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Easy Access Company
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Stainless & Alloy FabricationCustomer Story

25% Increasein Factory Productivity

Easy Access Company

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The wins for Easy Access Company

25%
Factory productivity increase
MTD
Productivity tracking
Northland
New Zealand

Northland-based access equipment manufacturer — costed times, staff accountability, month-to-date productivity tracking. 25% factory productivity gain on Empower.

Everyone knows the costed time

Empower puts each job's costed time in front of the person doing the work. Neil Hodges, Production Management — with visible targets, staff "are more likely to achieve" them.

Month-to-date, not year-end

Live productivity tracking on Empower means Easy Access can see the productivity picture MTD, not wait for year-end accounts to find out how the workshop ran.

Access equipment, made in Northland

Easy Access Company build stainless and alloy access equipment out of Northland — quality gear for demanding sectors. Empower runs the production side so the fabricators can focus on the metal.

Zero Risk Software

Our Productivity Guarantee

You see gains like Easy Access Company's in your first year — or we provide unlimited support, free of charge, until you do.

20–40%
Productivity increase

Faster jobs, greater workshop output — with the same overheads.

$5–$15k
Saved per month

Stop losing money to manual tracking and hidden inefficiencies.

7 days
To go live

Get Empower working on your floor in under a week.

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