Adam Hickey, Ben Peters, Suzanne Hickey, Leo Hickey, naNick Peters vakamhanyisa chirimwa cheHickey Metal Fabrication muSalem, Ohio panguva yekukura kwakasimba kwebhizinesi mumakore matatu apfuura.Mufananidzo: Hickey Metal Fabrication
Kusakwanisa kuwana vanhu vanofarira kujoinha indasitiri yesimbi imhinganidzo yakajairika kumakambani mazhinji esimbi ari kutsvaga kukura bhizinesi ravo.Kazhinji, makambani aya haana vashandi vanodiwa kuti vawedzere mashifiti, saka vanofanirwa kushandisa zvakanyanya zvikwata zvavo zviripo.
Hickey Metal Fabrication, inogara muSalem, Ohio, ibhizimusi remhuri remakore makumi masere rakambonetsekana.Ikozvino muchizvarwa chayo chechina, kambani yakatarisana nekudzikira, kushomeka kwezvinhu, shanduko yetekinoroji, uye ikozvino denda, ichishandisa pfungwa kufambisa bhizinesi rayo.Akatarisana nekushomeka kwevashandi kwakafanana kumabvazuva kweOhio, asi panzvimbo pekumira, ari kutendeukira kune otomatiki kuti abatsire kugadzira huwandu hwekugadzira kukura nevatengi uye kukwezva bhizinesi idzva.
Chirongwa ichi chakabudirira mumakore maviri apfuura.Denda risati rasvika, Hickey Metal yaive nevashandi vanopfuura mazana maviri, asi kudzikira kwehupfumi kwakabatana nedenda mukutanga kwa2020 kwakonzera kudzingwa.Anoda kusvika makore maviri gare gare, iyo simbi yekugadzira simbi yemusoro inodzokera ku187, nekukura kweinenge 30% muna 2020 uye 2021. (Kambani yakaramba kuburitsa mari yegore negore.)
"Taifanira kuona kuti tingaramba sei tichikura, kwete kungoti tinoda vanhu vakawanda," akadaro Adam Hickey, mutevedzeri wemutungamiri wekambani.
Izvi zvinowanzoreva zvimwe zvekushandisa otomatiki.Muna 2020 na2021, Hickey Metal yakadyara mari gumi nematanhatu ekudyara mumidziyo, kusanganisira mitsva yeTRUMPF 2D uye laser chubhu yekucheka michina, TRUMPF marobhoti bending modules, marobhoti welding module uye Haas CNC machining michina.Muna 2022, kuvaka kuchatanga panzvimbo yechinomwe yekugadzira, ichiwedzera imwe 25,000 mativi emamita kune yakazara kambani 400,000 mativi emamita enzvimbo yekugadzira.Hickey Metal yakawedzera gumi nenhatu mimwe michina, inosanganisira gumi nemaviri kW TRUMPF 2D laser cutter, Haas robotic turning module uye mamwe marobhoti welding module.
"Iyi mari yekugadzira otomatiki yave shanduko kwatiri," akadaro Leo Hickey, baba vaAdam uye mutungamiri wekambani."Tiri kutarisa izvo automation inogona kuita pane zvese zvatinoita."
Kukura kunoshamisa kwekambani uye kukura-kunotungamirwa nekuchinja kwekushanda uku uchichengetedza hukama hwepedyo hwekushanda neazvino vatengi hwaro ndizvo zviviri zvezvikonzero zvikuru nei Hickey Metal yakanzi 2023 Indasitiri Mugadziri Wemubayiro Winner.Kambani ine mhuri yesimbi yesimbi yakanetsekana kuti bhizinesi remhuri rienderere mberi kwezvizvarwa, uye Hickey Metal iri kuisa hwaro hwechizvarwa chechishanu kuti chibatane nechikonzero.
