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wonder if anyone have worked out a streamline clay and glaze

updated wed 1 mar 00

 

The Buchanans on tue 29 feb 00

Antoinette, I was told several years ago that Standard shipped to their
dealers on their own trucks, freight free in more than 7 ton lots.If that is
so,the only freight is from dealer to you.
----- Original Message -----
From: Antoinette Badenhorst
To:
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 12:32 PM
Subject: Wonder if anyone have worked out a streamline clay and glaze dealer
system.


> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Thank you for the help on finding Standard Ceramic dealers. I already made
> work in finding the best one. This however raised the question in my mind
on
> how to work out a streamline system to get whatever I need, the cheapest
way.
> By that I mean the following: If a clay or raw material for instance, is
> manufactured up North and shipped down South, there will be added costs to
> this, due to the shipping. If that materials is shipped pass where I, or
> anyone else live, it will mean that we will almost pay for a round trip
> shipping. That will increase our costs unnecessary. If we can find the
> network on which all materials is shipped, we can work out the best and
> cheapest way to get what I need at our studios. `> Does anyone worked out
something like this before. Does anyone know how the
> network of getting what potters need, work? If not do you think that it is
> possible to work something out? > Antoinette.