Greetings Everyone,
You have been terrific supporters and encouragers of Designmaster over the years. We are grateful to be partnering with you in this special industry. Thank you for the orders you send us.
Many of you have told us that you could do much more business with us if our lead-times were not so long. We have shared that our biggest challenge has been to hire skilled craftspeople to work here. We have continued to reach out and have had some success in finding people to join us.
We have some good news to share.
Our weekly production is increasing and our lead-times are decreasing. We are not yet where we want to be, but we are headed in a good direction. Here are our average lead-times since 2015:
- 2015 Average Weeks of Lead-time: 9.4 weeks
- 2016 Average Weeks of Lead-time: 8.2 weeks
- 2017 Average Weeks of Lead-time: 7.0 weeks
It goes without saying that lead-times will fluctuate over time, and
there will always be orders that will take longer to produce than anyone
would like. However, the downward trend in the above weeks of lead-time
should cover the majority of your orders. Know that our goal is to continue
shortening our lead-times.
Good and Happy Selling to each of you.
