IET, Inc.

Full-service industrial and manufacturing engineering consulting covering productivity improvement, capacity analysis, methods analysis, and operations design for manufacturing and industrial clients.

• Facility Layout and Design

  Existing and proposed facility layout documentation on CADD, manufacturing system layout and workplace design, cellular layout, lean manufacturing design, process and material flow analysis, space utilization analysis, and material handling design.

• Work Measurement

  Time studies, predetermined time standards, methods analysis, line balancing, delay and downtime analysis, overall equipment effectiveness (OEE), work sampling, direct and indirect labor analysis, and ergonomic evaluation.

• Production Planning

  Strategic plant flow, production mix strategy, shift schedule design, value-added work content design, expansion planning, and capacity analysis.

• Strategic Planning

  Consolidation evaluation, make or buy analysis, cost analysis, economic modeling, project management, CPM diagrams, and value stream mapping.

• Simulation

  Custom simulation models to evaluate equipment arrangements, material handling alternatives, labor balancing, assembly line sequencing, production bottleneck analysis, and proposed manufacturing system configurations.

Web-based MES providing automated work instructions, PLC and torque tool integration, bar coding and part traceability, machine monitoring, production dashboards, and quality alerts. Partnered with Nysus Solutions.

Engineering staffing solutions including mechanical engineering, manufacturing engineering, quality engineering, process engineering, project management, production supervision, and maintenance supervision on short or long-term basis.

APQP process support through PPAP, audit preparation and gap analysis, ISO 9000 and TS-16949 compliance, ISO/IEC 17020 experience, Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing tools for root cause analysis and corrective action.

Group training delivered at client facilities covering VIA Productivity Improvement Through Time Study, VIA World Class Manufacturing, MOST, Six Sigma Greenbelt, Lean, Quality, and PPAP.