The goal for this project was to maintain operations at two woodworking facilities while consolidating both at a third facility.

Design Fabricators, a division of Leggett & Platt, purchased a facility large enough to allow consolidation of activities located in two other locations. However, they wanted to continue operations to the extent possible at the two operating facilities and use as much of the existing dust collection equipment as possible in the new location.

Since BSM had assisted the company with two prior moves, Design Fabricators turned to BSM for help with this special needs project.

Equipment and Part Re-Use Saved Money
BSM planned the new dust collection system to use as many pieces from the two existing systems as possible. Since the size of the existing system components would work as primary and back-up systems at the new facility, Design Fabricators only had to purchase new supporting materials to get the system to fit the locations planned within the new building. Scheduling and planning the actual equipment moves required careful integration and completing tasks on time.

Detailed Project Planning Minimized Operation Downtime
The project began with installing new key components of the duct system at the new location. At this point, some equipment was moved from each of the existing location to the new plant, and equipment from one of the existing locations was moved to the other existing location. From here, one of the duct collectors could be re-located to the new plant and put into production.

From this point, equipment was brought in from the second location and connected to the first relocated dust collector. As equipment was relocated, the associated duct was moved as well and connected to the system. Once the system capacity was reached on the first collector, the second dust collector was moved and connected to the other new duct system.

Addressing Customer Needs Leads to Successful Project
This successful consolidation of operations in two locations to a single facility using the detailed planning and work-arounds devised by BSM saved Design Fabricators costs associated with purchasing additional equipment and prevented lost revenue by minimizing the amount of down time operations experienced.

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