Subscribers to metaiinfo.com, Chicago, IL, gain access to some 180,000 global metal standard properties; cross-references from 68 international societies; metal-industry news; and global metal pricing. In addition, metal stampers and fabricators are finding that the firm's e-spec service can take the material supply chain to a new level of efficiency. With e-spec, metalinfo.com develops customized software that allows a fabricator or metal stamper to display its internal, proprietary metal specifications online to a designated audience of suppliers using a password-protected log-in screen. Keeping up with all of the new specifications coming down the stream challenges procurement personnel as they strive to keep their specs up to date and make sure that their suppliers provide exactly what's required by the final customer. To optimize its material supply-chain communications, metal stamper Trans-Matic Manufacturing Co. recently turned to metalinfo.com and its e-spec program. The firm specializes in progressive and deep-drawn metal stampings, with plants in Holland, Ml, Sanford, NC, and Mesa, AZ, and plans to soon begin production in China.
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