System Integration by Stelter & Brinck

June 12, 2012 - PRLog -- In today’s society, people want projects completed “at the blink of an eye” and they also want a good deal on their projects in terms of price. For most large projects, companies usually get multiple bids for each task and choose the vendor who provided the lowest quote. The project ends up being completed by a collaboration of “the least expensive” vendors When this is the case, the hiring company is typically disappointed in the accountability of their vendors and finds themselves spending unnecessary time fixing problems and acting as the project manager. One alternative to this “multi-vendor” madness is system integration performed by a sole vendor.

Stelter & Brinck is one company that offers integrated systems; S&B puts various custom-built pieces of process heat equipment together on one skid in order to form an integrated system. Stelter & Brinck is a company that embraces accountability. Customers transfer engineering, design, fabrication, test fire and field start up responsibilities to S&B. This enables the company to focus efforts on core business, rather than spending time managing numerous vendors. S&B’s system integration reduces their customers’ costs and increases their profitability by taking advantage of S&B’s efficient operation. In addition to all the time saved getting quotes from vendors, Stelter & Brinck’s integrated packaged systems can also save weeks and months of installation and commissioning time.

When dealing with system integrators in every business arena, it’s important to follow a few guidelines.

1.   Choose a company with a solid background and who has experience. The company should be well-established.
2.   Choose a company who is dedicated to making things right the first time and who has open lines of communication. During the quoting process, you can usually get a feel for the vendor’s enthusiasm and honesty. You need to choose someone who wants to do a good job for you, even though that may not be the least expensive route.
3.   Ask for some examples of previous projects and call to follow up with those clients. Interview the clients and ask specific, open ended questions about the project. When questions aren’t open-ended, it’s easy to give a “yes or no” answer, rather than detailed pertinent information.
4.   Preform a credit check on your system integrator and a couple of their vendors. Ask your system integrator how long they’ve been working with each of their vendors. Strong partnerships and financial stability of all parties are critical to a successful project.
5.   Be sure that your vendor can do the entire job. Only one company should be responsible for each and every task you’re requesting. Your system integrator should be willing and able to take full-accountability for your project.






For more information about process heat system integration, please call Stelter & Brinck at 513-367-9300 or visit http://www.stelterbrinck.com/integrated.htm