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Your Strategy To Succeed
To make the most of technological change, you need solid process improvement strategies, technical know-how and the right components. At Quanex, our experts are ready to help you find answers to all your toughest questions:
- How can I operate more efficiently?
- How can I prepare my workforce for the future?
- How can I hit higher-quality and consistency goals?
- How can I grow my business?
Discover the possibilities with Quanex. With our high-performance products, backed by our expertise in all parts of your manufacturing operations, we’re ready to help you prepare for the future.
LABOR
You can’t do without it
Finding the right people is a necessity. And it’s a bigger challenge than ever. Manufacturers need to invest in new skill sets as manufacturing evolves. The journey toward continuous improvement depends on it. Quanex can help you maximize your labor and invest in the right skills—in the right places—on your plant floor.
New manufacturing technologies and strategies can improve safety, retention and job satisfaction—and that can drive your business forward.
- Manufacturing is physically taxing; semi-automated and automation technology can eliminate repetitive tasks and heavy lifting.
- Reducing physical labor can help eliminate injury risk.
- Reallocating skills to high-value tasks can boost employee engagement.
Your business depends on quality products.
A subpar product can cost you. Whether it’s a defect found on the shop floor or worse, one discovered after installation, your reputation can take a major hit. Meanwhile, codes and energy demands grow increasingly stringent. Want to uncover new ways to boost quality? Quanex can help you deliver high-quality, high-performance products, no matter the market dynamics.
- Our suite of proven, high-performance products can delivery robust quality your customers demand.
- Our technical service teams can help you audit your production processes, helping you to identify and fix quality problems.
- Outsource your screens production with us to procure consistent, high-quality screens from our dedicated experts.
No matter your needs, we can tailor a plant transformation strategy to help you succeed.
Floor Utilization
Maximize your available space
Square footage comes at a premium, and your ability to grow your business can depend on your physical capacity. Optimized manufacturing is no small feat. Production lines, inventory and office space take up room. Are you set up as efficiently as possible? Quanex can help you maximize your space with the highest-value, highest-opportunity parts of your business:
- Reduce waste and streamline your work.
- Optimize storage and inventory space with new software solutions.
- Consolidate line layouts with fully automated vertical equipment.
- Take back real estate with strategic screens outsourcing.
Where to begin? Consider a plant audit with Quanex’s Technical Services team.
Productivity
Optimize your operations
Short lead times. On-time delivery. First-time quality. Inventory headaches, bottlenecks and unexpected delays can throw a wrench into the best-laid plans. Learn how you can stay lean, nimble and productive with Quanex. These are qualities your customers depend on. Are you able to deliver on them with quickness and efficiency?
You need more than just new manufacturing technology to meet your potential. Consider:
- Optimized raw materials sourcing helps maximize your capacity.
- Order tracking and barcoding helps handle higher volume.
- Keeping up on critical maintenance eliminates downtime.
Plant Transformation means questioning your current processes and thinking differently. Find out how with Quanex.