The British supplier provides a 10% price discount for any unavailable quantity of a product within the guarantee.
The stock guarantee now covers detent pins, castors, and levelling feet in addition to existing products including machine parts such as levers, hardware including locks and latches, as well as industrial automation components such as ball transfer units.
The programme means that if 1,000 items are required and 950 are available, 10% credit will be applied to the required 50 items. Products secured by the programme are signified on wdscomponents.com by a logo and within each product’s specification table.
WDS’s stock guarantee assures customers of product availability with same-day despatch and applies to thousands of products across the component supplier’s 40,000-plus range. Stock guarantee also applies to international customers and WDS ships standard parts and components globally.
WDS introduced the Stock Guarantee programme to reassure customers during the supply challenges many companies faced over the past two years. The company has continued and expanded the in-stock availability measure to fulfil ongoing market demand.
The company has been able to provide the guarantee of in-stock product availability through a combination of on-site manufacturing at its Leeds plant, plus the reliable and wide-ranging supply network WDS has established over its 70-year history. On-site manufacturing has increased over the past year as a result of continued investment in machinery with two additional CNC lines. Improved manufacturing procedures such as lights-out production, as well as staff investment, have also enabled WDS to increase stockholding.