Contract Fabrication
Get built assemblies and managed stock, not loose parts
Most fabricators hand you a box of parts and leave the building, stocking, and reordering to you. CMD can assemble the parts, kit them, and manage the inventory, so what shows up is ready to use and on schedule.
In summary
Custom Metal Designs does more than cut and form parts. It assembles them into finished sub-assemblies, kits them so a build has every part it needs in one place, and offers vendor-managed inventory (VMI) to keep the right stock on hand against your production schedule.
VMI is the capability most people do not expect from a fabricator, and it is worth calling out. Instead of you tracking stock and cutting purchase orders for parts CMD already makes, CMD monitors the levels and replenishes them, so your line does not stop waiting on a part. CMD is ISO 9001:2015 certified.
Key facts
- Assembled sub-assemblies, not loose parts
- Kitting so a build has everything in one place
- Vendor-managed inventory tied to your schedule
- One vendor from raw material to stocked part
Assembly and kitting
Assembly and kitting
Once parts are cut, formed, welded, and finished, the next job is putting them together. CMD assembles fabricated parts, and bought-in hardware, into finished sub-assemblies so you receive something ready to install rather than a pile to build up yourself.
Kitting groups everything a given build needs into one package. Your team opens one box and has every part in hand, instead of chasing pieces across separate deliveries.
Vendor-managed inventory
Vendor-managed inventory
With VMI, CMD holds and manages stock of the parts it makes for you, watches the levels, and replenishes them before you run out. You stop tying up cash in a shelf of parts and stop issuing a purchase order every time stock runs low.
It works because CMD already fabricates the parts. Managing the stock of something you also make is a short step, and it is the kind of ongoing, recurring relationship a job shop that only cuts to print cannot offer.
03Closing checkpoint
Testing before it ships
Where an assembly has to do something, move, seal, carry load, or pass a check, it is tested before it leaves. Problems get caught here, on our floor, instead of on your line.
Next step
Want parts built and stocked, not just made?
Upload the PDF drawings of the assembly and tell us how often you need it. We'll scope the assembly, kitting, and, if it fits, a vendor-managed inventory arrangement.