Plant Layout & Lean Flow Development

A plant relocation is too much work and disruption to go through to not end up with a better operation than you started with. TAG’s relocation experts will help you identify improvement opportunities and integrate those opportunities into your new production operations and facility during the relocation process. This usually begins early in the planning process with the layout of your new facility.

Whether moving into an existing structure or designing a building from scratch, TAG will help you develop an optimized plant layout for your new operations. After analyzing your current processes, the team will optimize a lean process flow from the first operation through final shipment. As part of the project, TAG will review your current processes and equipment and will help you find ways to update/modify as necessary. TAG will then analyze and process map the current product, material, and information flow in order to fully understand the processes involved. From this macro data, TAG will help you develop a lean "optimized" layout and incorporate these new flows into the new facility layout and operations plan. TAG and your team will then review this proposed layout and develop the final footprint for your new facility. Upon revision and final approval, this block diagram plant layout will be provided to you (and your contractor if you have new construction or significant modifications) with locations for equipment identified for final detailing and integration.

Making these improvements is critical for implementing positive change. The analysis and development work that goes into this process is a key element of building construction or modification, equipment move sequencing, equipment or systems procurement planning, start-up planning, and for minimizing risk to the customer.

Plant Layout & Lean Flow Development is a foundation stone for relocation planning. The TAG Team can add unprecedented breadth and depth to this critical phase of the planning process.

Contact TAG to help you begin the relocation planning process with a Plant Layout built on a firm “LEAN Foundation”.