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OPENING UP A NEW WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITIES WITH VALUE-DRIVEN WORKFLOWS, PERFORMANCE ACCELATION, & SUSTAINABLE OUTCOMES

CONFACS Group CONnection FACtors Simplified - Optimizing Intralogistics

CONFACS Group CONnection FACtors Simplified - Optimizing IntralogisticsCONFACS Group CONnection FACtors Simplified - Optimizing IntralogisticsCONFACS Group CONnection FACtors Simplified - Optimizing Intralogistics

OPENING UP A NEW WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITIES WITH VALUE-DRIVEN WORKFLOWS, PERFORMANCE ACCELATION, & SUSTAINABLE OUTCOMES

Experience Resolving Workflow Complexity

CONFACS Simplifies Intralogistics Operations

The CONFACS Group in its first 10 years focused on consulting to manufacturing & assembly operations. The next 10 years CONFACS included distribution and warehouse centers. These last 20 years CONFACS resources continued their engineering, planning, design, and purpose built customer programs throughout North America.

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CONFACS Team Focus- Resolve Complexities to Simplify SMBs

Let's discuss how CONFACS is ready to be your trusted resource to achieve continuous intralogistics improvements in your operational workflow performances that matter. 

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Where CONFACS Group Adds Value

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Where CONFACS Group Adds Value

A Proven Strategic Partnership and Client Projects Listing Overview

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  • Our Mission, Vision and Value
  • CONFACS Value Proposition

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What About How 'We Do It'

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  • Final Steps for Fast-Track Projects

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  • CONFACS Owner Profile

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Where CONFACS Group Adds Value to Transition Your Workflows

The Future is Starting Today...

Let's discuss why so many successful companies choose CONFACS to plan, design and develop their future intralogistics process workflow and simplified integrated automation systems - 

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CONFACS Partial Contracted Client Listing...

 CONFACS consulting experience includes assignments throughout North America- as well as China and Europe. The consulting assignments have included facilitating efficient process performance and engineering/design programs for companies as Allied/Bendix Brakes, Andersen Window MFG, Arrow Electronics, Asahi Glass/Saturn Car Assy Glass, Baker Hughes Company (A GE Company), Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, Becton Dickinson (BD), Boeing Aircraft, Columbia Sportswear Fulfillment, Coopervision, Dell Computer, Denver Mint, Dial MFG./US & China, Duty Free Shoppers (Hawaii Store/Airport Fulfillment), Durakon Industries, Ericsson/Sony Cellular Phone, Exel Logistics Assembly/Fulfillment, Ford Motor Truck Assembly, General Electric, General Instruments, Halliburton MFG, Herman Miller, Hewlett Packard Printer Mfg., Hughes Aircraft, IBM Industrial Copier MFG., Johnson & Johnson - Dental, Johnson Controls- MFG Auto Assy Seats, Lord & Taylor/NY, MARS Electronics MFG.US/UK, Motorola Semi, Motorola Iridium, Nike Team Sports, O'Reilly Auto, Philips Electronics of Canada, PING Golf MFG, Phoenix Police Property Storage Facility, Quiksilver, Ryobi Outdoor Products, Symbol Technologies, Scotts MiracleGro (Hawthorne Garden Division), TRW Airbag MFG/Assy, Vistar/PFG, Wacker Silicones, Warner Lambert, Western Digital Technologies - US & Mexico MFG/Assembly is a sample of CONFACS 250+ client engineering, design and development programs for contracted projects completed and managed for purpose built installations.

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CONFACS Mission, Vision, & Values Support Clarity of Purpose

Our Value Proposition from Project Engagement to Project Commitment and Project Execution Success

CONFACS brings to every project their focused and dedicated teams ready to tackle the most challenging client  request for delivering innovative and simplified value connected intralogistics solution outcomes that matter. For over more than four decades CONFACS has been vetted for their continuous engineering success by 100's of  various industry sector leading clients.   

                                              

(Please Note: at CONFACS we are quite proud of our client listing of successfully completed client projects - with 80% of all programs requesting additional follow-on project work assignments with several contracts extended over decades).  

                                                                                                         

These programs required CONFACS Group to conduct 1000's of senior management, technical, systems specialist, shop floor supervisors, and  key operator personnel interviews while actively working these diverse project engagements. The CONFACS Team continuously has successfully formed trusting partnerships in the transforming challenges of Small Medium Business Enterprises - as well as Fortune 1000, 500, 100 size companies that had contracted with CONFACS to help transform their operations to excel in delivering measurable and sustainable intralogistics continuous improvement.         

