Unlock The Financial Payoffs of Operational Productivity

The benefits of warehouse efficiency are well documented, and numerous articles confirming its financial payoffs have been written. It seems clear that most, if not all, manufacturers could benefit from some form of improvements to operational productivity. This is especially true for NYC manufacturers facing high operational costs and limited space. To combat these common obstacles, ITAC and our experienced industrial engineer partners provide professional planning, design and implementation of distribution and manufacturing requirements for companies looking to improve their operations or reduce costs.

Consulting Sessions With An Industrial Engineer

We offer objective and unbiased consulting services that include total capability from design to implementation. These tailor-made solutions provide our clients with cost-effective solutions that identify your unique requirements and meet your individual needs. Enhancing the efficiency of your production facility will not only reduce costs, but it can also improve:

Space Utilization
Customer Service and Order Accuracy
Timely Access to Inventory
Labor Costs and Labor Reporting
Material Flow
Consolidation Of Goods
Inventory Accuracy
Shipping Efficiency

Building Your Tailor-Made Strategy

Most businesses don’t have the internal resources needed to assess, plan, and execute an operational efficiency strategy. Bringing in outside expertise allows you to address a specific problem or goal with a single source of responsibility and a commitment to delivering the highest quality, most cost-effective solutions. While operational productivity can be an umbrella term, most projects typically fall into these common areas:

Process Optimization:
- Creating efficient materials handling & storage formats
- Developing materials flow paths based on department synergy and consumption velocity
- Reducing redundant handling – “touch labor”

Productivity Improvement:
- Identifying KPIs – Key Performance Indicators, to keep score of their results
- Identifying tasks that may be streamlined, or eliminated in the current process
- Producing more with less, when is semi-automation a good alternative

Operational Cost Reduction:
- Identifying Savings Pools, where is money already being spent that could be eliminated?
- Investing in the “solution” rather than continuing to finance the problem
- Cap Ex Payback versus Methodology Changes, how to calculate the best options

7 Steps To Success

Starting with a 1-hour discussion, we’ll evaluate your unique situation and discuss the unique challenges you’re facing. Operational productivity is hyper-specific to each warehouse, and our team wants to hear your specific pain points to create tailored goals and solutions. From evaluation and planning through design and implementation, we follow these 7 steps:

STEP 1: Identify Your Business Needs and Objectives

We want to understand the materials handling problem from YOUR point of view, so we can develop solutions tailored to your unique business needs.

STEP 2: Measure and Analyze Current Capabilities and Processes

We realize your current operations and capabilities must be understood, before a proper solution can be developed. For this reason, we monitor and analyze all aspects of your present business operations. Current costs, methodology, and resources are the focus of our data collection.

STEP 3: Identify “Savings Pools”

Identify areas capable of improvement in your operation and recommend changes in methodology and/or equipment offering rapid pay-back on their upgrade cost. We believe that the only feasible solution is one that can be cost justified!

STEP 4: Develop Alternative Solutions

Using computer aided design (CAD) layouts, you’ll be provided custom solutions that work…both operationally and financially. Our strategies are based on advanced principles of space management, ergonomics, and product flow integrated with the latest computer technology; all based on cost justification.

STEP 5: Prepare A Complete “Plan of Action”

You’ll receive a complete proposal for your company inclusive of recommendations, design criteria, CAD layouts, specifications and budgets needed to achieve the desired results.

STEP 6: Implementation and Installation

If you don’t have the internal resources to execute on your strategy, our team is able to provide full implementation! We offer full equipment installation and implementation, project management, and systems training for all our clients.

STEP 7: After Sales Support

It’s important that you realize the full benefit of your investment. For this reason, we offer continuous after sales support including periodic system reviews and technological updates. Our “Client Commitment” policy ensures that we continue as a value-added resource to our clients.

If you’d like to learn more about our industrial engineering team, or to receive an assessment of your operational strategy, contact us today.