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Case ID
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Title
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Description
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3-02184
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Supporting clients anywhere they go.
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A long time client of IET requested facility layout expertise for a proposed operation in Europe. IET’s engineers were on-site promptly and worked with the rest of the team to provide a business-winning proposal.
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3-04342
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Strategic planning pays off.
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IET helped this client avoid problems in the future by proving that their current facility could not support the new business already on the books.
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1-99860
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Project management for facility redesign.
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IET worked with Sampco Companies to design a new facility, implement lean
manufacturing, eliminate unnecessary labor and minimize customer lead-time.
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1-11
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Conceptual design implementation.
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IET worked with Owens Corning in Virginia to develop and implement a
conceptual design.
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1-6
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Solutions centered on savings.
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[p>Companies with multiple facilities can compound their savings by consolidating industrial
engineering projects with IET.[/p>
[p>BWAY Packaging invested less than $100,000 for IET to study five different facilities. The estimated return on investment per year: $1.4 million.[/p>
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1-7
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Facility layout analysis saves money.
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IET worked with BorgWarner to determine if a proposed layout was
justified.
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1-8
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Assembly line design is instrumental.
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IET assisted Lear Corporation in winning the Volvo instrument panel business.
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1-04316
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Understanding complex systems with computer simulation.
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IET helped its client increase packaging capacity 14% with no additional equipment by using simulation tools to understand complex interactions between production resources.
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1-05498
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Four million reasons to enhance efficiency.
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Working with IET, Sunrise Windows enhanced production efficiency and eliminated the need to build an additional facility – a $4,000,000 savings in capital avoidance. IET solutions also generated $550,000 in annual labor savings.
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1-06578
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Getting the waste out - fast!
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IET’s client needed to boost throughput and labor productivity before either one became a serious business problem. Within three weeks, IET presented a solution that boosted throughput 33% without adding people, equipment or floor space. This quick action kept the client from possibly shutting down an OEM assembly line.
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3-05475
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Seeing is believing.
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Using fundamental industrial engineering techniques and shop floor savvy, IET showed this company how labor productivity could be improved more than 10%.
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3-05498
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Flex to demand for true variable costs.
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IET’s client needed the ability to adjust their costs on a weekly basis due to varied customer demands, a challenge of their industry. IET provided a direct and indirect labor plan that would allow a 35% flex up and down from average weekly demand, while ensuring that the skilled labor pool was motivated to support these adjustments.
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3-06524
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Balancing responsibilities saves money.
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The client had an immediate need to generate cash flow and labor reductions were the target. IET was able generate $200,000 annual savings by rebalancing a major assembly line in two weeks.
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2-06518
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Right-sizing indirect labor saves millions.
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IET helped its client save $1.4 million per year by improving the true productivity of the material handling workforce.
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2-01972
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Tackling overhead costs in the laboratory.
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IET demonstrated that industrial engineering tools and techniques can be used to improve indirect labor productivity in laboratory settings by providing detailed recommendations for lowering technician headcount by 25%.
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