This series illuminates common examples of ineffective AR / FR clothing practices that have real costs – and practical solutions. In How to Save on AR / FR Clothing, you’ll learn how to stretch budget dollars and unlock savings – while improving service, selection, and worker safety.
Many companies don’t realize that the cost of procuring arc-rated and flame resistant (AR / FR) clothing can be significantly greater than just the unit price. As your company evaluates procurement processes and seeks to streamline AR / FR clothing procurement, be sure to factor miscellaneous fees and logistical challenges into your total spend; these can have a material impact on your bottom line. Pay special attention to management and employee time invested in administering – or problem-solving – the program.
The cost of an inefficient vendor can be significant, as companies like Stallion Oilfield Services know all too well. Formerly in an inefficient rental program, members of Stallion’s operations team were forced to spend more than 50-60% of their day problem-solving AR / FR clothing issues. Hear directly from Todd Mucha, former Director of QHSE at Stallion, in this brief video:
For large companies like Stallion, these costs are substantial. Consider a worker making $30 per hour, with a fully-loaded hourly cost of $53 per hour after factoring in benefits and an appropriate factor for overtime. An inefficient clothing program would likely incur the following – unnecessary – costs:
The costs associated with this frustrating process add up quite quickly. In fact, to successfully place an order, this inefficient program costs the employer more than three hours in lost work time and nearly $400 in this single instance alone.
Unfortunately, scenarios like these are all too common.
Formerly in a rental program, Stallion Oilfield Services experienced a number of issues that forced the company to invest a tremendous amount of administration time in overseeing and troubleshooting the program.
By having individual employees order directly from Tyndale as part of the allowance-based direct purchase program now in place, Stallion Oilfield Services eliminated virtually all supervisory and administrative involvement with their protective clothing program. This transition saved countless hours of leadership time, allowing them to drive efficiency in other areas of the business.
“It’s taken our back office out of spending time worrying about FRC,” said Todd Mucha, Director of QHSE at Stallion when the program was implemented. Instead, online ordering in the direct purchase program puts the power to order company-approved AR / FR clothing directly “in the hands of employees on the computer, just like you would buy anything else online in the world today,” Mucha said. “It’s been a life saver in terms of time on the operations side.”
Tyndale’s Solution
Given the extensive back-and-forth between administrators and workers in an administrator-managed AR / FR clothing program, or an ineffective program that requires significant administrative oversight, it is reasonable to expect that each “support” issue costs the company $200 in lost time and inefficiency.
On the other hand,
For large organizations with thousands of employees, the savings can be extremely significant!
Ready to unlock savings with a next-generation solution for AR / FR clothing?
Contact Tyndale at 800-356-3433 to connect with a National Account Executive serving your area, who can help identify opportunities to streamline your procurement process for AR / FR clothing and launch a managed direct purchase program today.
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Follow along with this series to learn four strategies you can leverage to streamline your procurement process for AR / FR clothing and reduce your overall spend by 30%+ – without compromising on safety and compliance.