February 2010
Sees us embarking on our travel programme for 2010.
Sales in January have been encouragingly brisk, 37% above budget, and it has been a busy month internally despite some dreadful weather.
During 2009 we hosted a stream of client visits and audits keen to see our new facilities.
Our intentions for 2010 are to return these visits and get back out into the marketplace.
We have already committed in excess of GBP 100k to our travel budget for 2010 and have determined our specific plan for the first six months.
This will include visits to both suppliers and customers.
We believe it pays to invest in "getting out there".
If you would like a visit please let us know as our staff are always keen to meet and greet with new people and experience different cultures.
The Prosper logo is derived from the original thread rolling machine that the company used to manufacture before being encouraged into making the bolts themselves by BP in the 1970s.
Hopefully you will be seeing this logo soon sported by our liveried staff.
January 2010
All the staff at Prosper Distribution Limited would like to wish you a Happy New Year and a Prosperous 2010.
We look forward to receiving your enquiries and assisting you with your requirements.
December 2009
Our Christmas schedule is now available: HERE.
October 2009
October sees a number of improvements to systems in our stock/dispatch warehouse in building 67.
These are motivated by the NVQ training initiatives for a large group of our warehouse operatives which will be completed during the month.The despatch and packing area have been re designed and new recording methods for picking and packing have been agreed to enhance our OTD performance.
Prosper's Manufacturing division,building 19, will be the next area designated for NVQW training which will commence in the first week of October ably supported by some simple third party time and motion analysis.
Great emphasis has been placed on further development of our Inspection team of Andrew Shepherd and Adrian Spencer, both having completed MPI Level III training courses in September.Well done lads.
The company has also purchased a new portable hand held Thermo Scientific Niton XL3 Alloy Analyser to upgrade our PMI capability.
September 2009
September sees the return of Chris Morris as our new Training Manager. We hope to utilise skills obtained from his recent teaching qualification and draw upon the knowledge within the organisation to capitalise upon the learning potential of what is already an exceptional team. Chris intends to identify areas which require further training through discussions with his colleagues and by analysing the data gathered by our KPIs. This information will be used to develop a training scheme which he believes will appeal to the varied learning styles currently at Prosper.
We are delighted to appoint Steve Blakey as manager for our distribution warehouse. Steve has impressed since joining us as a stock controller and we are delighted to be able to promote from within.
Steve will continue to oversee stock control whilst liaising closely with Raymond Norris, manager at our manufacturing plant located on the same estate, to smooth product flow and improve our OTD.
We have appointed Paul Hill from our sales department as our Sub Con Manager to focus and work with our local supply base as their performance naturally impacts greatly on our own. From his sales role Paul has a solid product knowledge and good customer focus which should enhance our production department further.
Finally we are delighted to announce that Miss Joanne Lunn, our marketing coordinator, is now Mrs Joanne Jones. Our congratulations go to Joanne and Neil on their recent wedding.
August 2009
August sees a flurry of sales activity despite the recession and holiday period.
We have secured first call off orders on two new European projects-initially GBP 600k with more to come.
These were taken against Global competition and are very welcome.
We have also retained one existing supply agreement and secured another new supply agreement-both running for three years.
We are pleased to welcome Ian Crabtree back into our sales team.
He has endured a brief sabbatical with a competitor but is delighted to have "come home".
We are using his experience to concentrate on developing our sales on the more exotic materials for our specials client base.
July 2009
Prosper Gains ISO 9001 Registration in China
Following an assessment by Lloyds register Quality Assurance (LRQA) in June 2009, Prosper's Testing and Inspection facility in China has now gained ISO 9001 accreditation for the "Procurement, Inspection and Testing of high integrity bolting and associated products for Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Business to international standards." This falls in line with our Global Procurement strategy which recognises the global desire from our clients for product from LCC's provided there is no compromise on our normal standards of quality or service.
Our certificate is available HERE.
June 2009
Archie Fleming, our Global Technical Manager, based in Ayrshire has just returned from an ASTM Committeee week in Vancouver.
Organised in 1898, ASTM International is one of the largest voluntary standards developing organizations in the world. ASTM is a not-for-profit organization that provides a forum for the development
and publication of voluntary consensus standards for materials, products, systems, and services. ASTM’s members, representing producers, users, consumers, government, and academia from over 100
countries, develop technical documents that are a basis for manufacturing, management, procurement, codes, and regulations.
Members can belong to one or more committees, each of which covers a subject area such as steel, petroleum, medical devices, property management, consumer products, and many more. It is these
committees that develop the more than 12,000 ASTM standards that can be found in the 77-volume Annual Book of ASTM Standards. Archie is a member of Committee A01 and Subcommittees A01.22 and
A01.22.01 which cover Bolting.
May 2009
PROSPER WIN GLOBAL FASTENER AGREEMENT
Prosper are proud to announce the award of the Global Supply Agreement for Fasteners from Aker Solutions.
Aker Solutions, part of the large Norwegian industrial conglomerate, were looking for a supplier who, in addition to reliable service and best total cost, would have in place Quality and
Manufacturing systems that would give:
- Built in traceability
- Extensive machining and inspection capability
- High levels of Technical expertise
- Excellent control of Documentation
We are pleased that Aker Solutions, after a rigorous series of audits, have found those principles in Prosper.
April 2009
The Prosper family continues to expand.
April saw the return of Hongmei Yuan from maternity leave after the birth of her son Landi. Hongmei's mandarin skills form a key part of the service provided by the Global procurement team and
everyone is delighted to have her sunny presence back in the Kilmarnock office.She provides an excellent link to our operation in China.
Congratulations as well to our Director John Lithgow on the birth of his son Robbie James. Enjoy your leave John and we will be glad to see you back ready for the next development phase in
Aberdeen.
March 2009
March 2009 sees the appointment of Paul Jones as our Financial Director designate. Alan Street will gradually relinquish day-to-day control to Paul so he can concentrate on other key projects. We
welcome Paul to our team.
In March our new website becomes operational. We hope it will illustrate how much Prosper has evolved in recent years and be a fair representation of the professionalism, dedication and passion that
we pride ourselves on.
February 2009
February 2009 sees a total reorganisation of our Production Office. We have worked hard on delivery performance and in February we recorded over 80% on time and 97% within 7 days. We take this opportunity to thank our loyal clients for bearing with us as we change for the better. Our KPI target remains over 95% on time.
January 2009
January 2009 sees our sales team book orders over GBP 1.7 million in value despite the "credit crunch". Long may this continue.
December 2008
December 2008 sees the final closure of our Irvine manufacturing facility and its relocation near to our distribution warehouse in Kingswinford.
November 2008
November 2008 sees us booking orders which generate 6500 hours of machining for our new machine shop.
