Mr. Henk Snyman- GTI CEO
I wish to extend
a most sincere invitation to all TASA members and everyone that is remotely
interested in the future of the toolmaking industry. The last few months has
seen a significant change in the toolmaking industry and also the support
services that TASA as an organization can now offer its members.
STANDARDISED CONTRACT
One of the
greatest challenges of the SMME toolmaking companies is cash flow. We have
anecdotal evidence that there are several of the major clients that extends
payments for tools to 90 or 180 days. Furthermore when it comes to payment, all
types of interesting quality questions are raised by his clients. We should all
acknowledge that this is patently unfair to small companies that are struggling
to survive
With financial
support from the Gauteng Tooling Initiative a Standardized Contract for the use by the toolmaking
fraternity has been developed. This contract has been especially tailored to
address the problem of clients requesting design changes, not paying according
to the agreed schedule and changing the accept/reject quality criteria
depending on which person does the final inspection.
Attorney Peter v
R Coetzee is giving a talk at the TASA conference and he will also be available
for consultation at the TASA stand at Afrimold Exhibition.
FRANCHISING – ACCESSING THE MARKET
TASA is
launching the concept of a tooling franchise. What this entails is that a
number of companies will work together as a franchise thereby improving their
profile towards the customers and allowing them to collectively quote on more
tools to be delivered in a shorter period because of cooperating as a cluster.
The companies
participating in the franchise will meticulously measure their delivery,
quality and cost so that they can compete with the international Chinese and
European firms. This is the way forward to the creation of a cluster that will
be able to quote on and successfully compete on the type of tooling that the
OEMs and first-tier suppliers requiring South Africa.
At Afrimold TASA
will have a section of such a mini factory that complies with the TASA
franchise guidelines. Henk Snyman and Neil Sapsford will be at the TASA stand at
Afrimold.
