Strategic Sourcing & Cost Competitiveness
Strategic Sourcing
Direct mill relationships with enameling steel suppliers in North America, Europe, and Asia
Technical Expertise
30 + Years of experience serving the appliance industry as a professional metallurgical engineer.
Traveled extensively throughout North America at the appliance plant level to resolve technical issues related to enamel steel performance.
Published and presented multiple articles on the steel/enamel relationship at the Porcelain Enameling Institute annual conferences.
Assisted various steel mills and manufacturers in the development of enameling steel grades.
Consulted various manufacturers in improving quality and costs through engineered value innovation (EVI).
Enamellurgy — the concept of metallurgy dedicated to porcelain enameling steels. Developed by SRJ Steel, LLC Metallurgist Warren Norton, this method of determining fish-scale resistance through titanium precipitate equivalency analysis.
Cost Competitiveness
SRJ Steel, LLC purchases directly from the steel producers in bulk and eliminates excess middlemen in the supply chain.
By partnering with strategic processors and strategic suppliers in key geographic areas, SRJ maintains a low-cost model, allowing itself to service a wide variety of customers without large capital investments.
Value added / value engineering (value) services to reduce costs:
- Product Substitution
- Thickness Reduction Through Circle Grid Analysis
- Specification Review
- Tooling Design
