Reviewing Your Retaining Clip or Debonding Sleeve Supply?

Here’s Where to Start.

Retaining clips and debonding sleeves may be relatively small components, but they still play an important part in keeping larger products, systems and supply chains moving.

If you are reviewing your current supplier, looking for an additional UK source, developing your own product range or simply trying to improve availability, there are a few useful things to consider. The good news is that you do not need to have all the answers before starting the conversation.

Start with what you are using now.

The easiest place to start is with the product you already use.

A product reference, drawing, photograph, sample or even a simple description of the application can usually give us enough information to begin looking at the requirement.

For retaining clips, it is useful to know the type of wall tie involved, whether it is flat or round, together with any dimensions you have available.

For debonding sleeves, the width of the tie and the sleeve length are useful starting points.

If you are not sure of the technical detail, that is fine too. Send us what you have and we can work through it with you.

Think about how the product is being supplied.

Sometimes the opportunity is not about changing the product itself.

It might be about:

• improving availability

• reducing lead times

• creating a more reliable second source

• changing pack quantities

• introducing your own branding

• consolidating several requirements with one supplier

• developing something slightly different for your own range

  
  

These are all areas where a conversation with the manufacturer can be useful.

Consider volumes and lead times.

Approximate annual or monthly usage is always helpful.

It allows us to understand how the product is currently being bought and whether there may be a better way of manufacturing, stocking or packing it.

Lead time expectations are equally useful, particularly where a small plastic component can hold up the supply of a much larger product or system.

Where there is regular demand, there may also be opportunities to discuss stockholding or agreed supply arrangements.

Don't overlook packing.

Packing is often a bigger part of the requirement than it first appears.

Techmarkets clips and sleeves are commonly supplied in inner bags of 250 and outer quantities of 1,000 pieces, but other packing formats can also be considered depending on volume.

For distributors, manufacturers and businesses selling products under their own brand, we can also discuss smaller pack quantities, labelling and bespoke packing arrangements.

If your current format creates unnecessary picking, handling or storage, it is worth including that in the conversation.

UK manufacture can make the conversation easier.

Techmarkets manufactures insulation retaining clips and debonding sleeves here in the UK.

That means we can talk directly about the product, its manufacture, packing, volumes and supply requirements rather than simply supplying something from a catalogue.

We also manufacture plastic components for a wide range of construction customers, so if the requirement is slightly unusual or you are looking to develop something different, we are always happy to take a look.

You don't need to know exactly what you need.

One of the most useful things you can do is simply send us the information you already have.

That could be:

• a current product or part number

• a photograph

• a drawing

• a sample

• the wall tie it is being used with

• approximate annual usage

• your current pack size

• a problem you are trying to solve

  
  

From there, we can have a sensible conversation about whether there is something Techmarkets can help with.

Talk to Techmarkets.

If you are reviewing your retaining clip or debonding sleeve supply, looking for another UK manufacturing source, or considering your own branded range, send us what you have.

We will take a look and let you know where we may be able to help.

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