Leo R. Hickey akatanga Hickey Metal muSalem muna 1942 sekambani yekutengeserana padenga.Robert Hickey akabatana nababa vake paakadzoka kubva kuHondo yeKorea.Hickey Metal akazovhura chitoro paGeorgetown Road muSalem, Ohio, kuseri kwemba yaigara Robert uye akarera mhuri yake.
Muma1970, mwanakomana waRobert Leo P. Hickey nemwanasikana Lois Hickey Peters vakabatana neHickey Metal.Leo anoshanda pauriri hwechitoro uye Lois anoshanda semunyori wekambani uye mubati wehomwe.Murume wake, Robert “Nick” Peters, akabatana nekambani iyi mukupera kwema2000, anoshandawo pachitoro ichi.
Pakazosvika pakati pemakore ekuma1990, Hickey Metal yakanga yakurira chitoro chayo chekutanga cheGeorgetown Road.Zvivakwa zviviri zvitsva zvakavakwa mupaki yeindasitiri iri pedyo ingori maminetsi mashanu kubva.
Hickey Metal Fabrication yakavambwa pamusoro pemakore makumi masere apfuura sekambani yekutengesa denga rekutengesa asi yakakura ikava kambani ine-zvinomera zvinomwe ine anopfuura 400,000 mativi emamita enzvimbo yekugadzira.
Muna 1988, kambani yakatenga yekutanga TRUMPF punch press kubva kufekitori yakavharwa iri pedyo.Nemidziyo iyi inouya mutengi, uye pamwe nayo danho rekutanga kubva padenga kuti uenderere mberi nebasa pakugadzirwa kwesimbi zvimiro.
Kubva kuma1990 kusvika kumavambo 2000s, Hickey Metal yakagadziridzwa zvishoma nezvishoma.Chirimwa chechipiri uye chechitatu chirimwa mupaki yeindasitiri chakawedzerwa uye chakabatana chakafanana.Nzvimbo iri padyo iyo yakazove Plant 4 yakawanikwa zvakare muna 2010 kuti ipe kambani imwe nzvimbo yekugadzira.
Zvisinei, njodzi yakaitika muna 2013 apo Louis naNick Peters vakapinda mutsaona yemotokari muVirginia.Lois akakuvara, uye Nick akakuvara musoro izvo zvakamutadzisa kudzokera kubhizimisi remhuri.
Mudzimai waLeo, Suzanne Hickey, akabatana nekambani kubatsira Hickey Metal gore mutsaona isati yaitika.Anozopedzisira atora mutoro wekambani kubva kuna Lois.
Tsaona iyi inomanikidza mhuri kukurukura nezveramangwana.Munguva iyi vanakomana vaLois naNick Nick A. naBen Peters vakabatana nekambani.
“Takataura naNick naBen ndokuti: “Varume, munoda kuitei?Tinogona kutengesa bhizinesi uye kuenderera mberi munzira yedu, kana isu tinogona kuwedzera bhizinesi.Unoda kuita sei?”Suzanne anoyeuka.."Vakati vanoda kusimudzira bhizinesi."
Kwapera gore, mwanakomana waLeo naSuzanne, Adam Hickey, akasiya basa rake rekushambadzira redhijitari kuti abatane nebhizinesi remhuri.
"Takaudza vakomana kuti taizoita izvi kwemakore mashanu uye tozotaura nezvazvo, asi zvakatora nguva," Suzanne akadaro."Tese takazvipira kuenderera mberi nebasa iro Lois naNick vakabatana mariri."
2014 yaive harbinger yemakore anotevera.Plant 3 yakawedzerwa nemidziyo mitsva, mimwe yacho yakapa Hickey Metal nehunyanzvi hwekugadzira.Kambani yakatenga yekutanga TRUMPF chubhu laser, iyo yakavhura musuwo wekugadzirwa kweanorema machubhu, uye Leifeld simbi yekutenderera muchina wekugadzira makoni ari chikamu cheakawanda ekutakura matangi.
