a Fundamental Shift
With the state of the world as of late, it's no wonder everyone is up against a shortage in labor force, long lead-times, and increasing prices on material and equipment. The unfortunate reality is that everyone is experiencing these challenges across all industries; yet, the workload doesn’t seem to be getting any lighter. The resilient business meets these challenges head on by re-thinking how reliant they are on their outsourced services for their most critical processes.
What we’re seeing is an increasing trend in opportunities to begin new partnerships with companies whose value-chain has been damaged or constrained by their previous partners inability to adapt to ever-changing conditions in the market and industry.
Laser cutting technology has made vast improvements in the last decade causing a fundamental shift in both cost and accessibility. What’s exciting about this shift is that the outcome creates more affordable and accessible machine tools for the small to midsize job-shop or OEM.
Traditionally, laser cutting equipment and automation has been out of reach for the average shop, with the barrier of entry being well beyond any reasonable Return on Investment (ROI). Most companies, for example, are aware that to bring a laser cutter in house would mean an investment of $500-700K. For the average shop, this is a huge investment in a notoriously capital intensive industry.
When it comes to justifying an investment in equipment and the potential to bring a process in-house, the most important consideration is ROI. The ROI is simple to calculate for the average shop because they are already outsourcing much of this process, mostly due to the misconception that the ability to bring the process in-house is out of reach. But here's the clue on this new shift. For way less than half that of a $500-700k investment, you can actually purchase a high quality laser cutter with equivalent capabilities, reliability, and service.
Still can’t believe it? We’ve sold over 30 machines to customers all over the West Coast. In return, the success of these customers is proof that the technology available is well within the cost that allows companies to bring that process in-house and capitalize on those opportunities that otherwise couldn’t provide a margin worth pursuing. The secret is not simply in the machine. The key component is having a partner that provides experienced and knowledgeable applications training and local service. That is where XOVR CNC shines, with more than 50 years combined experience in the metal fabrication industry in machine-tools sales, applications, and hands on metal fabrication and engineering.
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