tkIS provides quality inspection, testing, engineering, and supply chain services including transportation and warehousing & distribution. Their services help streamline production processes and quality control for manufacturers. They have experience in industries like automotive, medical devices, and heavy manufacturing. tkIS aims to be a flexible partner that can quickly respond to customers' changing needs.

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2. Your production process streamlined.
Whether you need proactive or reactive inspection support, tkIS has built an experienced, immediate response team
that is focused on enabling you to accelerate production. thyssenkrupp Industrial & Supply Chain Services has been
a leading provider of Quality Services to manufacturers since 1986 and can help transform your manufacturing
operations into a collaborative, continuous improvement toward process control.
Quality Inspection, Sorting & Rework
• Proactive part inspection
• Part sorting and verification
• Part rework/repair and certification
• Class A surface inspection and rework
• Dimensional inspections
• Data analysis and reporting
• CS2 provider
Quality Engineering
• Process auditing and risk analysis
• Advanced product quality planning (APQP)
• Failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA)
• Production part approval process (PPAP)
• Customer representation/liaison
• Process flow diagrams (PFD)
• Mistake-proofing (Poka-Yoke)
• Problem solving
• Inspection standards to meet customer
requirements
• GM PQE
• Run-at-rate analysis
Quality Testing
• Destructive & Non-Destructive Testing
• Pressurized Leak Testing
• Eddy Current (Low and High Volume)
• Magnetic Particle Inspection
• Ultrasonic Inspection/Liquid Penetrant
• Portable Testing Stations
• Shear Testing
• Hardness Testing
• Certified Employees
Rapid Response Team
• A launch team comprised of a select group of
Subject Matter Expert’s
• Multifunction Expertise
• Immediate response anywhere in USA or Canada
When you need us there fast, tkIS responds with a professional team that can flex to your requirements. Our
engineering team helps you evaluate and improve your quality control practices and conducts effective root cause
and corrective action analysis. Serving the automotive, medical device, white goods, heavy manufacturing, and
renewable energy industries. tkIS is your One Supplier, One Source.
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Quality Services
On time response rate
within 2 hours: 98.4%

3. Innovative solutions to your toughest
transportation challenges.
Improve efficiency and reduce overall supply chain costs with transportation solutions from tkIS. World-class
supply chains adapt and respond quickly to change. Our solutions provide flexible processes that help you
adjust to changing circumstances while systematically reducing waste, complexity and errors. Realize increased
supply chain control through a full spectrum of transportation services that include...
• Asset based transportation
• Conestogas, dry vans and flatbeds with manitous
• Brokerage
• Construction/Job site delivery
• Yard/dock management
• Regional, expedited and shuttle deliveries
• Customized Management Reports
• Consultative services including network optimization, VSM’s
and program management
Whether you need specialized equipment, an optimized network or anything in between, tkIS can deliver
superior operational performance with our fleet of 300 trucks and 650 trailers. Our professional drivers are
specially trained for safety first and for specific customer requests such as job site delivery and handling bulky
high tech material. tkIS is your One Supplier, One Source.
Industrial & Supply Chain Services (tkIS)
Transportation Services
On time delivery exceeding goal of 99%
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4. Streamline your supply chain with our Value Added
Warehousing & Distribution Services
When you need fast implementation, a customized, agile facility solution and improved order accuracy with
increased visibility and control, tkIS delivers. Whether you need dedicated or multi-client warehousing space,
you will benefit from our solutions that leverage our vast distribution network and expertise. Realize significant,
ongoing savings through our continuous improvement activities and process standardization. tkIS helps you
accelerate production with a wide array of value added services.
• Sequencing and JIT delivery
• Performance of entire sequencing processes
for both ILVS and Broadcast
• Intra plant line side delivery
• Quality control for part accuracy
• Sequencing software utilized
• Data Exchange via EDI – ASN - EOP
• Barcoding and labelling
• Part management
• Sub-assembly
• Kitting
• Packaging
• Rework
• Crossdocking
• Order fulfillment
• Materials planning and production scheduling
• Postponement or localization
• Customized labeling and bar coding
• Export packaging
• Container management
• Rack repair
With over 30 distribution centers across USA, tkIS
can design a transformative, strategic solution that
provides you the freedom of flexibility according to
your customer’s demand.
• Foreign Trade Zones
• ISO certified
• C-TPAT
• Wireless enabled systems for scanning, barcoding
and labelling
• Long and short term storage
• Web enabled client access to WMS/inventory
systems and reports
• Capable of implementing both EDI and custom file
formats to enable systems integration
Industrial & Supply Chain Services (tkIS)
Warehousing & Distribution
Managing over 3 million
square feet and growing.
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5. Unlock greater savings and supply chain efficiencies
through the use of thyssenkrupp’s FTZ.
Combining the benefits of a Foreign Trade Zone with tkIS’ quality inspection, testing, rework, inventory
management, and lean material flow practices can greatly impact your bottom line and improve your cash
flow. Facilitating direct delivery into our FTZ warehouse without paying duties, 24/7 receiving hours to avoid
unnecessary delays or charges, and improved transit and quality consistency will streamline your supply chain
and offer greater flexibility. In addition, implementing value added services such as inspection, kitting, repack
and sub-assembly prior to order fulfillment can offer sustainable competitive advantages.
When utilizing tkIS’ value added services within any of our FTZ locations, you can achieve maximum savings
and minimize operational costs. Reach superior performance in your port strategy utilizing our available space in
Charleston and Greenville-Spartanburg, South Carolina. Contact us to start the conversation.
Benefits of a Foreign Trade Zone:
• Relief from inverted tariffs
• Duty exemption on re-exports
• Duty elimination on waste, scrap and
yield loss
• Savings on damaged or
nonconforming items
• Weekly entry savings and cash flow
(duty deferral) savings
• Zone-to-zone transfers
• Improved quality control, compliance
and inventory tracking
• Reduction in custom fees and
inspections
Permitted activities within a
Foreign Trade Zone:
• Inspection
• Testing
• Assembly
• Manufacturing
• Storage
• Processing
• Relabeling
• Repackaging
• Sequencing
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Benefit your global business with
tkIS’ Foreign Trade Zones

6. Whether you need flexible warehouse space or an
onsite inspection team in two hours, we can do that.
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