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Jan 26, 2021

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An Intelligent Facility Layout is the Foundation of Operational Success

Whether you’re adding new equipment to your shop floor, expanding your business lines, or simply want greater efficiency, our facility layout experts can help.

Knowing your business as well as you do can be a disadvantage, sometimes. You can become so committed to good, time-honored processes that improvements can seem impossible. However, our case studies are packed with clients that considered helpful suggestions and found dramatic improvements just over the horizon.

An optimal layout can help you improve product quality, scale operations, and even increase safety. Let your facility lead the way into the high performing layouts of tomorrow!

Polaris MEP is perhaps one of the most worthwhile of all business development organizations with whom we’ve engaged.

Chase Hogoboom
President, Goetz Composites

 

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FUTURE-PROOFING

Polaris MEP works with your team to fully understand your requirements, so that planning and implementation of your facility change can drive long term success.

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LAYOUT REVIEW

A thoughtful review of your current layout often reveals opportunities for improvement. We’ll work with you to evaluate, design, and implement changes to improve a variety of areas.

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VENDOR INTERACTION

We’ll work with your equipment manufacturers and distributors to ensure that new equipment fits your layout. This includes new equipment with custom features or design options.

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CUSTOMIZED PROGRAMS

Finding improvements that work for your business is our first priority. Solutions are adapted to your specific requirements regarding

  • project management,
  • CAD drawings,
  • equipment selection,
  • contractor and architect consulting,
  • and more.
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Profitable Operations Depend on Smart Layouts

  • Build layouts that meet today’s challenges and anticipate tomorrow’s opportunities
  • Optimize layouts to boost product quality, scalability, and safety
  • Get “installation-ready” for new equipment arrivals so that production doesn’t skip a beat

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    VIEW RELATED RESULTS

    Polaris MEP is our go-to company for all needs related to plant efficiencies. They’ve been at our side, from planning and executing every detail when moving to a larger building, to smaller scale improvements when adding new machines or auxiliary equipment, and increasing warehouse capacity, to name a few.

    Avril Cook
    VP of Manufacturing,
    Blow Molded Specialties

    Category: Facility Layout

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