From portable industrial equipment to heavy-duty industrial equipment, there are different types of Industrial Supplies manufactured utilizing cutting-edge technology in line with international & national quality standards. Designed with good-quality materials, these products are corrosion-resistant & highly durable. Find the list of Industrial Supplies wholesalers, suppliers, & distributors for buying in India at favourable prices.

and currently serves the worldwide industrial community from its headquarters in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and export division in Houston, Texas. We are dedicated to providing your hard to find industrial material needs. Our expansive inventory in pipe, valves, flanges and fittings guarantees you will never have to wait for your material. ISI has a team of salesmen to provide the client with results driven solutions, which includes the best price and delivery for time sensitive material. ISI utilizes teaming agreements with prime contractors in order to provide integrated PVF solutions that include direct material supply, onsite consignment inventory, fabrication and manufacturing of engineered goods. We continuously meet and exceed our clients expectations by delivering material on time and per the required specifications.

Technical advances are a constant occurrence in the electric and Our inventory experts will analyze your material and storage requirements, set up appropriate inventory levels, and develop ordering controls. We use this information to customize an inventory program that meets your project demands. Our experienced staff will coordinate the delivery of the storage units and perform onsite installation of shelving and bins. Items are organized, labeled, coded, and stored in a safe and secure manner. We deliver directly to your facility, thus eliminating freight charges. Reporting is provided for budgeting and forecasting needs. ISI makes it easy to source the products you need to keep your employees on schedule. The many advantages to having material on-site include: craft delay from material shortage, shortens procurement backlog of RFQ's, warehouse personnel time & document control cost savings. The #1 reason for lost productivity is material delay. The on-site stocking trailers are proven to add cost savings to the project.

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The industrial supplies distribution industry consists of companies involved in the business of distribution of supplies such as packaging materials, electrical components, electronic and mechanical parts, etc. for the repair-maintenance of equipment, machinery to manufacture, mining, construction and utility sectors (together they are referred as the industrial segment). The industrial supplies distribution industry, thus derives its demand and revenue from industrial segment and move very much in synchronisation with the segment. The industrial segment in return relies on distributors for on time delivery of good quality supplies at competitive prices to ensure smooth operations. This is evident from the below graph, the United States industrial production index was on a rise during 2010-14, however, it has been declining following the peak of November 2014.

Large supplier base and diverse customer profile safeguard company’s revenue and profitability

The revenue from the industrial supplies distributors in the United States closely followed the trend in industrial production index as can be seen in the underneath graph. The combined revenues of top 3 industrial supplies distributors in the United States registered a healthy CAGR of 8.7% from 2010 to 2015. It is worthy to note that though revenues continued to grow on a YoY basis during the period, the growth rate was declining mainly on account of increasing base. But, the revenues declined in 2015, which was in tandem with the decline in industrial production index succeeding November 2014.

Effective working capital management bolsters profitability levels

n the light of the relationship between industrial supplies distributors and industrial segment wherein the business environment is governed by macroeconomic conditions, Televisory tried to identify operational parameters which define the success of industrial supplies distribution companies. Televisory examined a sample of three companies which are in industrial supplies distribution, Watsco Inc. (Watsco), MSC Industrial Direct Co. Inc. (MSC) and Wesco International Inc.(WESCO) for the study. The analysis revealed the following key attributes, inherent in large and successful industrial supplies distributors: The companies with a larger customers’ base, lower dependence on a selected few customers, for a significant portion of their revenues have more stable operations as compared to the companies with higher customer concentration. The companies which have a higher dependence on particular customers are more prone to loss of revenue and also profits in case of customers’ loss. Additionally, these companies have lower bargaining power against their customers, thus leading to low profitability. Televisory analysed the average realisation per customer and operating profitability levels for WATSCO, MSC and WESCO. In the below chart, MSC has the lowest revenue per customer amongst the three players on account of the larger customer base. The company benefited in the form of higher bargaining power against its customers, resulting in higher profitability.

The companies with high supplier concentration have lower bargaining power resulting in higher inventory levels as suppliers tend to push their inventory to distributor’s books. Although MSC and WESCO had a similar number of product offerings, MSC had higher inventory levels, thus, resulting in a high inventory carrying cost to the firm. The higher inventory days, despite a similar number of SKUs for MSC as compared to WESCO are attributed to the limited bargaining power of the MSC with the comparatively lower number of suppliers.

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"Industrial giants such as 3M, Norton, Pfizer, and Mead Paper make a large portion of their sales through such distributors. To counter competition coming mainly from Japanese photocopy machine manufacturers, both IBM and Xerox recently named independent distributors to market their low-priced copiers and typewriters."

But marketing an industrial product through distributors is risky and complicated. Consider the situation confronting one well-known industrial producer that developed what it thought to be a promising product. After placing it with independent distributors, building up substantial inventory, and filling the distributor pipeline, the company finds one year later that the product is selling poorly. Not surprisingly, the general manager and other officials are distressed.

They wonder: “Is this a lousy product?… Is it priced too high?… Are we doing something wrong in sales?… Are the distributors letting us down?” But these could be the wrong questions. Perhaps the product is not suited to this type of sales arrangement. Or maybe the company chose the wrong distributors to market the item. Moreover, like many companies, the organization may have no one person to oversee the process of selling through distributors. In theory, the top marketing or sales executive bears this responsibility, but in practice it tends to be fragmented and neglected.

However, other products being sold to that same airplane builder, such as O-ring seals or fasteners, are standardized and can be sold through distributors to purchasing officials to whom off-the-shelf service is important. During the introductory stages of most industrial products, they are specified by and sold to design engineers. The selling effort often requires engineer-to-engineer type relations. As the product becomes more widely known, the purchasing department assumes the principal buying role.

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