Iwo maviri achangopfuura ekuwedzera kuHickey Metal campus aive Fekitori 5 muna 2015 uye Fekitori 6 muna 2019. Pakutanga kwa2023, Plant 7 yave pedyo nekusvika kuzere.
Mufananidzo wemuchadenga uyu unoratidza kambasi yeHickey Metal Fabrication muSalem, Ohio, kusanganisira nzvimbo isina vanhu iyo zvino ine chivakwa chitsva chekuwedzera, Plant 7.
"Tese tinoshanda pamwe chete zvakanaka nekuti tese tine simba redu," akadaro Ben.“Semunhu anoita basa rekugadzira michina, ndinoshanda nemichina nekuvaka zvivakwa.Nick anoita dhizaini.Adam anoshanda nevatengi uye anonyanya kubatanidzwa muchikamu chekushanda.
“Tese tine masimba edu uye tese tinonzwisisa indasitiri iyi.Tinogona kusimuka tobatsirana pazvinenge zvichidiwa,” akawedzera.
“Pese panoda kuitwa sarudzo pamusoro pekuwedzera kana mudziyo mutsva, munhu wese anobatanidzwa.Munhu wese anobatsira,” akadaro Suzanne."Panogona kunge paine mazuva auchange wakatsamwa, asi mukupera kwezuva, unoziva kuti tese tiri mhuri uye tiri pamwe chete nezvikonzero zvimwe chete."
Chikamu chemhuri chebhizinesi remhuri iyi hachingotsananguri hukama hweropa pakati pevakuru vekambani.Mabhenefiti ane hukama nebhizinesi remhuri zvakare anotungamira Hickey Metal sarudzo uye inoita basa rakakosha mukukura kwayo.Mhuri zvechokwadi inovimba nemaitiro emazuva ano ekutarisira uye maitiro ekugadzira kuti asangane nezvinotarisirwa nevatengi, asi ivo havasi kungotevedzera muenzaniso wemamwe makambani muindasitiri.Vanovimba neruzivo rwavo pachavo uye ruzivo kuti rwuvatungamirire mberi.
Mune chero mamiriro ezvinhu kubasa nhasi, unogona kuseka pfungwa yekuvimbika.Mushure mezvose, kuregererwa kunowanikwa mumakambani ekugadzira, uye nyaya yemushandi anosvetuka kubva kune rimwe basa kuenda kune imwe nokuda kwekusimudza kuduku inozivikanwa kune vakawanda vanogadzira simbi.Kuvimbika ipfungwa kubva kune imwe nguva.
Kana kambani yako yatendeuka makumi masere, unoziva kuti yakatanga kubva panguva iyoyo yekutanga uye ndicho chimwe chezvikonzero nei pfungwa iyi yakakosha kuHickey Metal.Mhuri inotenda kuti chete ruzivo rwese rwevashandi rwakasimba, uye kuti nzira chete yekuwedzera hwaro hweruzivo kuve nevashandi vane ruzivo.
Maneja wekuvaka, munhu anoisa nhanho uye ane mutoro wekuita kwesaiti, anga aine Hickey Metal kwemakore akati wandei, kazhinji makore makumi maviri kusvika makumi matatu nemashanu, achitanga pauriri hwechitoro uye achishanda kumusoro.Suzanne anoti maneja akatanga ne general maintenance uye iye zvino ari kutungamira plant 4. Ane mano ekugadzira marobhoti uye kushandisa CNC michina muchivako.Anoziva zvinoda kuendeswa kupi kuitira kuti pakupera kweshift yozoiswa murori kuti iendeswe kumutengi.
“Kwenguva refu munhu wese aifunga kuti zita rake ndiGM nekuti ndiro raive zita rake remadunhurirwa panguva yekugadziriswa.Akashanda kwenguva yakareba,” akadaro Suzanne.
