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President Who? A supplier of high-pressure aerospace components was in serious trouble. Their president had just left, cash flow was tight, and key staff, including the production scheduler, were gone. To make matters worse, they were falling behind on critical deliveries for complex, long lead castings and value add processes like machining and assembly. That’s when TPI stepped in. Our rep arrived on site and immediately took charge. Acting as both production and outside processing manager. They downloaded the customer ERP schedule from the cloud and applied proven scheduling techniques, such as critical ratio calculations and bottleneck prioritization, to bring structure to the chaos. When necessary, our rep even hand-delivered parts to suppliers, expedited shipments, and picked them up again, doing whatever it took to keep product moving. The results? Record shipments for the customer that year. Eventually, it became clear that a long-term “exit” strategy was needed. Our rep documented hidden factory issues, supported the transition to a new source, and ensured a smooth handoff. The customer was thrilled and our rep was reassigned to the next challenge. TPI is your hotline for solving tough supply chain issues and driving results. Contact us at: info@thirdparty.biz

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The Meltdown: Foundry issues in the UK were seriously impacting a customer. Late on a Wednesday evening, a call was received from an important domestic customer regarding a foundry in the UK experiencing several challenges, including poor yields resulting in schedule delays. These delays negatively impacted the customer's output on a critical product line. A call was placed to the UK representative, who was located near the foundry, and a site visit and assessment were performed on Thursday. Due to the representative's engineering experience with a major aerospace OEM and knowledge of the required specifications, a rework process for numerous marginal parts was developed collaboratively with the foundry. Once the three-week rework cycle was completed, the supplier was back on schedule, and the project was successfully concluded. The customer was extremely satisfied not only by the prompt response but also by the urgency demonstrated and the representative’s technical capabilities. TPI can be relied upon as a hotline to eliminate and resolve significant supply chain issues. For further information, contact: info@thirdparty.biz

SOME FOLKS WILL TELL YOU ANYTHING TO GET YOUR BUSINESS! At TPI honesty is always the best policy! A while back, we received a call from a Customer wanting to cover 14 Domestic supplier sites. In a broad Scope of Work, they had a critical US Military delivery that 14 supplier's current promise dates that did not support their delivery dates for final assembly and test. One call to us, and 11 of the sites were covered and visits had been made to 11 within the first 24 hours. All sites were covered within the first 48 hours. TPI reps were able to perform baseline analysis, provide status to a composite project slide with an action plan and inch stones status within 72 hours of the initial phone call for a full picture of the challenges! Now that TPI knew where the REAL problems were, we could focus with the Customer to eliminate constraints and prioritize. Within two months, the parts had shipped and the project was a success. We would eliminate support headcount as the metric and results dictated to minimize cost to our customer. At TPI, we don't send in wolves, we send professionals! If this is the type of support your company needs from time to time, please reach out to: info@thirdparty.biz

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