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Re-imagined its work flow. production costs need to be on par with the competition. ben doesn't want pricing to turn off any customers. >> what they were doing is buying for whoever had it and whoever had the best price at the moment. we thought, you know, the hardest thing for us to do is get our cost of manufacturing equal to what it costs to import a cookie cutter from china. and we're there. now we can match the price. >> using newer technology, ann clark fulfills retail and wholesale orders quickly. >> we can respond within a day to their needs. that's important to them because they need ...

>> the number of people buying cookie cutters doesn't really change, which explains why ben just wants a bigger piece of the pie. >> we assume the number of cookie cutters sold in america is constant so our growth is how do we get more of the market? >> a crucial pitch that they made to retailers is ann clark's steel cookie cutters are made here in the usa. their main competitor manufactures in china. >> a store, a business is supposed to carry products their customers are looking for. are your customers asking for chinese product? of course not. why is that what you're selling? we have an opt...

We have the second largest school district in the country so we are a big target for this. when this disrupts the city and the work flow and the lives, we have to adapt. the most important thing and i'm hearing the common thread this morning nobody's hurt and whether the threat is credible or not, i'm not to say. i'll adap for the day and resume life tomorrow. >> ron, thank you for adding so many good points the our conversation. ron epstein has been with us, publisher of "l.a. parent requests and an l.a. parent of a school-age child. ron mentioned earthquakes and i have to say because the aer...

Orders simultaneously. >> we can hang onto produced seed bombs and then screen print the pouchs quickly. that's a part of the labor that doesn't have to happen until it's needed. >> having extra seed bombs is crucial because ideally production takes a few days. finding multiple suppliers who are willing to act fast helps with the work flow. mya and michael like having options too. >> if we need something overnight, we can get it overnight and respond as quickly as possible. >> they have found a unique balance between the number of supplies they need and the products they can make. of course it...

Them temporarily. >> mark's nephew says they found a way to balance the work flow. >> we can adjust for demand if needed. >> those customers have given the company stability is the times. >> when the mill work has fallen off, we fill in the gaps with that. it's kept us chugging through slow times. >> the zpigs to grow the beer tap handle line has worked out so well that sales for the product now account for more than 50% of business. >> cash flow for the beer taps is rock solid which is really nice to have. >> the one catch about following customer demand is that the business is headed in a di...