NOCKERS ENGINEERING PRODUCTS purchases from many countries around the world and our main suppliers are wire mills or downstream wire processors.

These companies have catalogues showing a wide range of wires produced and their sales departments can quote for any of these, but specific requirements are often only determined by face-to-face discussions with technical personnel and a visit to their works.

Visiting your supplier demonstrates to them that you are a unique customer rather than a generic one like a commodity trader who is mainly interested in availability and price. All top suppliers are interested in obtaining a better price for their products if they can supply to a higher tolerance or with specific quality attributes.

By visiting suppliers, NOCKERS ENGINEERING PRODUCTS has been able to determine our ideal supplier for each specific requirement, by ascertaining:

• • What materials and size ranges are in regular production and what are on demand, requiring a minimum order quantity or special purchase of raw material.
  • What processes are done in-house and whether any are done by off-site service centres.
  • How and where raw materials are purchased, stored and used to ensure final product conformance.
  • Process inspection control as well as final quality inspection.
  • The segregation and handling of out-of-specification materials.
  • Different packaging arrangements.
  • Alternative or additional products manufactured that we could offer to our customers.
  • Prices are appropriate to our customer market in terms of cost and expectation.

Often visiting the works environment of a prospective supplier is the way to determine the likelihood of a company being able to consistently supply the product we require.

NOCKERS ENGINEERING PRODUCTS believes that visiting your supplier is essential in establishing a long-term business relationship.

Contact us to schedule a meet up