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June 2025 #17311 Page #19
Now’s the Time to Pause So You Can Look Ahead Wendy Boyd Chief Customer Officer Machinery Group Spida Machinery
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or many in the structural building components industry, the past few months have been quieter than usual. This has been caused by a combination of factors including economic, regulatory, and operational. I was talking to a customer recently and he put it like this: “where we’re normally running through the factory trying to get work out the door, now we’re walking through the shopfloor and not having to rush.” Although being less busy can be unsettling, it also opens up an opportunity—one that’s easy to miss when you’re sprinting from job to job, from deadline to delivery. These quieter times offer the ideal moment to pause and look inward. If you’re finding yourself in this situation at the moment, I suggest that you stop and take the time to answer all those questions you haven’t had time to address, such as: •
where are the pressure points or bottlenecks in our operation?
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what slows us down?
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what frustrates our team?
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what holds us back from running at full potential?
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what process or machinery changes can provide more efficiencies?
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are there manual tasks that would be more beneficial to be automated?
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is our factory layout and placement of machinery helping or hindering our flow of lumber?
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what can we do to streamline the processes in our factory?
At Spida Machinery, we’ve been having a number of these conversations lately with manufacturers from factories of all sizes. It’s encouraging to see many factories using this time to reflect and refocus, because when the market changes again and “walking” goes back to “running,” the businesses who have used this time wisely will be in an advantageous position. I’ve outlined a number of things for you to consider in these quieter periods when you have a moment to breathe!
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