Adam Hickey, Ben Peters, Suzanne Hickey, Leo Hickey, da Nick Peters sun gudanar da masana'antar Hickey Metal Fabrication a Salem, Ohio a lokacin haɓakar kasuwanci mai ƙarfi a cikin shekaru uku da suka gabata.Hoto: Hickey Metal Fabrication
Rashin samun mutane masu sha'awar shiga masana'antar sarrafa karafa matsala ce ta gama-gari ga galibin kamfanonin da ke neman bunkasa kasuwancinsu.A mafi yawan lokuta, waɗannan kamfanoni ba su da ma'aikatan da za su ƙara sauye-sauye, don haka dole ne su yi amfani da mafi yawan ƙungiyoyin da suke da su.
Hickey Metal Fabrication, tushen a Salem, Ohio, kasuwancin iyali ne mai shekaru 80 da ya yi gwagwarmaya a baya.Yanzu a cikin ƙarni na huɗu, kamfanin ya shawo kan koma bayan tattalin arziki, ƙarancin kayan masarufi, canjin fasaha, yanzu kuma annoba, ta amfani da hankali don gudanar da kasuwancinsa.Yana fuskantar irin wannan ƙarancin ma'aikata a gabashin Ohio, amma maimakon ya tsaya cak, yana juyowa zuwa sarrafa kansa don taimakawa ƙirƙirar ƙarin ƙarfin masana'antu don haɓaka tare da abokan ciniki da jawo sabbin kasuwanci.
Shirin ya yi nasara cikin shekaru biyu da suka gabata.Kafin barkewar cutar, Hickey Metal yana da ma'aikata sama da 200, amma tabarbarewar tattalin arzikin da ta yi daidai da barkewar cutar a farkon 2020 ya haifar da kora daga aiki.Kusan shekaru biyu bayan haka, adadin masu ƙirƙira ƙarfe ya dawo zuwa 187, tare da haɓaka aƙalla 30% a 2020 da 2021. (Kamfanin ya ƙi bayyana alkalumman kudaden shiga na shekara-shekara.)
"Muna buƙatar gano yadda za mu ci gaba da girma, ba wai kawai muna buƙatar ƙarin mutane ba," in ji Adam Hickey, mataimakin shugaban kamfani.
Wannan yawanci yana nufin ƙarin kayan aikin sarrafa kansa.A cikin 2020 da 2021, Hickey Metal ya saka hannun jari na 16 a cikin kayan aiki, gami da sabbin injinan TRUMPF 2D da Laser tube yankan, TRUMPF robotic lankwasawa modules, robotic walda kayayyaki da Haas CNC machining kayan aiki.A cikin 2022, za a fara ginin a kan masana'anta na bakwai, tare da ƙara ƙarin ƙafar murabba'in 25,000 zuwa jimillar ƙafar murabba'in 400,000 na sararin samaniyar kamfanin.Hickey Metal ya kara da ƙarin injuna 13, gami da 12,000 kW TRUMPF 2D Laser cutter, Haas robotic juyi module da sauran nau'ikan walda na mutum-mutumi.
Leo Hickey, mahaifin Adam kuma shugaban kamfanin ya ce: "Wannan saka hannun jari a aikin sarrafa kansa ya kasance abin canza mana wasa.""Muna duban abin da atomatik zai iya yi don duk abin da muke yi."
Haɓakawa mai ban sha'awa na kamfani da canje-canjen aiki na haɓakawa yayin da yake kiyaye dangantakar aiki ta kud da kud tare da tushen abokin ciniki na yanzu sune manyan dalilan biyu da ya sa aka sanya sunan Hickey Metal lambar yabo ta Manufacturer na Masana'antu na 2023.Kamfanin kera karafa mallakin dangi ya yi gwagwarmaya don ci gaba da kasuwancin iyali har tsawon tsararraki, kuma Hickey Metal yana shimfida harsashi na tsara na biyar don shiga harkar.
