you hold in their mind when they complete the thought – “Oh yea, I see you guys as a ____________.”
The more products and services you offer the more difficult this question becomes. Here at TCI we have come to the conclusion that sometimes you just have to ask, which is exactly what we are doing. We have recently developed a customer questionnaire with the goal of gaining insight to better communicate the true value of the products and services we provide. We realize different customers use us for different reasons, which is fine, but what if there are products or services we offer that customers do not know about? And most important of all, at the end of the day, how would customers describe what we do, in their own words.
I would personally appreciate it very much if you could take a few minutes to provide feedback through our questionnaire. At the end there is a free response question where you can leave open comments, ask questions, make special requests, or share just about anything else you have on your mind.
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Responses to the questionnaire are anonymous and you will not be contacted unless you ask to be and provide contact information. In appreciation for your feedback we would like to send you an electronic Starbucks gift card; if you would like to receive it, please provide your email address at the end of the survey. You email address will not be used for any other reason.
Thank you for helping us with our efforts to better communicate; I hope by sharing we have provided some ideas you can use as well to become better aligned with your customers’ perspective.
Thanks for reading -
Ben
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