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80 THE DISTRIBUTOR’S LINK Beacon Fasteners 198 West Carpenter Avenue, Wheeling, IL 60090 Tel:1-800-669-2658 Fax: 847-541-1789 Email: customerservice@beaconfasteners.com www.beaconfasteners.com. SAVING YOU MONEY IS SERIOUS BUSINESS At Beacon Fasteners and Components we enjoy getting to know our customers and have been partnering with you the distributor for 35 years. Our marketing campaigns can be a bit outrageous but that is because we try not to take ourselves too seriously. What we do take very seriously is saving you time and money. It is our full responsibility to exceed your quality, service and delivery expectations. We are committed to building a strong and dedicated partnership with you by supplying quality driven parts and providing exceptional value added service. Beacon is the leading supplier of quality driven high performance screws focusing on Thread Forming, Thread Cutting, SEMS, High-Low Tapping, with complimentary sizes of Sheet Metal Tapping and Machine Screws as well as Specialty Cold Headed Fasteners. Beacon’s Commitment To Reducing Your Costs At Beacon we understand that you have specific needs and objectives and there is not one universal approach when it comes to operating your business. By learning how your company and team operate, we will customize a VMI program to meet your unique requirements. This will make an immediate impact on your bottom line by reducing your total cost of ownership and this is how we do it: Eliminate Inspection Costs: Let us remove your costs associated with receiving and product inspection with our comprehensive in-house quality practices. We can supply you with complete documentation including product certification, detailed inspection reports and performance test results. Reduce Order Processing Cycles: Streamlining your purchasing cycles will yield more efficient processes by saving you time and resources. Let us take steps out of your procurement practice by establishing contract pricing, demand planning and supply chain solutions with in-house quality experts and advanced quality procedures. Inventory Reduction: Let us cut your costs associated with sitting on slow moving inventory by supplying you with the exact quantities you need. We will keep your inventory turning with no carton quantity minimums. Reduce Capital Investment: We are focused on helping you free up warehouse space and create resource allocation opportunities by reducing your inventory, storage and handling costs associated with the inventory management process. Product Handling: We can minimize your costs of carrying inventory and managing parts by allocating inventory for your future requirements, designing customized barcode labels and packing slips and drop shipping direct to your customer in plain cartons. Supplier Management: We have strong, long term relationships with our suppliers that share in our core values of high quality, customer driven principles, goals and visions. Partnering with our supply chain has allowed us to take our products to the next quality level. Continued on page 205