Successful companies focus and concentrate on the core competencies of their own strengths and their production know-how.

They outsource expensive jobs or tasks that cannot be executed efficiently by their own company and lie outside their core area of business to specialised service providers. Jobs are usually outsourced for cost, efficiency or accounting reasons (to avoid high investments, commitment of funds, to eliminate costs completely or allocate costs differently, improve Return on Capital Employed (ROCE) and credit ratings, etc.)

The areas of material supply, sourcing, purchasing, transport of supplies, customs formalities, warehouse logistics, processing such as sawing, pre-drilling, pre-milling, pre-turning, etc. (i.e. activities with a lower share of value creation) as well as material testing, in-production checks, quality management issues, documentation, material certificates, requirements of documentation for export restrictions, e.g. Dodd. Frank Act, can usually be optimised in some way to the benefit of the company through an outsourcing concept.

In the machine and metal industry, contract manufacturing is defined as outsourcing to an external company. This outsourcing includes company-specific production and processing steps throughout the entire production procedure. It also covers processes in the supply chain, such as transport and storage of the semi-finished products, according to the wishes and specifications of the customer.

That is why LB MetallService AG offers companies in the metal processing industry various types of collaboration. This depends on the extent you, as a customer, would like to outsource; ranging from the classic option of simply processing orders to the complete system partnership in Single Sourcing, where we are effectively an extension to your workbench as we deliver directly to your production machine. The latter saves you time otherwise spent on administration, ensures you have all the necessary documents for the material and if you opt for a call-off system and just-in-time logistics, we can prepare all the necessary customs export documents and even export your deliveries.

Don’t miss out on important advantages and a competitive edge with LB MetallService AG.

• With us, you are always one step ahead – because we offer more than just optimal products from high-quality materials.
• If you are looking for tailor-made solutions, we work together with you on new products and services
• If you are looking for a fair, reliable partner, then you are in the right place – because we know that we are only successful with our customers when we create benefits for them and win-win situations.

This is exactly what we specialise in and therefore we know all the ins and outs. By concentrating on these competencies among the suppliers of steel and metal products in Switzerland, we have gained some well-known major companies as our key customers. You can also benefit from our existing core competencies and infrastructure as an SME.

• We will gladly process your sawing jobs with precision and expertise at reasonable prices – just give us a call!
• Sawing centre with 16 sawing machines, which we use to cost-effectively cut over 1,000,000 sections per year to customer specifications and deliver them directly to their workbench
• Your central warehouse with a fully automated high-bay warehouse containing:
  • 2 rack dispensing systems
  • 24 output stations
  • over 2,300 cases
  • capacity for more than 11,000 tonnes of uncut goods, bar steels and profiles
  • We are happy to store your materials as part of an outsourcing concept and deliver them on time to your production machines. Contact us for a no-obligation consultation. We will then be able to draw up an offer based on your needs.

Find out more about our varied and comprehensive range of services as your outsourcing partner.

• LB MetallService – Standard
• LB MetallService – Premium
• LB MetallService – Alliance

• More focus on your own core competencies
• Increased output and improved performance within core tasks
• Optimal scalability
• Less funds committed to specific areas by converting fixed to variable costs
• Costs can be calculated clearly
• Cost-effectiveness/reduced costs due to lower Total Cost of Ownership
• Faster response to changes
• No own investments (storage infrastructure, sawing machines, belts, hardware, software, new technologies)
• Lower labour costs due to focussing and specialisation of the workforce and infrastructure
• Elimination of the external maintenance and upkeep costs of internal service infrastructure
• Reduction in cost for premises (smaller storage area and production area)