Most metal processing businesses are looking for ways to better control production costs. At RealSTEEL, we understand the need to cut costs. We also know that the answer lies in inventory management. And the best [...]
Your metals processing business probably already has loads of data. While it’s important to have access to data, it’s even more important to turn it into insights you can actually use to drive your business [...]
Our metals clients frequently tell us that one of their biggest challenges is supply chain management. Tracking inventory can be difficult in the best of circumstances, but the volatility of the past year has been [...]
Are you looking to grow profits for your metals business? Perhaps a better question would be who isn’t trying to grow profits?! Based on our many years of experience helping metal processing companies grow, we [...]
The heart and soul of any metals processing company is the shop floor. This is where the action is! And where the core business of slitting, bending, drilling, painting, and assembling happens. It doesn’t matter [...]
The amount of data your metals operation is collecting each day has skyrocketed over the past decade. That data can provide enormous value to the business but can also be a great risk. While it [...]
Whenever someone suggests that it’s time for the organization to replace the ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system, there is always pushback. ERP implementations have historically been long, involved, and expensive—disrupting the business and requiring lots [...]
Everyone who has been through an ERP implementation has stories to tell about disruption, delays, and drawn-out processes. In the past, on-premises ERP projects required the deployment of new hardware—often including new workstations for each [...]
Sales quoting is both the most difficult and the most important task that your steel service center and sales team performs. Getting quotes right has an impact far beyond your service center and all the [...]
Metal fabricators are facing more complexity and stiffer competition every day. How can you optimize resources across production in a way that reduces costs and improves profits? The key is to streamline information flow and [...]
When it comes to metals industry accounting, accuracy is paramount. In today’s competitive market, you cannot afford to have inaccurate data in forecasting, quoting, or scheduling. At RealSTEEL, we understand that tracking materials in the [...]
Metals processors, especially right now, have remote workers either occasionally or full-time. This can include field-based sales, managers of multiple facilities, and external processing partners. How do you ensure these workers have the information they [...]
We don’t have to tell you that metals processing can be complex. You already know how challenging it is to optimize inventory and production while controlling costs. It gets even more complicated as you expand [...]
Have you been waiting for the right time to migrate to cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP)? Perhaps you are waiting for the cloud to become even more secure and affordable. Or maybe you think that [...]
You’ve heard a lot about the cloud and its transformational capabilities. While the cloud won’t change your fundamental metals operations, it will dramatically change the amount of control and visibility you have particularly for multi-step [...]
