Key to Suppliers (Beta)

Key to Suppliers: the Global Database of Metals Suppliers

 

Problem

  • Where to check for the availability of the material?
  • How to better cope with price volatility and meeting deadlines for delivery?
  • Is it possible to find right suppliers at low-cost markets?
  • How to handle unclearness of material specifications?
  • How to enhance communication among engineering, purchasing and manufacturing?

The Solution: Key to Suppliers, the Global Database of Metals Suppliers

Key to Suppliers in synergy with KEY to METALS gives you precise relations between material specifications and suppliers from all over the world.

  • Finding suppliers directly: Browse, search and quickly find metal suppliers from all over the world. Suppliers and their materials are precisely related with designations and standards, using the database with over 185 000 metal alloys, and integrated into the KEY to METALS, with a simple point-and-click interface.
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  • Finding alternative materials: Look for alternative materials by using worldwide unique, patented technology for finding equivalents by chemical composition and by mechanical properties and any combination thereof. You can intuitively set the importance level of composition versus mechanical properties and the alternatives are displayed according to their similarity, with a hotlink to the KEY to METALS Database for detailed properties comparison.
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  • Finding alternative suppliers: You can then match the list of alternative materials with the suppliers directory, thus resulting with more potential suppliers and new opportunities in material sourcing.
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