Do What You Do Best. Let Airline Do the Rest.

Success today depends on your ability to eliminate waste, increase productivity, and concentrate on your core competencies. Whether you are downsizing your production facilities, looking for opportunities to increase your production, diversifying your product line, or reducing lead times, outsourcing can be an important part of your success.

Removing a manufacturing process from your operation enables you to dedicate your shop to doing the things that you do best and are most profitable for you. Without increasing overhead or making expensive capital investments, outsourcing your wood components to Airline Manufacturing Company will save you time and money, as well as provide you unmatched quality and service.

According to Furniture Design Magazine, on average, companies that outsource are realizing a 9% savings and a 15% increase in capacity and quality. Specific advantages of outsourcing your wood component needs to Airline include:
  Reduce Your Inventory. Airline can provide just-in-time delivery to help reduce your raw material and work-in-process inventory costs. This will decrease your working capital and free up funds for other uses.

Better Control Over Costs. You will always know your exact material cost with Airline's competitive pricing. Pricing guesswork will be eliminated. Outsourcing makes it easier to calculate costs and a profitable selling price.

Product Development Experts At Your Fingertips. The product development team at Airline has many years of experience in solving manufacturing dilemmas and improving part designs to reduce cost. Airline also stays abreast of the latest in manufacturing technology through collaboration with researchers at the Mississippi State University Forest Products Lab.

Focus On Your Specialty. By allowing Airline to supply your component needs, you have more time to focus on the areas where your unique capabilities bring the most value to your customers whether design, assembly, finishing or marketing.

Increased Manufacturing Space. When you outsource to Airline you free up valuable floor space allowing you more opportunity to diversify product lines and expand production.

Offer Wider Range of Products. You can diversify your product line by outsourcing to Airline those specialty items that do not fit well with your capabilities.

Eliminate Investment Dollars. As your supplier Airline can spread the capital cost of investments in equipment and facilities over the high volume of our total customer base, while allowing you to operate with a reduced investment in land, labor, buildings, machinery and equipment.

Decrease Overhead Significantly. By shifting production costs to Airline, you will see an immediate improvement in cash flow due to savings in supervisor and production payroll, fringe benefits, workers' compensation, depreciation, utilities, and taxes.

Reduced lead times. Airline can provide fast response time, reliability, ability to fill smaller orders, and just-in-time deliveries. 		 

Quality, Service, Competitive Pricing