KJL Fasteners, Inc. • 100 Railroad Ave.

• Loyalton, California 96118

Phone: 530-993-6800 • Fax: 530-993-6803 • www.kjlfast.com

KJL Offers Distributors

Key Locked Inserts and Studs
K JL Fasteners, Inc. a leading supplier in the Aero-
Distribution business, has just entered into an
exclusive Master Distribution agreement to offer a new
The BUSINESS EDGE
Ray said, “One important secret to the success of
our business has been our ability to manage all of the
product line for Distributors. endless details efficiently. Everything that we handle
The new line includes MS51830 thru MS51834 and must have complete Lot Control and Traceability. We
the NAS1394 & 1395, which are inserts and studs frequently quote the same thing over and over to
used in a turbine engine and transmissions, gear boxes different people. We must have our finger on the pulse
and other applications. They are often of the business and our Inventory
used for Aerospace & marine control must be virtually perfect. We
applications where you need to knew that in order to be successful
increase the strength of the parent in this business, we would need a
material. system that was designed
specifically to meet our needs.
KJL Eliminates Long Lead “We chose The BUSINESS
Times EDGE from Computer Insights, Inc.
These par ts are problems for We have been a Business Edge
Distributors since they often have user now for about 3 years. During
lead times of up to 60 weeks or more. that time we have grown 300% and
KJL will be able to offer these same we have increased our staff by only
par ts with 4 to 12 week delivery 40%. The BUSINESS EDGE gives
cycles. This is a huge advantage for us the ability to process things very
the Distributors and it can give them efficiently. As our business has
a competitive edge. grown in size and complexity, our
KJL’s President, Ray Lock was Ray Lock, President of KJL Fasteners
software has helped us to apply the
interviewed recently. He said, “We KISS principle so that we haven’t
are the exclusive Master Distributor for a new gotten bogged down by the endless paperwork required
manufacturer of ‘key locked inser ts and studs.’ for Mil Spec products.”
Because of this unique
relationship, we expect to System Grows With
be able to offer lead times Them
from 4-12 weeks. Not only Ray elaborated, “We
that, we will be able to have noticed that as we
accommodate customer grew, so did the
specials and parts to print capabilities of The
in 4-12 delivery times as BUSINESS EDGE
well. We welcome inquiries software. We now receive
from all distributors.” all of our Inbound Faxes as
electronic documents.
Nominated For These documents are
NASA’s Small automatically attached to
Business of the Year the Customer or Vendor
KJL Fasteners is in the file when they come in. We
Aerospace fastener can also attach them to
distribution business. Ray individual Parts (as in the
Lock stated, “We sell directly to the United States case of a drawing) or an individual Lot as would be the
Department of Defense as well as many government case for a Certification that is faxed in to us. If the
pr ime contractors, such as Aero-jet, Nor throp documents are not faxed into us, we can simply scan
Grumman, Orbital Sciences and Lockheed Martin. them and attach them in the same manner.
“We also have a blanket agreement to supply the “The system also gives us the ability to turn all our
fasteners to NASA-JSC though Jacobs Sverdrup until forms into PDF files, view them on the screen, print
2010. We were very honored to be nominated for them, fax them or e-mail them. Everything is an
NASA’s small business supplier of the year award.” electronic document. We have eliminated so many
steps and so much paper that it is hard to imagine For more information about The BUSINESS EDGE,
doing it the “old” way.” contact Dennis R. Cowhey, President, Computer
Insights, Inc. 108 Third Street, Bloomingdale, IL 60108
Time & Space Are Obsolete Concepts phone: 800-539-1233 extension 203, fax: (630) 893-
Ray really likes being able to run the system by 4030; e-mail: dcowhey@ci-inc.com; or visit their
“remote control,’” He stated, “I travel a lot, both for website at www.ci-inc.com.
business and pleasure. The BUSINESS EDGE
provides us with the ability to tele-commute and work
just as well in a remote
environment as from the
office. The system is truly
an indispensable tool for our
business.”
For more information
about the MS51830 thru
MS51834 and the NAS
1394 & 1395 Parts, contact
Ray Lock, KJL Fasteners,
100 Railroad Ave., Loyalton,
CA 96118; phone: 530-993-
6800; fax: 530-993-6803 E-
mail: ray@kjlfast.com; or
visit their website at
www.kjlfast.com.
KJL’s headquarters, located in Loyalton, California

Reprinted from Distributor’s Link Magazine

Computer Insights Inc

108 Third Street, Bloomingdale, IL 60108 | Tel: (800).539.1233 | www.ci-inc.com