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ZERUST’s Centrally Located Warehouse Eliminates Customer’s Risk of Facility Shutdown

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Land Shipment

Who?

Premier metal casting company

What?

VCI bags stocked at a local warehouse

Why?

Previous VCI supplier had long lead times, leading to delays in the manufacturing process

How?

ZERUST® offers blanket orders for custom-sized VCI bags that allow the customer to obtain quantity pricing and have their product stocked at ZERUST’s centrally located warehouse in Fort Wayne, Indiana, which is only 30 minutes away from their facility. With their product stocked at ZERUST’s warehouse, they were also able to set up reorder points that eliminated any chances of running out of their VCI product and shutting down their facility.

Problem

A premier metal casting company located in Indiana was using a competitor’s VCI and was receiving their VCI products through a distributor located in Wisconsin. They reached out to ZERUST® as they ran into issues with their VCI supplier and distributor providing custom-sized VCI in a reasonable timeframe. There were experiencing long lead times for the product to be made and then had to wait an additional time for the products to be shipped from the distributor’s warehouse in Wisconsin to their facility in Indiana.

Solution

After discussing their timing issues, the local ZERUST® representative assured them that ZERUST® had the solution. ZERUST® offers blanket orders for custom-sized VCI bags that allow them to obtain quantity pricing and have their product stocked at ZERUST’s centrally located warehouse in Fort Wayne, Indiana, which is only 30 minutes away from their facility. With their product stocked at ZERUST’s warehouse, they were also able to set up ordering points that eliminated any chances of running out of their VCI product and shutting down their facility.

Blanket orders are available that allow for your product to be stocked
at our centrally located warehouse

Blanket orders allow for
multiple scheduled delivery dates over a period of time

Blanket orders allow for
quantity pricing

Customer Satisfaction
100%

Results

The customer was extremely satisfied with the solution ZERUST® offered. In addition, they were able to eliminate any possibility of a shutdown due to not having VCI materials. Contact your ZERUST® Representative for a comprehensive corrosion management solution most effective for your metal assets.

The distributor and customer were both able to save on costs by storing and shipping locally versus having them stored and shipped from several states away.

Distributor and customer

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