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Plastic Industry Forum - Converse with Plastics Processing Leaders / General / Lead Times

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Posted: 06 Oct 2009 14:56
Registered User Currently Offline	Posts: 15 Join Date: May 2008
I am interested in hearing what other molders lead times are on new orders. I am talking about orders that do not have blanket orders in house, or for product that regular forecasts are given. I know the actual delivery time varies depending on the work load the time the order is received, but what are most molders “standard lead times”. We have always told people three weeks, but we are finding this difficult to keep.

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 19:15
Registered User Currently Offline	Posts: 66 Join Date: May 2008
We quote 4 weeks on new orders that are not on a stocking program or blanket order. Once we receive the actual order we review availability of material and the size of the order (run time). If there is a material order requirement we request a delivey date on the material. Our next step would be to contact the customer if the requested delivery date was not possible.

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 23:01
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We have the following lead-times as a general rule of thumb: Maket-to-Order (MTO) = 10-days Met Express (ME) = 2-days (inventory stocked in DC's) Semi FG parts = 15-days but expedite if required

Posted: 07 Oct 2009 13:25
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Our standard lead time for shoot and ship products is 9 days.

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 15:44
Registered User Currently Offline	Posts: 37 Join Date: Jun 2008
We also quote 4 weeks due to our capacity. This leadtime also helps us get the customer to commit to placing blanket orders.

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 15:53
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Honestly, I do not know the words "Lead Time" anymore. We can give a time but most want it yesterday and we do everything we can to do that. We have no standard or typical "Lead Time" other than raw goods availibility on non-inventoried raw goods. If built and in stock ship same day If raws are in stock 48hr to set and start order If raws needed to order, vendor lead time dictates and that can vary greatly.

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 16:10
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I see there are lead times all over the spectrum. For those of you that giving lead times of less than ten days, what is your capacity? Are you adding equipment as needed to have machines that are available when you get orders with a short delivery date?

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 15:43
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At YIP we try to deliver two weeks or less. We want to be the quickest, most flexible molder. This is one component of our "competitive edge". Bob Holbrook

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 15:52
Registered User Currently Offline	Posts: 66 Join Date: May 2008
Expedited deliveries add cost to a molder. Customers have become accustomed to suppliers pulling rabits out of a hat. Customers are doing less and less, expecting miracles from their supplier. With the reduced inventories at our material supliers it is critical that the customer do a better job forcasting their requirements. Those of you that promote quick delivery i.e. short lead times will eventually fail to meet your customers unrealistic expectations. There needs to be a middle ground when it comes to delivery expectations. The customer , molder and material supplier are all [part of the equation. If there are no forcasts and no material inventories, how can we as molders be JIT?

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