You may or may not know we have a huge powerclamp opportunity down in Virginia. Needless to say, this is a MUST WIN for us, so we need to pull out all stops to make it happen.
My understanding is Volvo is replacing several lines containing 1000+ clamps, many of which are out older, obsolete versions made in Germany. Ray is working on the cross reference of these clamps to more current versions.
A couple of suggestions, and requests so we all feel empowered to win this :
1. Jason has the lead. He is the customer in this case. We support him. Whatever it takes.
2. Ray is going to need help. Jeff, get whoever we need in Germany on the hook for clamp info. No excuses from those guys.
3. Standardization : We need to see if we can standardize as much as possible on the 82M-3E version. Mike G - Get a hold of the list with Ray, and see if we can standardize on a domestically made version. (Volvo would prefer no imports)
4. Samples : They want samples in two weeks. I think we have some 82M-3E versions that we could provide as samples. We may need a few others.
5. Presentation : I want 1-2 of us to go with Jason in two weeks to make the pitch on why we have the best clamps for them to standardize on.
I will be in AH next week if needed. Otherwise, please get your heads together, raise issues if you need help quickly.
Lets be sure we win this please