Helping a company with facility expansion and process automation to support growth

Leaders of a firm asked Elliott Davis: “Can you help us design our facility expansion to support our growth and automate key processes?”

Context

• Premier event rental company located in Northeast U.S.
• Existing warehouse lacked sufficient floorspace to support the company's growth
• Labor intensive processes and a highly seasonal industry creating high labor costs

Our Approach

• Assessed current state facility layout and supported selection of new equipment to automate processes with the highest labor costs
• Incorporated existing inventory storage as well as new racking to expand inventory capacity in new warehouse
• Utilized lean methodologies to balance space constraints with optimal material flow to create future state
• Supported project management efforts through completion of facility expansion

Client Impact

• Successfully managed the implementation of $3M+ of capex spend
• Design efforts laid the groundwork for implementation of improved inventory management systems and process improvements

Combined efforts contributed to $740,000 year over year reduction in overtime spend

We also helped this customer with inventory management and process improvements.

We Can Help

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