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Coding a Smarter Steel Industry
Unlock your digital potential, beyond your existing software.
How we empower the steel industry?
Our mission is to help metals companies achieve full automation with custom solutions that surpass traditional software, enabling digital transformation and productivity.
At Code&Steel, we support metal industry leaders by developing custom digital solutions tailored to the unique demands of manufacturing and distribution. From ideation to implementation, our expertise ensures solutions that enhance operational efficiency, modernize processes, and foster sustainable growth.
We’ve successfully worked with key players in the industry by optimizing production schedules, modernizing legacy applications, and integrating custom ERP systems. These solutions have streamlined workflows, improved operational efficiency and helped our customers maintain their competitive edge in a constantly evolving sector.
Unlocking efficiency & innovation
Digital products play an essential role for companies, particularly in the metals industry. They automate processes, reduce human error and rationalize the use of resources. Thanks to these technologies, companies can centralize their operations, reducing dependence on a single resource – a frequent phenomenon in this sector.
This dependence often creates bottlenecks and operational risks, which digital solutions help to eliminate by making processes more transparent and collaborative.
By integrating tailor-made solutions, companies benefit from:
- Increased efficiency
- Optimization of internal processes
- The ability to make informed decisions thanks to real-time data
- An enhanced customer experience with faster, more reliable, & personalized services
- Guaranteed enhanced competitiveness in the marketplace
We speak your language
We understand the specifics of your industry—you don’t need to explain what an HSS or an H beam is.
Beyond knowing the lingo, we’re familiar with your challenges: production scheduling, vehicle loading, traceability, and Mill Test tracking. We’ve successfully helped companies like yours solve these problems, particularly in structural steel and fabricated metals.
Our experience in software automation enables us to provide practical and technical solutions to bring your projects to a successful conclusion, based on these three fundamental pillars:
Technical Mastery
We ensure project success through our deep knowledge of advanced tools and techniques specific to the metals industry.
Process Management
Our team expertly adapts and manages processes to fit the unique needs of each company, ensuring a customized approach.
Project Expertise
With a thorough understanding of your project’s goals and software needs, we bring targeted solutions that align with your business strategy.
MANUFACTURING
Optimized Production
Maximize efficiency & precision in metal manufacturing with custom automation
DISTRIBUTION
Streamlined Operations
Enhance distribution with tailored IT solutions for seamless, efficient management.
Technology tailored to serve your operations, not dictate them
We craft code that automates, innovates, and modernizes your operations without disrupting your processes.
A few words about us
"Over the last few years, we have been very concerned about the end of life of our current system. We were quickly won over by the professionalism of Openmind, who were able to adapt to our reality and genuine business needs. From the beginning, their team listened attentively to create a software tailored to our specific context, rather than offering a pre-packaged solution that would require us to adjust all our processes"
"We now operate with unparalleled efficiency and accuracy. The high adoption rate among our sites speaks volumes about the system's success. We are extremely satisfied with the outcome and are committed to embracing further advancements in technology with Openmind as our trusted partner."
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Exceptional IT expertise, a different way of doing things, and new technological solutions all combine to deliver major results for our customers.
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