Tag: manufacturing

Footprint Optimization

Adding Capacity While Reducing Costs

When Kormac helped a packaging manufacturer add international capacity while reducing costs by $3.6 million, the CEO said, “I’ve been through facility rationalizations before. The difference with Kormac was the depth of preparation. Nothing was left to chance, and it showed in the results.”…

Warehouse Redesign

Inventory Location Accuracy Accelerates Production

600,000+ components: From egg hunt to 99.96% inventory location accuracy in just 5 weeks. Here’s how our team did it….

Smart Automation

Transforming a Troubled Fab Shop

A global provider of fasteners and components sought to improve performance in its Fabrication Shop producing custom and made-to-order components. Leaders asked Kormac to develop and install more effective processes, KPIs, and automation to improve shop efficiency….

Greenfield Development

Expertise for Complex Greenfield Facility

When a Fortune 100 energy company faced critical challenges with a new greenfield facility, Kormac’s team stepped in to provide crucial expertise. We drove collaboration between stakeholders and implemented robust project management to get the complex development back on track. See how our targeted support and partnership delivered big results for this major project….

Reshoring

Greenfield & Brownfield Expansions

A historic shift towards reshoring is underway, with over $1 trillion in new U.S. manufacturing commitments. However, turning these bold announcements into successful operations is a complex, multi-year challenge. Kormac provides the specialized expertise to bridge this gap. We help manufacturers navigate greenfield expansions to turn ambitious plans into reality….

Digital & AI

Technology Alone Isn’t a Panacea

Strategic Procurement offers major supply chain savings, but only when done right. We’ve compiled the 7 most common pitfalls we see in Strategic Procurement deployments, along with the strategies we employ to help our client partners avoid them….

Cost Parity

Achieving Reshoring Cost Parity

Reshoring is gaining momentum, but achieving cost parity remains a challenge. Our concise guide outlines key strategies for minimizing upfront investment and achieving production cost targets in domestic operations….

Interim Ops Leader

Leadership from Prototype to Production

During a period of transition, a global engineering company turned to Kormac for interim operational leadership. We provided a proven Operations Director with 30 years of industry experience to support our client partner as they navigated the journey from prototype to full-scale production….

Reshoring

Facility Moves, Expansions, & Transitions

The “Reshoring Renaissance” is picking up steam! Several of Kormac’s manufacturing client partners have asked for our assistance in supporting greenfield and brownfield U.S. plant expansions. Around the world, conditions are accelerating shifts toward localized, more controllable manufacturing and supply chains….