In July 2018 Hadley Group acquired EWS (Manufacturing) Ltd, a manufacturer of cold rolled steel products for window and door steel reinforcement. This new arm of the business produces 25 million metres of cold roll-formed sections a year, in Wolverhampton. On acquiring EWS, one of Hadley Group’s first steps was to bring the company’s facility services standards in line with its own.
Ultra Facilities Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of the international Hadley Group, was invited to review the facilities services on sit. A specific brief was to provide the same or similar existing services, at a more competitive price point.
The appointment of Ultra has seen a 15 per cent cost reduction in cleaning services thanks to a change in staffing, shift patterns and the cost of materials; and a 20 per cent reduction to cost of consumables. Ultra Facilities Services had previously negotiated with a local supplier for products such as soap, toilet paper and black bags for the parent company Hadley Group. Moving EWS onto those same contract terms has reduced what the manufacturer was paying for similar products. Cost of the collection of general waste halved thanks to fewer collections, plus a lower unit price of collecting each waste skip.
Before the acquisition, the site was without manned security on site; cameras were monitored remotely and a local security firm made out of hours site visits. Security monitoring was moved to Hadley Group’s 24/7 operation in Smethwick and site visits are now carried out using existing resources. This has resulted in direct savings of 25 per cent with no impact on service delivery.
Hazardous waste was previously stored and collected in 1100 litre euro skips, in the centre of the factory. A move to oil drums, where a large number of 205 litre drums are now spread out over the site, has led to more efficiency. The cost of removing confidential waste was also reduced by 40 per cent as the number of consoles and collection frequency was reviewed.
Finally, the Ultra Facilities Services help desk has been extended to the company at no extra cost. Any employee can log a request for ad hoc tasks.
Steve Bayley, Business Development Manager at EWS, said: “As Ultra Facilities Services is a wholly owned Hadley Group enterprise company, we were keen to get them on board. Ultra Facilities Services carried out a thorough review of our existing facilities management practices looking at cleaning, consumables, general waste, grounds maintenance and security with the aim of implementing cost efficiencies. Since switching to Ultra Facilities Services, our costs have reduced significantly resulting in a total saving of just over 25 per cent over a full 12-month period.”
Wayne Travis, Director at Ultra Facilities Services, said: “We have been providing Hadley Group with our facility management services since early 2014. When the acquisition of EWS occurred, the team at Hadley Group was keen to get us on site to assess the existing facilities management procedures. As with all of our clients, we took a holistic view of what was required and provided a costed solution that was designed to meet their specific needs. We are pleased that we were able to provide a service offering that has significantly improved the delivery of facility services at the site while also reducing the company’s overall operational costs.”
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