The Value of Working with a One-Stop Precision Sheet Metal Fabricator

You’ve probably heard the expression “soup to nuts.” It’s rooted in the idea of a full meal, starting with soup and ending with nuts for dessert, but its broader meaning refers to something happening from beginning to end. 

Here at Century-Tywood, we proudly identify as a “soup to nuts” fabrication shop. Operating as a comprehensive full-service shop, our team oversees every stage of production from engineering to shipping. We adeptly handle all aspects, saving our customers the inconvenience of dealing with multiple vendors.

Opting to partner with a contract manufacturer proficient in seamlessly overseeing your parts from conception to completion offers numerous benefits. Continue reading to explore how our turnkey solutions are advantageous to our customers.

The Benefits of Working with a One-Stop Shop

At Century-Tywood, we do whatever it takes to make our customers’ lives easier. Our complete solutions allow us to manage each step, performing several services in-house and acting as a liaison between our customers and vendors. Offering our customers a single point of contact yields the following benefits:

Improved Timing

By handling everything ourselves, our team works strategically to complete each process efficiently. We are responsive to customer requests and proactive in reaching out to vendors to adjust timelines or other requirements as needed.

Pricing Predictability

Without a full-service manufacturer handling every phase, customers would receive one quote for bending operations, another for painting, another for assembly, and so on. When customers request a quote to work with a one-stop shop like Century-Tywood, they receive a single quote that contains all material and labor costs for each process. This streamlines the quoting process and produces the most predictable, accurate price possible.

Responsibility in Vendor Management

The Century-Tywood team has strong vendor relationships to support every process we don’t manage in-house. We’ve facilitated our strong network of vetted vendors for years (and decades in some cases), so we know precisely where each excels. We know the go-to vendor for a wide range of powdercoat colors, the best vendor to meet quick turnaround times, and so on… for any requirement you can think of.

Ease of Communication

Our turnkey sheet metal fabrication services offer our customers a single point of contact when they have questions or need to make adjustments. Whether they have a material question or need to add a critical dimension to a part after we’ve already started, customers can contact us no matter where we are in the process. Our team will readily respond, offering advice or adjusting our services to meet customer requests.

Trustworthy Quality

Our customers count on our top-notch quality control practices. Not only do we hold our in-house services to extremely high standards, but we also ensure everything handled by our outside vendors is superlative. Even though we know these vendors inspect parts before delivery, we always reinspect parts when we receive them to ensure they weren’t damaged in transit and confirm they meet all customer specifications.

Accountability in Our Processes

We’d like to think our processes are flawless. Our shop has a 0.1% rejection rate to boot! But in the rare instance issues arise, we ensure the responsible party (the vendor or our team) mitigates these problems so our customers don’t have to. Century-Tywood keeps customers in the loop throughout the entire process, alerting them of any issues that could impact their production schedule.

Proper Fit in Assemblies

To put it simply, customers are more likely to have all their parts fit together when they’re all made in one place. When our team receives an RFQ for multiple parts in a single assembly, we have each piece right on the shop floor and can work reactively to ensure covers fit perfectly on a box, components attach properly, and so on.

Consistency in Finishing Services

Partnering with a one-stop shop guarantees consistency across your entire assembly. Our comprehensive approach ensures that all parts are painted or plated simultaneously, resulting in a flawless, consistent finish. This attention to detail not only ensures that each component meets specifications individually but also maintains uniformity across the entire assembly.

Century-Tywood, Your Go-To One-Stop Shop

Here at Century-Tywood, we are proud to support our customers from “soup to nuts”. We facilitate a range of solutions from design and engineering, fabrication, and machining to laser engraving, plating, painting, and silk screening… you name it.

Working with a turnkey partner like Century-Tywood offers the convenience and ease of coordinating production timelines with a single manufacturer. 

Request a quote to get started with our comprehensive, full-service solutions.