Arlington's tremendous amount of investment and training seems to be paying off. Recently they became the sole machining source for a company which manufactures graphic laser printers. This company hired a group of consultants to assist them in becoming a world class manufacturer. They had approximately 10 machine shops making components for them and approximately 15 machinists in house.

Arlington did not originally do any work for this company. After this company surveyed 6 of the "top" machine shops in the metropolitan area, a 12 person survey team chose Arlington Machine and Tool Company to be their sole machining source.

Arlington has proved to be a profitable source and has not failed their JIT deliveries, nor have they had lower than a 99% quality rating.

By consolidating their machining into Arlington, this company was able to save by reducing costs as follows:

• They reduced their internal inspection and are doing dock-to-stock
• Reduced inventories and are able to rent their warehouse space
• Reduced their in-house machine shop and associated overhead
• Do not have down time because they get their parts JIT
• They, like many others have become more profitable by using Arlington Machine's capabilities and know how