PES is the longest running professional industrial engineering and operations management consulting firm in Metro Detroit. We specialize in the planning, design and implementation of lean manufacturing, warehousing and supply chain operations. Services include Industrial Engineering (e.g. Factory Planning and Plant Layout | Material Flow Analysis | Material Handling System Design | Production Line Layout Design | Assembly Line Balancing | Production and Capacity Planning | Manufacturing Throughput Analysis | Work Measurement and Methods Improvement | Engineered Labor Standards | Productivity Improvement | Process Improvement | Warehouse Layout Design), Lean Manufacturing System Design (e.g. Lean Assessment | Lean Strategy and Lean Metrics | Value Stream Mapping and Analysis | Process Mapping and Analysis | Lean Factory Layout | Synchronous Material Flow | Cellular Layout | Kanban System Design | Standard Work and Manufacturing Work Instructions | Quick Changeover / Single Minute Exchange of Die (SMED) | 5S / Visual Management | Manufacturing Problem Solving and Continuous Improvement | Lean Manufacturing Simulation and Customized Training Workshops), Quick Response Manufacturing (QRM) Implementation (e.g. Time-Based Operations Strategy | Manufacturing Critical-Path Time Mapping | Agile Shop Floor Layout | Organizational Restructuring Strategies | Focused Target Market Segment Analysis | Workcell Design | Team Performance Improvement | Strategic Capacity Planning | Batch Size Reduction | High Level MRP and POLCA | Quick Response Office Cell [Q-ROC] Design | Time-Based Supply Management | Accounting System Enhancements), and Supply Chain Excellence (e.g. Supply Chain Operations Reference Model [SCOR] | Sales and Operations Planning [S&OP])