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Very soon, every metal caster in the world will be available
to every buyer of cast metal parts on a single online system.
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| The Business Professor - James G. Conley
is Clinical Professor of Technology and e-Commerce at the Kellogg
Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University, where
he currently teaches a leading-edge course on new business startups
in the technology space --"Tech-Ventures." He also holds an
appointment as Professor of Mechancial Engineering at Northwestern.
Conley previously worked for one of the world's leading casting
firms, Ryobi Limited Japan, and continues to be intensively
involved in casting industry associations, working groups, and
consulting projects. His special research interests are: rapid
product development methods for consumer durables, design of
complex airframe components as castings for cost and lead time
reduction, spare part sourcing solutions for weapons systems
and the US Defense Logistics Agency, and internal combustion
engine systems development. |
| The Import/Export Veteran - Joe Scarry
has been sourcing and selling products from China and the rest
of Asia since 1983, and is an experienced hand at logistics,
costing/pricing, quality management, vendor development, and
related aspects of international business. Scarry's love of
industrial marketing & promotion was cemented by his work launching
sales of Rohm & Haas leather chemicals for tanneries to the
China market beginning in 1987. Since 1993, he has branched
out into a broad range of publishing and other communications
pursuits in the areas of consumer behavior, international relations,
community affairs, and education, while continuing to consult
on commercial issues for industrial clients. |
| The Casting Technologist - Wanlong Wang,
Ph.D., is a Research Engineer at Northwestern University, where
he has been the leading researcher and project manager on the
Rapid Tooling for Sand Casting project sponsored by the Defense
Logistic Agency (US) and the American Foundrymen's Society.
Wang has worked in mechanical and manufacturing engineering
for more than 10 years and has been awarded various awards in
his resaerch. Wang's training is in Aeronautical and Mechanical
Engineering in China.. His focus is applying advanced information
technology to casting and other traditional manufacturing industries.
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CastingTrade provides different levels of
servies for different members. First, we provide a free searchable
worldwide database for buyers and suppliers. Anyone can search
it without any limitations.
Secondly, the buyer and
suppier can register as our clients and members. Once a supplier
becomes a member of the CastingTrade community, you can participate
in the buying and selling of built-to-order parts, manufacturing
capabilities and capacity. Only members of the CastingTrade
community are able to participate. The process of the exchange
starts with a client issuing an RFQ that includes the project
description (with 3-D CAD models or 2-D electronic drawing
files), buyer's preference for supplier's quality, cost, delivery,
capabilities, and commercial terms.
CastingTrade then utilizes its patent pending "Process
Master (TM) Business System for Ameliorating 'Subcontracting
Risk' " and expert system for matching supplier's
capabilities with the buyer's requirements. This enables CastingTrade
to identify suppliers with a "sweet-spot" for the
requirements of the RFQ.
The potential suppliers will be able to collaborate on-line
with the buyer to complete their quotation, negotiate, discuss
details of the design and access required fulfillment services
such as logistics. The issuer of the RFQ, the buyer, will
then select the supplier having the best value across multiple
parameters. CastingTrade realizes that purchase decisions
are based on more than just price; so all bids are presented
to the buyer with additional information on price, quality,
and lead-time to ensure an informed decision can be made.
Once the selection is made, the parts can be produced and
delivered to the buyer.
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JOIN
THE TEAM !
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Career opportunities with CastingTrade.com
-- coming soon
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Professor James G. Conley
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| Joe Scarry |
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| Dr. Wanlong Wang |
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