Our clients work on projects that require coordinating a diverse set of elements. This is true of their tube needs as every project has a customized requirement in taking a bare tube to a finished product ready for installation.
The more suppliers they must organize, coordinate, and manage, the more difficult the task and often the higher the cost. Even under the best of times this is a challenge, but when lead time on a project is compressed due to emergency or unanticipated situations, having to use multiple vendors to secure finished tubes on time and on budget can become unworkable.