It isn’t just the price of the finished product that makes the difference between a great shop and a mediocre shop. It’s the makeup of the shop that produces the quality and precision necessary into today’s tough marketplace. There is no room for error in the products our skills and tools make for our customers across diverse industries. Lives depend on our thoroughness and dedication to excellence. Prudent customers from every industry look to the overall integrity of our shops before placing that critical contract in our hands.
The Tool Box
In a modern shop, we are faced with keeping up with the ever-evolving machinery and tools that produce the best quality products. The investment to keep up with new computer-guided systems is considerable, but every year we find that investment in tooling is what pulls in the contracts. Archaic tools and machinery prevent us from machining the crucial product that today’s high-tech customers demand. Quality and precision is the result of an investment in up-to-date machines, software, and certifications that identify us as a precision machine shop.
Systems and Operators
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP) are the two options that identify how we handle work flow. Solid planning defines our processes from initial engineering through to the finished product. ERP and MRP systems streamline time, material and costs to pass on savings to our customers. Whichever plan we choose, our final solutions depend on the skill of our engineers and operators. A skilled team is that all important component of our operations that control the quality and precision of our final product.
Diversity and Finances
With the proper tools and planning, the doors open to let us meet the diverse material and tooling needs of customers across multiple industries. We become a yes shop and retain customer loyalty. Our reputations build as we add the cutting-edge know how, but the tooling and machinery costs are high. Cutting profit margins isn’t always the answer to success. We need to retain our profit margins and set our prices to ensure we can purchase the technology producing the quality components making our shops a precision machine shop.
