In 1994 Donna Moraz visited K&S Millwrights for the first time. Now, 22 years later Donna got the opportunity to revisit with longtime business associates and friends, Susan and Brad Krumrey. What Donna found at K&S during her recent tour were vast changes and growth over the past couple of decades.
DeeRoss Company, Inc., Donna’s company has been a supplier of buckets, pulleys, belting, liners, level sensors and more to K&S Millwrights since May of 1994 when K&S first opened. At that time, Donna was working with K&S as small business comprised of only Susan and Brad. Susan conducted business out of a quonset garage building, and Brad was often working out of his truck. Donna remembers “there was no fabrication shop, no K&S branded trailers, no auto-cad engineering, no onsite inventory, and no cranes. Today, K&S has all of that!”
“It was clear from what I saw that their ability to respond quickly to customer needs is really outstanding.”
It’s fantastic to be able to glance at your own business through the eyes of someone else who can easily identify changes from his or her perspective. Donna was gracious enough to share the pictures she took on her recent tour and what struck her as remarkable, noting, “it was clear from what I saw that their ability to respond quickly to customer needs is really outstanding.”
Inventory and a hardware store onsite!
Jon Petit (K&S), Donna Moraz (DeeRoss Company), and Brad Krumrey (K&S Owner) on Saturday morning at the hardware store at K&S Millwrights.
Lots of V-belts and electrical components ready to respond to a customer breakdown.
Jon, Pat, and Brad with all the parts in stock!
Donna Moraz, DeeRoss Company checking out the Rhino Hyde urethane that she just shipped to K&S for lining spouting & hoppers before harvest.
More than a truckload of transitions, elbows, band clamps, and more that are available for immediate shipment.
Spouting accessories, screw augers, motors, and reducers are crated and ready for the job site.
Another truckload of K-valves and pipe sections. Donna was amazed at the organization of all the inventory.
Another building dedicated to responding immediately to customer breakdowns. More components ready to ship.
Ready for installation!
It is truly one-stop shopping at K&S!
More inventory located in Buffalo Lake. They have more space that most big box stores!
Dedicated Office Space
As usual Brad was working hard already on Saturday morning. There’s a purchase order somewhere on his desk from Brad to Donna.
Jon is quoting a project over the weekend for a local customer.
Susan and Donna have known each other for 22 years.
Donna and Pat take a break from watching John and Brad do all the heavy lifting.
K&S Has Really Grown!
Donna had no idea that K&S had added a dedicated shop and fabrication area.
Donna was very impressed with the fleet of work trailers ready to respond to a grain elevator shut down and pre-harvest project.
The big expansive yard for unloading equipment from vendors and staging equipment to ship to the job site was all new to Donna.
The top section of a grain dryer proves no job is too large for K&S to handle.
