Esthetic Accents Breaks New Ground: Architectural Stained Glass for a Flat World
Esthetic Accents Serves Growing Architectural Glass Market by Understanding the Future is already Here. Outsourced manufacturing, mass-customization and web-connected customer channel shoten time-to-market by months, at 1/3rd the cost of other methods.
Portland, OR (PRWEB) June 28, 2005 -- As Thomas Friedman tells us in his new
book, The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century, the world
isn't going to be flat, it is flat. By "flat" he means "connected" in ways no
would could have imagined a few scant years ago. The world of architecture and
design, especially in relation to architectural glass is flattening too--and Esthetic Accents is
leading the way.
A model example of this sort of “flattening” is the
collaboration between Esthetic Accents and its
Chinese manufacturing associates. With the lower costs and greater efficiencies
made possible by this sort of international cooperation, early stage companies
like EA can quickly ramp up to compete--and win--not just for low-cost
manufacturing and information labor but, increasingly, for high-end research and
design work as well.
Leveraging new opportunities for doing business
abroad to serve both domestic and international markets, EA has already become
the leader in manufacturing and supplying mass-customized architectural stained
glass worldwide.
Using state-of-the-art techniques for fabricating mass
customized, highly durable stained glass products, EA has partnered with
manufacturing facilities in China to introduce to a growing market mass produced
glass that has the look and variety of glass previously only available from
artisans in quantities an artisan could never match.
Despite the large
quantities needed to serve the needs of a burgeoning market, Esthetic Accents stained glass is custom designed for each customer, whether an
individual homeowner or a large corporation.
Mary Spear, the CEO of Esthetic Accents, said,
“We did a thorough cost analysis that made it clear to us that we could ship
directly from our Chinese manufacturing center without the need for employing a
large and costly distribution center. This made us an international player
overnight without the extensive and burdensome infrastructure. In addition it is
truly remarkable that the entire process, from the time an order is submitted
until it reaches the customer can be completed within 90 days.”
Another
innovation that made accelerated distribution possible was the use of smaller
containers and shared loads. No longer is it necessary to use a 40-forty-foot
container for a small order, which is too expensive to be profitable. With
20-foot containers or sharing the use of the 40-footers with other vendors,
multiple transfers are possible and because there is less handling required,
there is less breakage and loss. In fact, it is now possible to ship products
directly from overseas to a customer more inexpensively than it is to ship goods
cross-country.
Poised for success in a growing international marketplace,
Esthetic Accents is thriving in a world that is flat and getting flatter every
day.
About Esthetic Accents
Esthetic Accents design professionals combine personalized service and the
convenience of the Internet to provide excellent customer service nation-wide.
Our online showroom and design center, toll free number and knowledgeable design
staff make navigating through the design process straightforward and enjoyable.
Esthetic Accents leverages the power of the Internet by accessing PRWeb’s Online
Visibility Engine, making easier for interested parties to learn about its
breakthrough custom architectural stained glass technology.
Samples of
their unique Architectural Stained Glass can be see at the following
links:
Arts & Crafts Stained Glass
Asian Influenced Stained Glass
Contemporary Stained Glass
Frank Lloyd Wright Style Stained Glass
Victorian Stained Glass
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