I had hoped that in late January I would be taking orders for
panels to be delivered in March. However, I just got an e-mail from
my painter. He is having surgery January 13th and will be unable to
paint our metal until March. So, right now, the schedule looks like
this:
Order metal February 1 (I was going to do that this week)
Metal to painter by March 1.
New designs to Dave Bradley by March 1.
New designs to printer in late March.
Painting complete late March.
One week to quality inspect metal and deliver to screen printer
Screen printing complete in late April.
Quality inspection and packing in late April / early May.
Shipping by mid May. Drilling orders a week or so later.
This is about 6 or 7 weeks later than what I had hoped for. But,
that is the best we will be able to do.
Now, last time we did panels, I estimated the metal needs and had
metal in hand being painted before anyone placed an order. The
reason was to reduce the time between order time and delivery time.
That worked out pretty well except that I ran short of metal at the
last minute even though I estimated within 5 pieces on a 400 panel
order. :)
So, I am thinking this time I will go ahead and open up for orders
on January 15 so I can get a feel for how much metal I need to get
cut
and to the painter by March 1. As long as everyone understands that
the delivery is mid May when placing their order. I just see no
reason to delay ordering until March since the delivery date will not
chance.
All feedback welcome.
Larry
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