Hollingsworth specializes in supply chain management for fasteners
We specialize in small parts (fasteners) supply chain management and packaging for direct shipments to our customer’s dealers and PDC’s throughout North America. We have over 30 years of experience supporting fastener management in sourcing, receiving, packaging and fulfillment. We have expanded our offering to include Industrial standard fasteners. Industrial standard fasteners are designed specifically for use in assemblies for Industrial Equipment manufacturers such as: Furniture, Construction, Metal fabricators, RVs, Appliance, Sports Vehicles, Materials Handling, Robotic, Solar Panels and others.
At Hollingsworth, we understand the assembly challenges facing OEMs. We offer a wide range of traditional standard and advanced technology fasteners to help make your production assembly processes streamlined and more efficient.
Ours is a highly specialized, optimized system for order processing that can accommodate millions of components daily. We use a fully integrated operating system supported by SAP.
We can support these supply chain items:
- Standard or Special Fasteners
- Simple or Complex Components
- High and Low Volume Parts, or Hundreds of Line Items/SKU’s
- Expedited and Emergency Orders
- Elimination of Mixed Parts, Wrong Parts, Missed Operations, Bad Platin
Why Outsource Fastener Management
Outsourcing fastener management with Hollingsworth can result in some key advantages:
- Significantly reduced overhead costs by outsourcing time-consuming picking activities
- A curated network of parts suppliers
- Reduced shipping times for national and international orders
- Optimized shipping costs
- Reductions in human error, increases in efficiency
- Processes improved through state-of-the-art technology
Advantages of Partnering with Hollingsworth
Our customer-partners enjoy some unique elements that set Hollingsworth apart:
- Multi-year agreements with major OEM’s
- Process and ship over 100 million pieces per year
- 250+ customers
- Inventory valued at over $6 million and with 40 million pieces
- Total number of parts surpasses 20,000
- 50,000 square feet facilities
Our vendor managed automotive programs include:
- Dedicated Central Office Team
- Complete purchasing functions (RFQ and pricing negotiation) for current and past model parts
- Inventory of many past model parts required for service
- Release and forecast management (MRP), supported by SAP
- Dealer-direct shipments (100% order consolidation and customized packaging)
- Bulk shipments to PDCs US, Canada, Mexico, Europe and overseas
- Dedicated shipping and receiving docks
Features
We add value to our customers’ bottom line by managing multiple suppliers and coordinating time-consuming, inefficient activities.
For onsite fastener management, we can provide a customized solution that includes:
- Monitoring consumption of production fasteners on a weekly, bi-weekly or monthly basis
- Optimized inventory levels for reduced excess and obsolete inventory
- Higher levels of transparency and traceability supported by our SAP system
- Safety stock: up to one month’s supply, to help maintain uninterrupted flow of product
- Point of use: In-plant fastener supermarkets customized for each line assembly
- Min-Max stocking points, to keep inventory at lean levels
- Minimizes time-consuming part sourcing
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Drop us a line
Contact us to learn how a partnership with Hollingsworth will optimize your order and inventory management, improve customer satisfaction, and grow your business.
Call us at (877) 434-0001 or send us an email. You can also fill out our online contact form to tell us about your project needs.
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