“We put our money where our mouth is.”
Lowering the Real Cost
Valdez evaluates machinery through total cost of ownership, not purchase price alone.
“Those kinds of solutions are not in the textbooks,” he says. “They’re part of an overall strategy because we like to put ourselves in our customer’s shoes.” One example began with a consumable drill component that a third-party supplier could not deliver reliably. Millennium bought CNC equipment, hired programmers and brought production in-house. Then Valdez challenged his engineering team to improve the component itself. The original version lasted approximately 4,000 feet. The redesigned version reached roughly 35,000.
The customer now needs considerably fewer of them.
The objective, Valdez explains, is not to maximize how much Millennium sells. It is to improve the economics of the customer’s operation. “What do you need to accomplish for you to be profitable?” Relationships That Go Both Ways Millennium approaches its manufacturer relationships with the same directness. Valdez believes representing a brand means understanding its people, strategy and long- term goals, not simply carrying its logo.
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