Tag: metal fabricators
How metal fabricators make the most out of narrow margins
During a late fall webcast, hosted by the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Intl. (FMA), Steve Zerio, a partner with Novi, Mich.-based Triumph Partners, showed an eye-opening pie chart that broke down where the sales dollars go at a typical custom metal fabricator. Taking out the cost of material, direct and indirect labor, overhead, and sales…