Kukura kubva mukati kwakakosha kuHickey Metal nekuti kana vanhu vazhinji vachiziva nezve maitirwo ekambani, kugona uye vatengi, ndipo pavanogona kubatsira nenzira dzakasiyana.Adam anoti yakauya inobatsira panguva yedenda.
“Kana mutengi akatifonera nekuti anogona kunge asina zvinhu kana kuti anofanirwa kuchinja odha yake nekuti haakwanise kuwana chimwe chinhu, isu tinokwanisa kugadzirisa nekukasira nekuti isu tinoramwa mabasa mumafekitori akati wandei uye maneja ekuvaka Mabasa anoziva zviri kuitika, chii chiri kuitika. ," akati.Mamaneja aya anogona kukurumidza kufamba nekuti anoziva kwekuwana nzvimbo dzebasa uye kuti ndiani anogona kubata mabasa matsva.
Iyo TRUMPF TruPunch 5000 punch press kubva kuHickey Metal ine otomatiki pepa rekubata uye chikamu chekugadzirisa mabasa anobatsira kugadzirisa mavhoriyamu makuru esimbi nekupindira kushoma kwemushandisi.
Cross-training ndiyo inokurumidza nzira yekudzidzisa vashandi pane zvese zvikamu zvekambani yesimbi.Adhamu anoti vari kuedza kugutsa chido chevashandi kuti vawedzere unyanzvi hwavo, asi vanozviita maererano nehurongwa hwepamutemo.Semuyenzaniso, kana mumwe munhu achifarira programming robhoti welding sero, vanofanira kutanga kudzidza sei weld, sezvo welders vachakwanisa tune welding unhu robhoti zviri nani pane asiri-welders.
Adam anowedzera kuti kudzidzisa-muchinjika kunobatsira kwete chete pakuwana ruzivo runodiwa kuti uve mutungamiriri anobudirira, asiwo pakuita kuti pasi rechitoro riwedzere.Muchirimwa ichi, vashandi vaiwanzogamuchira kudzidziswa sewelder, roboticist, punch press operator, uye laser cutting operator.Nevanhu vanokwanisa kuzadza mabasa akawanda, Hickey Metal inogona kubata zviri nyore nekushaikwa kwevashandi, sezvazvakaita mukudonha kwekupedzisira apo zvirwere zvakasiyana-siyana zvekufema zvaive zvatekeshera munharaunda yeSalem.
Kuvimbika kwenguva refu kunowedzera kune vatengi veHickey Metal zvakare.Vazhinji vavo vave nekambani kwemakore akawanda, kusanganisira vaviri vanga vari vatengi kwemakore anopfuura makumi maviri nemashanu.
Ehe, Hickey Metal inopindura kune zvikumbiro zviri nyore zvezvikumbiro, senge chero mumwe mugadziri.Asi anovavarira zvinopfuura kungopinda pasuo.Iyo kambani yaida kuvaka hukama hwenguva refu hwaizoibvumira kuita zvinopfuura kubhidha pamapurojekiti uye kuziva vamiririri vekutenga.
Adam akawedzera kuti Hickey Metal yatanga kuita izvo zvinonzi nekambani "basa remusangano" nevatengi vakawanda, mabasa maduku angasadzokororwa.Chinangwa ndechekukunda vatengi uye nekudaro kuwana chibvumirano chenguva dzose kana basa reOEM.Sekureva kwemhuri, shanduko iyi yakabudirira ndechimwe chezvikonzero zvikuru zvekukurumidza kukura kweHickey Metal mumakore matatu apfuura.
Mhedzisiro yehukama hurefu idanho rebasa iro vatengi veHickey Metal vanowana zvakaoma kuwana kupi kumwe.Zviripachena kunaka uye kuendesa panguva yakakodzera chikamu cheizvozvo, asi vanogadzira simbi vanoedza kuve vanochinjika sezvinobvira kuchengetedza zvimwe zvikamu mustock yevatengi ava kana kuve munzvimbo yavanogona kuisa maodha ezvikamu uye kuendesa kunogona kuitwa nekukurumidza sezvinobvira. .mumaawa 24 chete.Hickey Metal yakazvipirawo kupa zvikamu mumakiti kubatsira vatengi vayo veOEM nebasa regungano.
