SupplyChain Magazine January 2019 | Page 80

CINCINNATI INCORPORATED
80 wasted in the form of scrap , the company moved away from the O ’ Neal Steel model and explored other partner models . Ultimately after further consideration , CI reverted back to O ’ Neal Steel as it was emerging as the better option . “ We had steel service centers competitively quote on every single piece of plate that we needed to buy and have them burn our parts out for us ,” says Atkins . “ However , we decided to move back to the O ’ Neal Steel model once again because they took a decent-sized hit on the business that we had with them when we started going to other companies . They assembled a supply chain team together to see how they could
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JANUARY 2019