Furniture Engineering Consulting - Lean Manufacturing

Engineering Services

We offer furniture and wood products consulting services in Lean Manufacturing and other engineering areas to improve global competitiveness through the implementation of world-class manufacturing initiatives.  We are experienced in re-engineering manufacturing companies to cut costs and increase plant productivity to enable the company to better compete globally.  We have assisted over 350 companies around the world in these efforts.

Key Benefits

• Share our vast practical experience in implementing Lean Manufacturing to eliminate waste and improve productivity

• Provide engineering resources not available in-house in order to reduce costs to become more globally competitive

• Jump-start the improvement process by assisting your engineers or acting as the engineering department you do not have

• Share the expertise of our global experience

Capabilities

We have the ability to assist in the implementation of a wide range of engineering initiatives from factory design and layout to production control and scheduling.  We focus on the implementation of world-class lean manufacturing concepts such as JIT, TPM, 5S, and Cellular Manufacturing to eliminate non value added activities that raise the cost of your product and reduce factory thru-put..

New Plant and Plant Expansions

With our group of Associates [including industrial architects] we can offer "single source" consulting capability including: Economic Appraisal, Project Programming, Site Selection and Preliminary Design, Final Design, Construction Administration, On-Site Engineering, and Start-Up.

 

 

Re-Engineering for Lean Manufacturing

We offer comprehensive re-engineering and training service to modernize your manufacturing process to meet the requirements for shorter lead times at reduced costs.  Our effective implementation of continuous improvement and lean manufacturing have helped companies reduce waste and costs and become more globally competitive.  This has become essential in this climate of global competition.

 

 

Plant Layout

The plant layouts of the 1970s and '80s are not globally competitive any longer.  We can produce plant layouts designed to remove constraints, to improve thru-put, and to reduce costs by utilizing lean manufacturing principals.

 

Equipment  Specifications and Design 

We will assist in determining the specifications and design of equipment for your new or existing plant without costly over-engineering.  We accept no commissions from machinery manufacturers or dealers.

 

Product Engineering

We have assisted companies around the world with product design and engineering services in order to make their products acceptable for export.