Supply Programs That Keep Your Line Running
Stabilize availability, reduce carrying costs, and align deliveries to production. Shaw Steel offers program structures that help customers manage timing, inventory, and release flow more effectively across changing demand conditions.
Explore Our Program Options
Each program is designed to solve a different part of the supply challenge, from delivery timing to buffer planning to longer-term pricing and availability.
Just-In-Time (JIT)
Delivery structures aligned to production schedules so material arrives closer to actual point of use rather than sitting longer than necessary.
VMI / Hold Programs
Material is purchased, staged, and held in a structure that helps reduce floor burden while keeping approved stock available for release.
Blanket Orders
Committed volume, pricing, and availability across a defined period, with releases structured around a schedule, forecast, or drawdown plan.
Safety Stock
A controlled material buffer designed to reduce exposure to outages caused by supply timing changes, transportation issues, or sudden usage increases.
How Customers Use These Programs
In many cases, the strongest operating structure comes from combining program types rather than relying on only one.
JIT + Safety Stock
Supports lean delivery timing while maintaining a practical fallback buffer for demand volatility or timing disruptions.
Blanket + JIT
Helps lock in supply structure and pricing while still allowing material to move in smaller releases tied to production flow.
VMI / Hold + Safety Stock
Can reduce floor inventory while preserving access to staged material that is positioned for continuity and responsiveness.
Custom Program Mix
Some customers need a mix of commercial flexibility, inventory positioning, and line-side timing that does not fit into a single model.
Need Help Choosing the Right Program?
Share your usage pattern, lead-time needs, and preferred release structure, and Shaw Steel can help recommend the most practical program setup for your business.