Your CNC Machine Is Running. The Problem Is You Can’t Find Enough Work For It.
Or the opposite - you have too much work and the machine can’t keep up. Both are problems. Both are killing you.
I Know That Feeling
In mechanical engineering, I’ve seen both. Productions where CNC machines run in two shifts, filled to the end.
Every day on edge. Every project urgent.
And workshops where the machine stands idle. Free capacity. But not enough orders.
The irony? Some have too much work and are looking for subcontractors. Others have free capacity and are looking for customers. But they don’t find each other.
This Happens Every Day
If you have a CNC workshop, you know this cycle:
Full → Rejecting orders → Customer goes elsewhere → Gap in the plan → Panic → Looking for new customers → Marketing → Trade shows → €30,000/year in costs. And then? Full again. Rejecting again.
Or: Empty → Machine stands → Costs running → Looking for work → Calling, writing → Nobody responds → Lowering prices → Working for nothing Service companies live on the edge.
Too much work or too little. Constantly.
What Most People Do (Wrong)
They invest in marketing.
Google Ads: €800-2000/month.
LinkedIn: €500-1500/month.
Facebook: €500.
Trade shows: €10,000-15,000/show.
Total? €24,000 to €50,000 per year.
Just to get noticed. And what do you get? Maybe some inquiries. Maybe. If you’re lucky.
ROI? 3-6 months before you even see results. If you see them at all. Meanwhile, the machine stands. Or works for too low a price because you had to negotiate down.
There’s A Better Way
Win-win.
There’s a solution.