Leo R. Hickey ya kafa Hickey Metal a Salem a cikin 1942 a matsayin kamfanin yin rufin kasuwanci.Robert Hickey ya shiga mahaifinsa lokacin da ya dawo daga yakin Koriya.Hickey Metal a ƙarshe ya buɗe kantin sayar da kan titin Georgetown a Salem, Ohio, kusa da gidan da Robert ya zauna kuma ya rene danginsa.
A cikin 1970s, ɗan Robert Leo P. Hickey da 'yar Lois Hickey Peters sun shiga Hickey Metal.Leo yana aiki a filin shago kuma Lois yana aiki a matsayin sakatare na kamfani da ma'aji.Mijinta, Robert "Nick" Peters, wanda ya shiga kamfanin a ƙarshen 2000s, yana aiki a kantin sayar da.
A tsakiyar 1990s, Hickey Metal ya haɓaka ainihin kantin sayar da titin Georgetown.An gina sabbin gine-gine guda biyu a wani wurin shakatawa na masana'antu kusa da mintuna biyar.
Hickey Metal Fabrication an kafa shi sama da shekaru 80 da suka gabata a matsayin kamfanin yin rufin kasuwanci amma ya girma zuwa kamfani mai shuka bakwai tare da sama da ƙafa 400,000 na sararin masana'anta.
A cikin 1988, kamfanin ya sayi bugu na farko na TRUMPF daga masana'anta da ke kusa.Tare da wannan kayan aiki ya zo da abokin ciniki, kuma tare da shi mataki na farko daga rufin don ƙara yin aiki a kan samar da tsarin karfe.
Daga 1990s zuwa farkon 2000s, Hickey Metal ya haɓaka sannu a hankali.An fadada masana'antar ta biyu da ta uku a cikin gandun dajin masana'antu kuma an haɗa su a layi daya.An kuma samu wani wurin da ke kusa wanda daga baya ya zama Plant 4 a cikin 2010 don samarwa kamfanin ƙarin sararin samarwa.
Duk da haka, bala'i ya faru a cikin 2013 lokacin da Louis da Nick Peters suka yi hatsarin mota a Virginia.Lois ta mutu don raunin da ta samu, kuma Nick ya ji rauni a kai wanda ya hana shi komawa kasuwancin iyali.
Matar Leo, Suzanne Hickey, ta shiga kamfanin don taimakawa Hickey Metal shekara guda kafin hadarin.A ƙarshe za ta karɓi alhakin kamfani daga Lois.
Hatsarin ya tilasta wa dangi su tattauna nan gaba.A wannan lokacin Lois da ’ya’yan Nick Nick A. da Ben Peters sun shiga kamfanin.
"Mun yi magana da Nick da Ben kuma muka ce:" Guys, me kuke so ku yi?Za mu iya sayar da kasuwancin mu ci gaba da tafiya, ko kuma mu fadada kasuwancin.Me kake so ka yi?"Suzanne ta tuna.."Sun ce suna son bunkasa kasuwancin."
Bayan shekara guda, ɗan Leo da Suzanne, Adam Hickey, ya bar aikinsa na tallan dijital don shiga kasuwancin iyali.
Suzanne ta ce: "Mun gaya wa yaran cewa za mu yi hakan na tsawon shekaru biyar sannan za mu yi magana game da shi, amma ya ɗan daɗe.""Dukkanmu mun himmatu don ci gaba da aikin da Lois da Nick suka shiga."
2014 ya kasance mai harbinger na shekaru masu zuwa.An fadada shuka 3 tare da sababbin kayan aiki, wasu daga cikinsu sun ba da Hickey Metal tare da sababbin damar samarwa.Kamfanin ya sayi Laser bututu na TRUMPF na farko, wanda ya bude kofa don samar da bututu masu nauyi, da injin Leifeld karfen jujjuya don kera kwanukan da ke cikin manyan tankunan samar da kayayyaki.
