Case Studies
Manufacturing Process and Material Flow – Aerospace and Mass Transit
Our Process Optimization Team was engaged as a partner and extension to the customer team to identify and improve efficiencies through facility consolidations, manufacturing process and material flow improvements.
Multinational Industrial Equipment Manufacturer
Client experiencing waste, delays and retrofit challenges in defined operations. Overall goal to enhance site organization, staffing and workload balancing to meet daily demand efficiently and cost-effectively.
Parts Distribution Center - Supply Chain Services
A service parts operation located on the East Coast, United States, contacted Design Systems, Inc. to develop and manage the consolidation of a multi-site parts distribution operation into a single site operation. The current facility required a warehouse expansion, reconfiguration, and automation to improve efficiency while reducing waste, cost and redundant functions.
Space Optimization and Automation Solutions - Vitamin and Supplement Manufacturer
A vitamin and supplement manufacturer located on the East Coast contacted Design Systems, Inc. with the intent of constructing a new building due to space constraints.
Value Stream Transformation | Semi Truck Manufacturer
Large semi-truck manufacturer struggling with quality defects at several critical path stages throughout their process.
Large Specialty Vehicle Manufacturer - Facility Relocation
A multi-phase project required relocating and rightsizing the entire operation 20 miles away. Current operations and facility layout were disjointed, inefficient and customer service levels were not being met.
Large Consumer Goods Manufacturer - Manufacturing Process and Material Flow
Client was seeking to develop a Master Plan for their facility to capture duplication of current state processing capacity, right size storage and optimize processes.
Large Mobile and Modular Home Manufacturer – Manufacturing Optimization – Value Stream Mapping
Our client approached us due to a need to increase their productivity and output of their modular and mobile pre‐manufactured homes. We provided this client with a current, future, and ideal value steam map of their facilities activities. The Value Stream Maps showed the flow of material from dock to dock which allowed for the analysis of all the steps involved. DSI was able to implement many improvements without any capital expenditures required from the client.