The following are examples of ways that Roggen Management Consultants can assist your company through studies to improve operations and reduce associated costs – click on the links to see a brief summary of our consulting experience in each of these areas:
1. REVIEW OF MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS - evaluate production operations, material flow, selection of machinery, application of work measurement standards, facility layout, and work station design. Make recommendations for improvements and cost reduction as appropriate.
2. STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT - establish work measurement standards for production and distribution operations, measure performance, determine production rates and manning requirements, set distribution workloads, and project opportunities for cost savings through improved labor performance.
3. COST BENEFIT ANALYSES - balance the timeliness, savings, and benefits available through improved company processes, facilities, and workplace conditions, against the cost, disruption and level of effort required for implementation of same. Develop yardsticks to determine which projects should move forward, and which should be shelved.
4. OFFICE PROCEDURES AND CLERICAL WORK FLOW – review and evaluate office manning and the clerical procedures and software which support company marketing, production and administrative functions. Make recommendations for process improvements, and identify opportunities for office cost reduction.
5. MATERIALS HANDLING AND PACKAGING - review and evaluate handling procedures and packaging utilized for inbound materials, in-plant transfers, production, warehousing, order picking, dock, breakbulk, and distribution operations. Identify opportunities for improved handling procedures, equipment and packaging, which would increase efficiency, reduce damage, improve safety, and eliminate costs.
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REVIEW OF MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS
As an Industrial Engineer and Management Consultant, Mark Roggen has performed and supervised a wide range of studies involving review and evaluation of production operations and materials flow, selection of machinery, application of work measurement standards, and work station design.
Clients in these studies have ranged from machine shop operators and garment manufacturers through offset printers, newspaper publishers, commercial trucking companies, and chemical processing plants.
Mr. Roggen’s combined industry and consulting experience has totaled hundreds of hours of applied time studies and methods engineering work, across a broad range of industries.
STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT
- Conducted nationwide survey to establish work measurement standards for industrial laundry pickup and delivery through time study observation. Detailed standards developed were utilized by the industry’s trade association as guidelines for evaluating delivery route performance, and the resulting report was presented to association members at its annual connvention.
- Performed a study to develop manning requirements for hauler operations servicing high speed offset presses. Resulting report was utilized as expert witness testimony in management-labor negotiations for a new union contract.
- Evaluated potential savings available through utilization of delivery cost and labor standards for national distribution of liquefied gas products. Resulting annual cost reduction was in excess of $1 million.
COST/BENEFIT ANALYSES
- Performed numerous consulting assignments structured to evaluate potential cost reduction available through increased sophistication of operating procedures, and the purchase of new equipment and services by the client.
- Feasibility of additional operating expense versus return on investment was evaluated in all aspects of client operations including:
- Implementation of labor standards programs
- Specification and purchase of machinery and equipment
- Automation of manual processes
- Establishment of standard shipping modes
- Improved product packaging
- Establishment of multi-facility distribution networks
- Facility design and site location
OFFICE PROCEDURES AND CLERIAL WORK FLOW
Conducted reviews of office procedures and clerical work flow associated with receivables, payables, order processing, distribution, production control, and various cost reporting functions. Specific areas addressed by these studies have included:
- Office layout and paperwork flow
- Integration of data processing systems
- Processing of documents and design of forms
- Clerical manning requirements
- Evaluation of input data sources and information outputs
MATERIALS HANDLING AND PACKAGING
Performed a wide range of consulting projects structured to improve material handling operations and specify material handling equipment for:
- Inbound raw materials
- In-plant production flow
- Warehouse storage and order picking
- Outbound materials
- Loading and unloading operations
- Dock and breakbulk operations
- Linehaul movements
- Local delivery
- Intermodal handling
- Handling of hazardous materials