Abubuwan ƙari biyu na baya-bayan nan zuwa harabar Hickey Metal sune Factory 5 a cikin 2015 da Factory 6 a 2019. A farkon 2023, Shuka 7 yana kusa da isa ga cikakken iya aiki.
Wannan hoton na iska yana nuna harabar Hickey Metal Fabrication a Salem, Ohio, gami da guraben da babu kowa a yanzu wanda ke da sabon ƙarin ginin, Shuka 7.
"Dukkanmu muna aiki tare da kyau saboda dukkanmu muna da karfinmu," in ji Ben.“A matsayina na mai aikin injiniya, ina aiki da kayan aiki da gina gine-gine.Nick yayi zane.Adam yana aiki tare da abokan ciniki kuma ya fi shiga cikin ɓangaren aiki.
"Dukkanmu muna da karfinmu kuma dukkanmu mun fahimci masana'antar.Za mu iya tashi tsaye mu taimaki juna a lokacin da ake bukata,” ya kara da cewa.
“A duk lokacin da ake buƙatar yanke shawara game da ƙari ko sabbin kayan aiki, kowa yana shiga ciki.Kowa ya ba da gudummawa,” in ji Suzanne."Wataƙila akwai kwanaki da za ku yi fushi, amma a ƙarshen rana, kun san cewa dukanmu dangi ne kuma muna tare saboda dalilai iri ɗaya."
Bangaren iyali na wannan kasuwancin iyali ba wai kawai ya bayyana dangantakar jini tsakanin shugabannin kamfanin ba.Fa'idodin da ke da alaƙa da kasuwancin iyali kuma suna jagorantar shawarar Hickey Metal kuma suna taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen haɓakar sa.Lallai dangi sun dogara da tsarin gudanarwa na zamani da dabarun masana'antu don biyan tsammanin abokan ciniki, amma ba kawai suna bin misalin sauran kamfanoni a cikin masana'antar ba.Suna dogara da gogewarsu da iliminsu don jagorantar su gaba.
A kowane hali a wurin aiki a yau, za ku iya yin ba'a game da ra'ayin aminci.Bayan haka, korar ma’aikata ya zama ruwan dare a kamfanonin kera, kuma labarin ma’aikaci yana tsalle daga wannan aiki zuwa wani don ƙaramin ƙara ya saba da yawancin masanan ƙarfe.Aminci ra'ayi ne daga wani zamani.
Lokacin da kamfanin ku ya cika shekaru 80, kun san ya fara tun daga farkon zamanin kuma wannan shine ɗayan dalilan wannan ra'ayi yana da mahimmanci ga Hickey Metal.Iyali sun yi imanin cewa kawai ilimin haɗin gwiwar ma'aikata yana da ƙarfi, kuma hanyar da za a iya fadada tushen ilimin shine samun ƙwararrun ma'aikata.
Manajan ginin, mutumin da ya tsara taki kuma yana da alhakin aikin wurin, ya kasance tare da Hickey Metal na shekaru da yawa, galibi 20 zuwa 35 shekaru, yana farawa a kan bene kuma yana aiki sama.Suzanne ta ce manajan ya fara ne da kulawa na gama-gari kuma yanzu yana kula da shuka 4. Yana da ikon tsara robobi da sarrafa injinan CNC a cikin ginin.Ya san abin da ake buƙata a aika ta yadda a ƙarshen lokacin za a iya loda shi a kan babbar motar da za a kai ga abokin ciniki.
"Na dogon lokaci kowa yana tunanin sunansa GM saboda wannan shine sunan laƙabinsa a lokacin kulawa na gaba ɗaya.Ya yi aiki na dogon lokaci, ”in ji Suzanne.
Girma daga ciki yana da mahimmanci ga Hickey Metal saboda yawancin mutane sun san matakai na kamfani, iyawa da abokan ciniki, suna iya taimakawa ta hanyoyi daban-daban.Adamu ya ce ya zo da amfani a lokacin bala'in.
