HARDWARE: CASE STUDY

Our purchasing flexibility and geographic coverage help us meet Arrow Tru-Line’s materials needs for their global market. Arrow, a hardware and component manufacturer and supplier to the sectional overhead door industry, requires high-quality products for their Midwest, West and Canadian manufacturing facilities. As one of the top steel buyers in the country, we leverage our buying power to ensure dependable service to our customers in every part of the country and within any business climate. As Worthington Steel is also able to source any mill, we can providing customers with one-stop-shop service.

WIFONET CAPABILITIES

Worthington Steel’s WInfoNet system and scheduling flexibility, paired with our close proximity to Arrow’s manufacturing facilities, allow us to offer them a galvanized-to-stock program. We galvanize master coils to Arrow’s specifications and hold the material, as needed, until final slitting specifications are made. This offers Arrow reduced lead-time, without requiring them to keep excess inventory. Arrow also uses our online WInfoNet material release system to check inventory levels, view and release material, and see any product's chemical and mechanical properties in real-time.

FURTHER SOLUTIONS

In addition to accessing information on their material with the click of a mouse, we regularly share our industry knowledge and experience with customers. Worthington Steel quality and production staff visit Arrow monthly to discuss business levels, operational efficiencies and ideas for continuous improvement. And when our customers need business connections overseas, they rely on our global resources and expertise.