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customer from the beginning,
we’ve been able to go along
with the wave and find our
way. Now, we feel our road is
clear and there is significant
growth ahead for us.”
What’s Next?
Growth for Vickers these
past few years has been
largely attributed to the
choice to invest in technology.
This organic growth is a
pillar for the business, with
Tyler commenting that the
company plans to grow
organically until it can’t grow
anymore.
“However, any opportunity
that would make the company
Strategies
The company’s approach
to business outside of
technology is built around
an amalgamation of Tier-
1 best practice and several
lean strategies. This was not
necessarily the goal when
Tyler took over the business,
but has developed since,
largely due to client feedback.
“We routinely ask our
customers: ‘What would
the perfect supplier do?
What would that relationship
look like?’ We ignored the
standards in the industry, and
stayed away from the way
things have always been done
and listened to our customers.
“We took risks, and have been
aggressive with our strategies,
and have been successful
because of it.”
Many companies, he
continued, were too afraid
to make mistakes. Vickers
Engineering has set a
precedence of learning from
what didn’t work, and making
the things that did work,
work better.
“We’ve always known what
this business was capable of,”
Tyler said. “It’s evolved over
time into what it is today.
With no set target industry or
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VICKERS ENGINEERING