"Lokacin da abokin ciniki ya kira mu saboda ƙila ba su da kayan aiki ko kuma su canza odarsu saboda ba za su iya samun wani abu ba, za mu iya daidaitawa da sauri saboda muna da kora daga aiki a masana'antu da yawa da manajan gine-gine Ayyuka sun san abin da ke faruwa, abin da ke faruwa. ,” in ji shi.Waɗannan manajoji na iya motsawa cikin sauri saboda sun san inda za su sami guraben aiki da kuma waɗanda za su iya ɗaukar sabbin buƙatun aiki.
The TRUMPF TruPunch 5000 punch press daga Hickey Metal sanye take da atomatik takardar handling da rarrabuwa ayyuka da cewa taimaka wajen aiwatar da babban kundin karfe tare da kadan sa hannun mai aiki.
Horarwa ta giciye ita ce hanya mafi sauri don ilimantar da ma'aikata a kan kowane fanni na kamfanin sarrafa karafa.Adam ya ce suna kokarin gamsar da sha’awar ma’aikata na fadada kwarewarsu, amma suna yin hakan ne bisa wani tsari na musamman.Misali, idan wani yana da sha’awar tsara na’urar walda ta mutum-mutumi, ya kamata ya fara koyon yadda ake walda, tunda masu walda za su iya daidaita yanayin walda na mutum-mutumi fiye da wadanda ba sa walda.
Adamu ya kara da cewa, horar da ‘yan wasa na da amfani ba wai don samun ilimin da ake bukata don zama jagora mai inganci ba, har ma da kara wa shaguna karin haske.A cikin wannan shuka, ma'aikata yawanci suna samun horo a matsayin mai walda, ɗan adam na robotic, ma'aikacin latsawa, da ma'aikacin yankan Laser.Tare da mutanen da ke iya cika ayyuka da yawa, Hickey Metal zai iya magance rashin ma'aikata cikin sauƙi, kamar yadda ya faru a ƙarshen faɗuwar lokacin da cututtuka daban-daban na numfashi suka yi yawa a cikin al'ummar Salem.
Dogon aminci yana ƙara wa abokan cinikin Hickey Metal suma.Yawancin su sun kasance tare da kamfanin shekaru da yawa, ciki har da ma'aurata da suka kasance abokan ciniki fiye da shekaru 25.
Tabbas, Hickey Metal yana amsa buƙatun masu sauƙi don shawarwari, kamar kowane masana'anta.Amma yana nufin fiye da tafiya a cikin ƙofar.Kamfanin yana so ya gina dangantaka na dogon lokaci wanda zai ba shi damar yin fiye da ƙaddamar da ayyuka da kuma sanin wakilan sayayya.
Adam ya kara da cewa Hickey Metal ya fara yin abin da kamfanin ya kira "aiki na bita" tare da abokan ciniki da yawa, ƙananan ayyukan da ba za a sake maimaita su ba.Manufar ita ce cin nasara abokan ciniki don haka samun kwangila na yau da kullum ko aikin OEM.A cewar iyali, wannan nasarar sauyi na ɗaya daga cikin manyan dalilan da ke haifar da saurin bunƙasa na Hickey Metal a cikin shekaru uku da suka gabata.
Sakamakon daɗaɗɗen dangantaka shine matakin sabis wanda abokan cinikin Hickey Metal ke wahalar samu a ko'ina.Babu shakka inganci da isar da lokaci yana cikin wannan, amma masu ƙirƙira ƙarfe suna ƙoƙari su kasance masu sassauƙa kamar yadda zai yiwu don adana wasu sassa a hannun jari ga waɗannan abokan cinikin ko kuma kasancewa a cikin yanayin da za su iya ba da oda don sassa kuma ana iya bayarwa da wuri-wuri. .cikin awa 24 kacal.Hickey Metal kuma ta himmatu wajen samar da sassa a cikin kayan aiki don taimaka wa abokan cinikin OEM aikin taro.
