Manufacturing Plant Consolidation

CPQP International specializes in manufacturing plant consolidation and distribution facility consolidation.  There are several advantages to a consolidation including substantial cost savings by reducing redundant labor, redundant operating systems, operating multiple plants, utilities and housing obsolete equipment, tooling and inventory. When planned efficiently, this is also the perfect time to optimize current processes to operate more efficiently at their new home.  A typical consolidation usually consists of one or more plants being moved into a receiving plant.

Our approach:

Consolidation Planning & Due Diligence - planning for a manufacturing plant consolidation includes tasks such as:  Determining what plants to shut down and which to keep open, which plant to receive the consolidation, logistical inventory build schedules, what machine moving will be done, costs and savings for transition and negotiations and management of cash and tax incentives.

Receiving Facility Readiness - often times a consolidation will require either substantial upgrades to infrastructure to the receiving plant OR a new facility needs to be established. CPQP handles all infrastructure upgrades to existing facilities and will completely develop a new facility if needed.

Process Optimization - a consolidation is the perfect time to re-engineer the current process lines.  CPQP will work closely with the client to develop Lean process cells to be set-up at the receiving facility.

Shut Downs and Moves - once the receiving facility is ready, we will handle all aspects of process line moves including, line shut down, equipment rigging, machine moving, transportation and unloading at the new facility.  We will assist the client with shutting down the plant, equipment disposition and clean-up.

Receiving Plant Startup - equipment will be set-up according to the process optimization plan.  CPQP will handle all aspects of process line hook-ups to utilities and supervise start-up and ‘first piece’ through.  CPQP will also assist in employee training and implementation of quality systems.

Stabilization - stabilization consists of Lean enterprise training, Lean implementation, quality registration, and supply chain migration.