Buyer Info

CORPORATE ACCOUNTS - Competitive pricing, fast first-choice access to the right product for the job, assurance of superior quality and reliable, well-informed service are the cornerstones of Grimes' success. On the supply side of the business equation, Grimes product managers maintain close watch for innovative products and new technologies. On the demand side, we listen to our customers and anticipate their wants. We value long-term productive customer relationships, and we work hard to earn our customers' confidence and keep their trust.

The Grimes Corporate Accounts Program offers significant benefits to large companies or buying groups - typically with ten or more facilities - which can commit to specific purchasing volumes. Grimes will accept Corporate Procurement Cards for easy ordering and invoicing. We will track and report usage by plant or facility, and by product. We will develop purchase and delivery programs to maximize efficiency and cost-effectiveness. We will continue to provide new product information tailored to customer needs and of course, to supply "unplanned" and non-inventoried products at competitive prices. And we will appoint a Grimes Corporate Accounts Manager to work with our local sales team to ensure responsive and responsible service oversight of every corporate account.

GRIMES PURCHASING PROGRAMS - Grimes Industrial Products offers its customers industrial product purchasing programs which increase efficiency and improve productivity for enhanced competitive advantage.

Whether for single-facility or multiple-plant operations, Grimes' central and single-source purchasing and integrated supply-chain management programs will leverage buying power, standardize and consolidate product sourcing and produce significant reductions in our customers' inventory requirements, backorders, and transaction costs.

Grimes can develop ideal central and single-source purchasing programs for companies ranging from the very largest multiple-plant operators to small single-facility businesses. These programs help increase productivity and cost-effectiveness without compromising quality, to save our customers' time and money. And because Grimes integrated supply-chain management programs better enable manufacturers to control costs and manage inventories, our customers can increase their business efficiency and productivity to meet the challenge of increasingly competitive national, continental and global markets.

COST TAKE-OUT PROGRAMS - Grimes is successful because we put our customers' needs first, and because we understand the what's and whys of what they do in the context of an increasingly competitive business environment. We've found that many Grimes customers - large and small - have identified the need to improve their industrial products purchasing and supply management processes to achieve greater efficiency and enhanced productivity.

The Grimes Cost Take-out and Fill-rate Improvement Program reduces customers' overall procurement costs in acquiring and inventorying all kinds of industrial supplies, materials and tools. Our goals are to ensure that our customers obtain the best pricing and receive the best value possible in buying the right products for the job, and that those products will be at hand when needed.

Grimes staff begin by working with each customer to jointly analyze business needs, to identify specific requirements and expectations, and to tailor an effective individual purchasing plan which emphasizes product performance, quality-for-money value, and reliable fulfillment. We then track procurement patterns and provide practical analysis of customer usage of individual products, which enables us to provide timely advice about optimal buying opportunities, new products, and improved purchasing methods.

Many companies have found that an individual Grimes Cost Take-out and Fill-rate Improvement Program strengthens both operations and administration, through:

• better pricing and quality-for-money value

• reliable timely supply of all kinds of industrial product needs,

• specific identification of what's required for what job

• customized billing and

• standardized procedures for administrative consistency,

• reduced paperwork volumes,

• enhanced procurement cost oversight and tracking,

• increased control of tools, materials and supplies inventory, and

• the convenience of a single-source supplier.

Our experience, in-depth product knowledge and applications expertise have led Grimes to develop particularly effective Cost Take-out and Fill-rate Improvement strategies.

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