Relocate Your Business (MoveSmart/StayLean)

Are operations in your facility getting a little tight? Lease coming up for renewal, and don’t know what your options are? Is your firm’s neighborhood gentrifying, increasing your rents or even threatening your operation? Perhaps your firm is growing, and you are weighing relocation against reconfiguration of your current space. Whether you need to relocate to a new location or reconfigure your space to improve efficiency there are important actions your firm should take to assure that your space will continue to meet future business needs.

MoveSmart helps relocating manufacturers develop a plan to optimize new real estate, while StayLean shows firms how to use their current space more efficiently and streamline operations to improve profitability.

Plant Layout and Relocation Planning Services

Facility related decisions are critical to the future of your business. Execution can be complex and capital intensive. The MoveSmart/StayLean program includes project planning and decision support, such as:

  • Space and Operations Assessment
  • Relocation Planning Workshops, Timelines, and Budgets
  • Workflow and Operational Improvements
  • Space Requirements, Site Selection, and Schematic Layouts

Benefits

  • Assist with facilities planning
  • Take the stress out of a complex project
  • Help you make the right space related decisions
  • Successfully implement those decisions
  • Minimize down time and disruption of your operations

Whether You Stay or Move You Will:

  • Define your future space needs
  • Create a plant layout that improves space utilization and workflow.

And if You Move You Will Also:

  • Understand the relocation process, key players and decision
  • Plan the relocation project schedule, budget, team and tasks
  • Gain access to resources and incentive programs.

Start Planning Early and Make Informed Decisions

ITAC is here to help your firm navigate the process to get the most out of your facility. ITAC can also provide you with decision support such as relocation logistics and site evaluation.

Contact

Tamar Gisis at 212-442-2990 or tgisis@itac.org

ITAC is funded by:

National Institute of Science and TechnologyNew York State Foundation for Science, Technology and Innovation

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PlantSmart

Try PlantSmart free! Our web-based decision and facility planning tool, will help you compare different scenarios as you think about moving to a new space. The tool will help you make informed decisions about your facility by answering questions about your time frame, square footage, space constraints, location and operating costs.

Start right

A few simple but necessary steps will assure that your future needs for space are adequately met. Special resources can help you address your space requirements purposefully and help you to reduce the risks and costs associated with moving.

A Golden Opportunity

Moving or expanding can be an opportunity to introduce operational improvements such as:

  • better workflow
  • maximal space utilization
  • reduced inventory
  • shortened lead times
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