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Savant Manufacturing Inc. (SMI) is a metal manufacturing company built
around supplying accessory parts for the four-wheeler industry. This
company builds front and rear racks, drop racks, floor boards, gun racks,
stick stoppers, stick shifts, and other items.
SMI
began in the fall of 1978 when Kevin Savant, the founder of Savant
Manufacturing Inc, made his first four-wheeler
rack in his backyard at the age of 14. He used homemade tools, scrap
metal, and time to complete his first rack. Other people noticed
the rack and orders began to come in. This is the humble beginnings
of SMI.
After
a few years of part-time business, there were enough orders to make it an
official company and build a work shop. This happened in 1985 at
Hwy. 383 in Kinder, Louisiana with one employee. The company did
well for the first few years. Then, in 1991, God blessed the company and the
business grew at a fast rate
and additional employees were hired and new buildings were added.
Due
to this being a self made business QUALITY is very important to SMI.
We have implemented many quality assurance checks over the years to insure
the finest products to our customers.
We begin with hiring quality people who exhibit proper Attitude, Quality,
Cooperation, and Growth. Each employee is properly trained at their
position and then goes through a review process every three months.
We have quality assurance checks on welders, painters, packers, and
shippers.
Our
next area is to purchase quality raw materials for our products. Our
purchasing agent continues to check for the best materials at the good
prices. We know that a good product that is to expensive will not
sale.
The next area is to insure the manufacturing process for each product is
double checked. All welds are not only checked by the welder they
are rechecked by the buffer and the painter. Any problems noted are
removed and corrected. The painter gets checked by the packers who
look again at each product for proper welds and painting, checking for
streaks and missed painting spots. The packers are then re-inspected
by the shippers. They look for proper packaging so the product will not
be damaged and proper parts are placed in each box. This simple process
ensures that the customer will receive what he has ordered.
SMI
also maintains state of the art computer network system. This system
handles the shipping and receiving, order processing, inventory and other
necessary programs for operating a quality business. Computers are
necessary for tracking the day to day process of a company.
SMI also has the state-of-the-art powder coated paint system. This
automated system chemically cleans and washes every part before powder
painting. After washing and rinsing and product is sprayed with
powder paint, the powder paint is baked onto the product.
It is then cooled and packed for shipping.
The
last area of quality is research of the market for the products that you
want. SMI keeps looking at improvements on existing products and
developing new products. We custom fit each item (racks, winch
plates, etc.) that we sale on new ATVs each year for quality fit. If
adjustments need to be made we make them and then add it to our product
list.
Thank you for looking through our web site.
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