From High-Volume Orders to Hard-to-Find Parts
Moishe Bamberger of Central Jersey Screw & Bolt
A fastener is one of the smallest components in a product or installation — and one of the easiest to get wrong.
The right screw for one application may not work for another. Size, material, load rating, and quantity, all matter — especially for manufacturers and subcontractors working at volume or repeating the same specifications across jobs.
Central Jersey Screw & Bolt helps customers work through those details. The company supplies screws, bolts, nuts, washers, anchors, and related components — and spends the time upfront to make sure customers are ordering the right product.
“The majority of our customers, the first time they call us, they think they need A,” said Moishe Bamberger. “They don’t even need B, C, or D — they’re up to Q.”
The inventory behind that process runs between 40,000 and 50,000 fasteners in stock, with access to hundreds of thousands more variations, all housed in a 4,000-square-foot warehouse. Parts of the tracking system still run on index cards — a holdover from the company’s early days in 1979 — though a modern inventory system now runs alongside it.
The company’s role often goes beyond filling orders. For one of the country’s largest cabinet manufacturers, Bamberger spent several weeks reviewing their operation and replacing existing fasteners with better options that made production more efficient.
That same approach extends to harder-to-source needs. When a subcontractor needed a 14-inch bracket that didn’t exist off the shelf, the team sourced a custom solution rated for 15,000 pounds.
The company was acquired about six and a half years ago and has expanded significantly since then, growing both its inventory and its customer base. Today, Central Jersey Screw & Bolt operates with a team of nine or ten people.
Central Jersey Screw & Bolt has exhibited at OJBA for six years. Bamberger tracks return on investment closely, and connections from the show typically convert to active customers within a few months. One earlier OJBA connection is now helping the company build its e-commerce site.
“Our ROI is within three to five months,” Bamberger said. “Every year since we’ve been here.”
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