Vendor Consolidation for Cable and Connector Purchasing

Buying cable, connectors and glands from a long list of vendors creates plenty of purchase orders, deliveries and invoices. AP Technology helps purchasing teams consolidate interconnect spend by covering a much greater share of those items from one franchised specialist. This can reduce admin and simplify stock control, particularly with scheduled orders in place. A good place to begin is usually your most frequently purchased items, and the service can then be extended once alternatives have been proven. AP Technology's cross referral service exists because customers needed to identify a part after a failure in the field, or needed an application customised. Alternatives can be offered to distributor part numbers for cable and cable glands, along with cross references on industrial connector and industrial cable parts from other manufacturers. The goal is the product that best delivers in terms of performance, availability and cost. Designers, engineers and purchasers usually want the same outcome from this exercise: fewer vendors, better product design, lower costs, less inventory and better efficiency.

Bringing cable, connectors, glands and assemblies through a single franchised specialist can help with all of those, particularly once scheduled and call-off orders are arranged around your actual usage. Interconnect problems rarely stop at one component. Because AP Technology supplies cable, connectors, glands and finished assemblies under one roof, it can look at the whole connection and not just one part of it. That is useful when a change to cable diameter affects the gland, or a different connector changes how the assembly should be built. Need a price or some technical advice on vendor consolidation for cable and connector purchasing? Call 020 8848 3074 or email connect@aptechnology.biz with your application details and any part numbers you have.