Business View Magazine | December 2018

258 259 ty to make an extra dime or dollar. Once a month, we buy lunch for everybody and then we have a talk, where we explain our successes, our failures, and some of our challenges.We are open about the direction in which we’re headed. Another thing we do is, once a week, we have a meeting where we call the whole company together and we celebrate the wins in each department.We try to create an atmosphere that keeps people here, long-term. One of our great successes is that we have very low turnover; we keep people em- ployed here for a long time.” Going forward, Burns says there are a few items on his agenda - one is ramping up the sales de- partment. “We really haven’t had much of a sales team because everything that’s come in has been word-of-mouth,” he states. “So, we are planning on creating a robust sales and marketing depart- ment, which we haven’t focused on at all since day one.” Another agenda item is creating a second level pick area and pack stations. “As the company grows, the warehouse shelving will grow and we will grow up in space,” he states. “So, next year, we’ll have a full second level in our pick area, and then, we even have plans to go to a third level in our pick area.We anticipate that we should be able to double our output in this location in the next three years.” A third area is the freight side of the business. “In the beginning we didn’t have a great handle on freight,” Burns says. “We just utilized some of Since 1985, we have been the Rocky Mountain leader in Complete Material Handling Solutions www.welchequipment.com We offer complete warehousing solutions, from forklifts & equipment to systems design and more! l FORKLIFTS NEW & USED l PARTS & SERVICE l RENTALS & LEASING l INSTALLATION l WAREHOUSE SOLUTIONS l FABRICATION ENLINX PREFERRED VENDOR n Welch Equipment www.welcheq.com the freight services.We’re currently introducing a complete freight program, which will allow us to do full analysis, tracking and returns.With this in place there are a few areas to grow. One is to take what we’ve learned and what we do into existing warehouses and run the warehouse, internally, for other companies. Another option is to create an additional warehouse similar to our current one and increase our freight sales to people that are outside of the warehouse.” But Burns adds that all of those things are on hold through the end of the year. “The Company has enjoyed phenomenal growth and been recog- nized for its success, including being listed as one of America’s fastest growing companies by Inc. 5000,” he says. “That kind of growth takes a lot of hard work and investment so, we decided this last year to turn the turbos off and get everything running correctly. Then, we will turn them on again in the first or second quarter of next year.” With its passion for Perfect Delivery, and its devotion to its values, it’s pretty well guaran- teed that Enlinx’s turbos are set to create quite a thrust.