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ers as well as to manufacturers so customer service is two -fold. Once the order is placed online the warehouse de- termines if it is in stock or on backorder. If the part is in stock it gets processed and shipped out to the customer. If inventory is low then production schedules another run of parts. Typically the minimum run will be based off utilizing a whole piece of bar stock. “The customer is kept in the loop the entire time,” tells Lance. “We have an extensive amount of inventory on hand to best service our customers. Production stays ahead of the demand on the popular items so we just pull the part off the shelf to complete the sale.” Swaim & Sons occupies two buildings totaling 17 ,000sq.ft. A staff of 13 work a single shift on sixteen CNC turning and milling centers. “We work primarily in C1215, 8620, 304 stainless, brass, monel, inconel and so forth,” details quality manger Mike Aguirre. “We churn out 70,000 parts a year that range in size from small to mid size. Guys work in cells running at least two ma- chines at a time. We have four dedicated setup people and the rest are operators.” Mike has been with the com- pany since 2001 and started out part time in the shop as a laborer. He worked his way through the ranks to be- come the quality manager a few years ago. “I took a good manufacturing person that made the company money and dropped him in an office,” jokes Bill. “You can tell he misses working in the shop, but he is doing a great job for us in quality.” Mike is responsible for checking all of Left to right - Lance Swaim - sales, Bill Swaim - president + owner, Mike Aguirre - quality manager. Swaim & Sons just added two Doosan Puma GT3100 machines in April. Swaim & Sons have a shop full of CNC machining centers, 16 in all. Most of the turning machines are Doosan lathes, but they also have a Mori Seiki lathe with dual spindles and live tooling. The milling department consists of three Haas mills that vary in size.