Views
1 year ago

SPRING 2023

  • Text
  • Wwwgraphikacreativecom
  • Rivet
  • Bolt
  • Distributors
  • Manufacturing
  • Torque
  • Association
  • Products
  • Screws
  • Fasteners
  • Fastener
Distributor's Link Magazine Spring 2023 / Vol 46 No 2

46 THE DISTRIBUTOR’S

46 THE DISTRIBUTOR’S LINK FCH SOURCING NETWORK Sourcing Network for the Fastener Industry TEL 1-877-332-7836 EMAIL eric@fastenersclearinghouse.com WEB www.fastenersclearinghouse.com FCH: OUT OF STOCK? IT HAPPENS! by Eric Dudas It happens to the little guys, multi-location regional players, and even heavy hitting master suppliers get caught from time to time. If there’s a common thread among fastener distributors of every size, it’s that they all will be in search of a hard to find or out of stock part at some point. It’s no fun, but it’s part of the fastener game. And when the search begins, the parts are usually needed on a rush basis. Finding these parts is what distributors do to keep good customers supplied. FCH Sourcing Network plays a useful role in this process by providing distributors a huge online database of parts from fastener companies across North America. Initially focused on surplus and overstock items, the platform quickly expanded to support a wide mix of fastener listings of every category and description imaginable, including thousands of stock items along with those pesky slow movers. With over a million and a half listings, FCH is known by many fastener professionals as “screwgle”, the search engine for industrial fasteners. But as the network grows, the administrative challenges grow as well. What happens when parts that appear in FCH search results are no longer available? Worse yet, why is it that sometimes the listing distributor doesn’t even seem aware they have the part you found listed on FCH in the first place? It’s frustrating! This doesn’t make anyone look good, not the listing distributor or the network. We know it happens, and we know you know it happens. And we want to improve! FCH SHOWS THE PARTS ARE AVAILABLE, BUT WILL THE DISTRIBUTOR ACTUALLY HAVE THEM? TOO OFTEN, THE ANSWER HAS BEEN NO!” BUSINESS FOCUS ARTICLE CONTINUED ON PAGE 120

SHARE A PAGE FROM THIS MAGAZINE

OPTION 1: Click on the share tab above, or OPTION 2: Click on the icon (far right of toolbar) and then click on the icon (top right of the page).

Copyright © Distributor's Link, Inc. All Rights Reserved | Privacy Policy