Suppliers need to get on the ball

23Apr10

With the economy being as bad as it is in most of the country it is surprising to find a welding materials supplier that takes upwards of two weeks to get materials to a customer when the weekly bill tends to be $2,000 – $3,500 a pop but that seems to be the case with the company that supplies my school with metal and consumables and replacement parts. Most businesses would have dropped a slow supplier like this on the first or second time it happened but not my school so either they are fine with the slow boat from China delivery or they themselves are taking their time in getting the check over to the supplier which makes for a bad experience in learning how to weld aluminum right now.