First aid for your most important assets!

The past years have not been easy for the wholesale metals trade and steel processors. Steel prices were a problem, but the crisis in the industry made a particularly deep impact. In the meantime, however, the tide has turned. Many companies are reporting double-digit sales growth year-on-year. That’s really good news. However, many companies are now confronted with a lack of real craftsmen to operate the machines. Companies minimised their capacities during the crisis, and all growth creates vacancies that are difficult to fill.

Surpex observed that increasing the efficiency of machines in the recent past was often motivated by the desire to achieve optimum returns from the large investments made in steel processing machines. That remains important. But we now also see that clients want to get the best out of their sparsely populated workforce. This is understandable. If a machine is stationary, in nine out of ten cases the employee will also stop working. All of a sudden optimum availability of machines is a precondition for the optimal return on perhaps the scarcest of resources within your company: employees who are in the know.

Your company and your employees are capable of much more than what you currently believe possible. All the more reason to invest in your employees and maximise returns. We are happy to help you. Want to find out more? Contact us.

Ryan Ordelmans