Layout and material flow
Design of new lines, relocations and expansions: layout alternatives, routes, buffers and interfaces with adjacent areas.
Less handling, less work in process, better use of space
Industrial operations consulting
More capacity without CAPEX, or the right CAPEX validated before you spend it.
We help manufacturers decide layout, capacity and investments with data: Lean on the shop floor, process simulation and artificial intelligence applied to operations.
Let's talk What we do- LeanGemba, OEE, flow
- SimulationLayout and capacity
- AIData into decisions
Many plants don't have a capacity problem. They have a decision problem.
They invest in the wrong machine, building or line because nobody could test beforehand whether it would work. This is how the conversation with an operations or plant director usually starts:
Demand is going up and I don't know if we can make it with what we have.
We need to expand or move the line, and there are several layouts on the table.
We invested and the bottleneck is still there. It just moved.
We have data in the ERP and in Excel, but nobody turns it into decisions.
What we do and what it delivers
We combine shop-floor work with data analysis and simulation, so every decision is made on evidence rather than intuition.
Capacity and simulation
Simulation models of the plant to test demand scenarios, bottlenecks, buffers and staffing before investing.
The right investment, tested before you spend it
Operational excellence
Lean diagnosis and implementation with the client's team: OEE, SMED, line balancing, standard work and visual management.
More output from the same resources
Digitalisation and applied AI
Shop-floor data capture, KPIs and dashboards, and AI assistants for repetitive production, quality and admin work.
Shop-floor data turned into decisions and automated work
Our method
Four steps, from the shop floor to the decision and from the decision to results.
Gemba
We see the real process on the floor, not the one in the procedure.
Data
We measure where capacity is lost and what it costs.
Simulation
We compare alternatives on screen, not on the factory floor.
Implementation
A plan with owner, deadline and KPI, together with your team.
What we don't do
- Reports that end up in a drawer.
- Never-ending programmes.
- Nice layouts that can't be built.
How to start
A short on-site diagnosis: identification of quantified losses and priority decisions. We work in English and Spanish, across Spain, Europe and the United States.
Write to us
eduardopuerta@iter360consulting.com