Sassan abokin ciniki ba shine kawai abubuwan Hickey Metal ke da su ba.Yana kuma tabbatar da samun isassun kayan aiki a hannu don tabbatar da kayayyaki na yau da kullun ga waɗannan manyan kwastomomi.Wannan dabarar ta yi aiki da gaske a farkon cutar.
"Tabbas lokacin COVID mutane suna fita aikin katako suna ƙoƙarin yin odar sassa da samun kayan saboda kawai ba su iya samun su a wani wuri ba.Mun kasance masu zaɓe sosai a lokacin saboda muna buƙatar kare ainihin mu,” in ji Adam.
Wani lokaci waɗannan haɗin gwiwar aiki na kusa da abokan ciniki suna haifar da wasu lokuta masu ban sha'awa.A cikin 2021, abokin ciniki na Hickey Metal na dogon lokaci daga masana'antar sufuri ya tuntubi kamfanin don yin aiki a matsayin mai ba da shawara ga masana'antar kera abin hawa na kasuwanci wanda ke son buɗe nasa shagon kera ƙarfe.Adam ya ce da yawa daga cikin wakilan zartarwa na abokin ciniki sun ba da tabbacin cewa hakan zai kasance da amfani ga ɓangarorin biyu yayin da OEM ke neman haɓaka wasu ƙananan masu samar da ƙirar ƙarfe da yin aikin a cikin gida tare da kiyayewa da yiwuwar haɓaka rabon Hickey Metal.a samarwa.
Ana amfani da tantanin lanƙwasa ta atomatik na TRUMPF TruBend 5230 don aiwatar da ayyukan lanƙwasawa mai cin lokaci da hadaddun waɗanda a baya suna buƙatar mutane biyu.
Maimakon kallon bukatun abokin ciniki a matsayin barazana ga makomar kasuwancin, Hickey Metal Fab ya ci gaba kuma ya ba da bayani game da abin da kayan aikin masana'antu ya dace don aikin da abokan ciniki na OEM ke so su yi da kuma wanda za su tuntuɓar don yin odar kayan aiki.A sakamakon haka, da automaker ya zuba jari a cikin biyu Laser cutters, CNC machining cibiyar, lankwasawa inji, walda kayan aiki da kuma saws.A sakamakon haka, ƙarin aikin ya tafi Hickey Metal.
Ci gaban kasuwanci yana buƙatar jari.A mafi yawan lokuta, bankuna dole ne su samar da wannan.Ga dangin Hickey, wannan ba zaɓi bane.
“Mahaifina bai taba samun matsala wajen kashe kudi wajen bunkasa kasuwanci ba.Koyaushe muna ajiyewa don hakan, ”in ji Leo.
Ya ci gaba da cewa "Bambancin a nan shi ne ko da yake dukkanmu muna rayuwa cikin kwanciyar hankali, ba ma zubar da jinin kamfanin.""Kuna jin labarin masu mallakar kuɗi suna karɓar kuɗi daga kamfanoni, amma ba su da kyakkyawar alaƙa."
Wannan imani ya ba Hickey Metal damar saka hannun jari a cikin fasahar kere kere, wanda ya ba da damar ci gaba da samun ƙarin kasuwanci, amma ba zai iya haɓaka sauye-sauye na biyu da gaske ba saboda ƙarancin aiki.Ayyukan injiniya a cikin tsire-tsire 2 da 3 misali ne mai kyau na yadda kamfani zai iya canzawa a wani yanki na samarwa ko wani.
“Idan ka duba shagon injinan mu, za ka ga cewa mun sake gina shi gaba daya.Mun shigar da sabbin injinan lathes da injin niƙa tare da ƙara sarrafa kansa don ƙara yawan aiki,” in ji Adam.