Behind the scenes of the hottest new fixtures for retail and point-of-purchase are operations like this: heat treating of tools and dies to bend, form, taper, cut, round-head and finish metal components. Other prep; die-cutting, perfing and creasing corrugated, or mold creation for extruded or molded plastics, are sight-unseen. So next time your distributor quotes you a 6, 8 or 10 week lead time, think about what the manufacturer needs to do to make even a simple display component. Need it faster? Ask for advice on what may substitute and do the job equally well from stock. Throwing up your hands and dialing an overseas supplier? Don’t forget to factor in the long slow boat ride, and then truck and rail across the US. Best solution? Think well ahead on your permanent and temporary fixtures and point-of-purchase needs. CLICK the thumbnail for a peek inside a heat treating oven itself. Seems to be design work well-suited to the Devil.
For industrial and industrial design insights see…
“Hot New Fixture in the Making” (This Pos)
“How to Make a Bar Merchandiser”
“Threaded vs Universal No-Tool Bar Mounts”
“Metal Backplate Kaizen at Work“
“Gravity-Feed Two-Position Backbar”
“Triple-Threat Utility Hook“
“How to Avoid Frontwire Sag”For all of the Designed-By exposé series see…
“Hook Design by Rube Goldberg”
“Point-of-Purchase Design By Van de Graaf”
“Hook Design by Mercedes”
“Fixture Design by M. C. Esher”
“Hook Design by Porsche“
“Product Stop Designed by Gucci”For Designed-By resources see…
“Designed-By Fixtures Pinterest Board“ visual summary
“Designed-By Fixtures Index Page” for all resources
