Customer: Agricultural Products Distributor Challenge: Reduce lead times and inventory levels Companies sometimes assume they can save money by sourcing products overseas. Often the savings in purchase price are out-weighed by the added costs of extended lead times, inated inventory levels and poor quality. An agricultural products distributor contacted Intek Plastics after experiencing some of these issues rst hand. It was searching for a domestic supplier to help reduce lead times and inventory levels without increasing overall product cost. Approach: Redesign product using a combination of materials The customer provided Intek’s engineers with samples of the current product, consisting of an extruded hydroponic growing tray and cover with injection molded end caps. By gaining a deep u

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