Consulting

Pinnacle Engineering provides expert, specialized
consulting services, on a short-term or recurring basis,
for manufacturing and assembly facilities. Our strong
foundation in facility start-up, material handling,
conveyor engineering, project management, and lean
manufacturing techniques, gives Pinnacle clients the
benefit of experience that is both broad and deep –
and directly relevant to the challenges at hand.

Pinnacle Engineers and Teams provide
specialized consulting skills in these 7 areas:

• Facilities Planning – formalizing the scope of work for
  bid pack preparation, vendor qualification, bid review
  and contract awards. Also, demand planning.

• Project Management – including scheduling,
  (particularly for complex model change-overs),
  contract management, demolition and installation
  supervision, contractor coordination and document
  management.

• Operations Analysis – Including process flow
  analysis, facilities design, material flow optimization,
  cellular manufacturing, and line display optimization.

• Productivity Improvement – Many clients have
  Continuous Improvement commitments, often as
  part of a Lean Manufacturing initiative. For these
  firms, Pinnacle productivity specialists provide
  concepts, implementation strategies, tracking and
  evaluation so that improvements can be
  quantified and rewarded.

• Material Handling Automation – Pinnacle managers
  have a combined experience base of more than
  six decades in the development of practical automation
  strategies to meet client goals for increase in throughput,
  decrease in cycle time or handling, less manual
  intervention, or a change in product mix.

• Ergonomics Consulting – Pinnacle provides
  comprehensive strategies for eliminating stressors,
  preventing injuries, improving plant safety and
  improving both workplace productivity and
  worker satisfaction.

• Lean Manufacturing – includes supplier management
  consulting, process layout development, process
  improvement and process validation work, secondary
  operations analysis, compliance issues and more.
  

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