Zvikamu zvemutengi handizvo chete zvinhu izvo Hickey Metal inazvo mustock.Anoitawo shuwa kuti ane zvinhu zvakakwana paruoko kuti ave nechokwadi chekupihwa nguva dzose kune aya makiyi vatengi.Iri zano rakanyatsoshanda pakutanga kwedenda.
"Zviripachena panguva yeCOVID vanhu vaibuda mukugadzira matanda uye vachiedza kuodha zvikamu uye kutora zvinhu nekuti vakangozviwana kumwe kumwe.Isu takanga tichisarudza panguva iyoyo nekuti taifanira kuchengetedza moyo wedu,” akadaro Adam.
Dzimwe nguva idzi hukama hwepedyo hwekushanda nevatengi hunotungamira kune dzimwe nguva dzinonakidza.Muna 2021, mutengi weHickey Metal wenguva refu kubva kuindasitiri yezvekufambisa akaenda kukambani iyi kuti iite chipangamazano chekugadzira mota yekutengesa mota yaida kuvhura chitoro chayo chekugadzira simbi.Adam akati akati wandei evamiriri vevatengi vakavimbisa kuti izvi zvichabatsira mapato ese sezvo OEM yaitarisa kubatanidza vamwe vayo madiki masimbi ekugadzira masevhisi uye kuita basa mukati-mba vachichengetedza uye pamwe nekuwedzera chikamu cheHickey Metal.mukugadzira.
Iyo TRUMPF TruBend 5230 otomatiki yekubhenda sero inoshandiswa kuita zvinopedza nguva uye zvakaoma kubhenda mapurojekiti aimboda vanhu vaviri.
Panzvimbo pekuona zvinodiwa nevatengi sekutyisidzira ramangwana rebhizinesi, Hickey Metal Fab yaenda mberi uye yakapa ruzivo rwekuti ndezvipi michina yekugadzira yakanakira basa iro vatengi vayo veOEM vanoda kuita uye ndiani wekubata kuhodha michina.Nekuda kweizvozvo, iyo automaker yakaisa mari mune maviri laser cutters, CNC machining centre, muchina wekupeta, welding midziyo nemasaha.Nekuda kweizvozvo, rimwe basa rakaenda kuHickey Metal.
Kuvandudza bhizinesi kunoda mari.Kazhinji, mabhanga anofanira kupa izvi.Kumhuri yekwaHickey, iyi yanga isiri sarudzo.
“Baba vangu havana kumbobvira vaita dambudziko rekushandisa mari mukusimudzira bhizinesi.Taigara tichichengeta mari yacho,” akadaro Leo.
“Musiyano uripano ndewekuti kunyangwe tese tichigara zvakanaka, kambani iyi hatiisi ropa,” akaenderera mberi.“Unonzwa nyaya dzevaridzi vachitora mari kumakambani, asi havana rubatso rwakanaka.
Kutenda uku kwakabvumira Hickey Metal kuisa mari mukugadzira tekinoroji, iyo yakaita kuti zvikwanise kuchengetedza bhizinesi rekuwedzera, asi haikwanise kuwedzera zvechokwadi shanduko yechipiri nekuda kwekushomeka kwevashandi.Iyo mechanic mashandiro muzvirimwa 2 uye 3 muenzaniso wakanaka wekuti kambani inogona kushandura sei mune imwe nzvimbo yekugadzira kana imwe.
“Mukatarisa pachitoro chedu chemichina munoona kuti takachivaka zvachose.Takaisa marashi matsva nemichina yekugaya nekuwedzera otomatiki kuti tiwedzere basa,” akadaro Adam.