CONFACS brings their reputation for delivering dedicated can-do work ethics to each and every organization for quickly delivering a competitive advantage by executing timely, scalable and proactive strategic results with clarity of purpose. Performing with a passion, when solving today's most important business challenges for today and the years to come, has allowed the CONFACS Team to win contracts over 1000's of competing professional firms.                                          

CONFACS performance acceleration methodologies provide value driven outcomes for putting well thought-out 'Simplified SMART Plans' into action - while aligning agile integrated objectives for a profitable business operations tomorrow.    

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CONFACS DELIVERS SIMPLIFIED SOLUTIONS

CONFACS has always maintained a key goal to quickly identify our client's main uncertainty challenges when working to eliminate intralogistics workplace complexities - because simplified processes deliver significant savings in their day-to-day operational performance. ROI savings that are driven by cost effective connected technologies, innovative ideas for delivering timely fast results, and a flexible design for sustainable safe environment, will be thoroughly documented. 

CONFACS BRINGS MORE THAN 4 DECADES OF EXPERIENCE

The CONFACS Team has experience working in many different industry sectors... both SMB's as well as large Fortune 1000 companies. We know our stuff - engineering, design, connected controls and integrated systems, project management, AutoCAD, installation and ready to support your in-house team .


CONFACS OFFERS A PROVEN INTEGRATED SOLUTION

The CONFACS Team will approach every project with the goal to simplify specific areas within your intralogistics facility requiring workplace improvements - because working to reduce touches allows you to do more with less and resolve the complexities of material storage and workflow for operational efficiencies.


CONFACS A RELIABLE SOURCE TO STREAMLINE PROCESSES

  If you decided introducing new digital transformation technologies may not be one of your business core competencies - Check out our full client list - transformation of intralogistics operations has been ours working several 100 contracts over 4 + decades... Give Neil Glenney a call 602.300.8006 to discuss!
 

CONFACS SAVES TIME ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS THAT MATTER

CONFACS has the resolve meeting the challenges of complex material movement in manufacturing, warehouse/fulfillment, distribution, and retail operations by tapping into our extensive project database while utilizing our proven experience and knowledge creating innovative simplified solutions for you. We listen to your current issues to resolve your challenges that matter. 

CONFACS UNDERTAKES 'QUICK STUDY' - EXECUTE PLANS & DESIGNS

 The CONFACS Team will undertake our 7 Step SOLVEIT Process to quickly evaluate and optimize intralogistics operations to ensure system flexibility utilizing modular components - because integration system performance must be efficient as well as effective today and  sustainable tomorrow for a maintaining your intralogistics cost-effective competitive advantage. 

SMBs Have Workflow Challenges...

CONFACS Addresses Complexity With Simplified Solutions -

Taking a 'Bird's Eye View'  when observing this workplace visual helps illustrate the many processes that will be taken into consideration when changes are required within the 4 walls to streamline intralogistics. CONFACS begins every new program with four design connection factors:

People

Process

Place

Technology

Refer to Connected Planning Factors

Key CONFACS Intralogistics Connection Factors Simplified

People

  • Eliminate Complexity - Simplify Workforce Connections
  • Design for ease of training and streamlined capabilities 
  • Ensure roles and responsibilities are clearly understood 
  • Organizational commitments agreed to/clearly in place 
  • End-users understand their roles to perform and drive continuous improvement intralogistics functions/efforts

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Process

  • Eliminate Complexity - Streamline Workflow Processes
  • Updated processes aligned with business goals & metrics
  • Assigned decision responsibilities in all the process flows
  • Clearly understand accepted best practices to be applied 
  • Addressing priority issues to simplify workflow processes    


Place

  • Eliminate Complexity - Configure A Resilient Workplace
  • Providing efficiency by removing unnecessary inventory
  • Optimize workflows while eliminating ergonomic risk 
  • Utilize material handling equipment/controls best practices for most efficient utilization of workspace

Technology

  • Eliminate Complexity - Align Technology Tools
  • Technology configured to achieve  optimal results
  • Plan/design the tools for real-time decision making
  • Build network capabilities for future-state intralogistics capabilities with ease of sharing connected information  

Simplify with 3 Steps to Success

  • Eliminate Complexity - Keep Intralogistics key factors simple for connecting with all project stakeholders when communicating  business success along each step of your transitional journey. The simplified plan will focus on the factors to 'integrate the integrators'!

SOLVEIT Methodology

  • Eliminate Complexity - Keeping the SOLVEIT Process Simple when following a proven and time-tested methodology utilized by 100's of successfully planned, designed and implemented connected client end-to-end programs that consistently delivered a measurable ROI while executed on-time/on-budget 

Manufacturing and Assembly Production Operations

Eliminate Complexity -  Many of the challenges associated with production intralogistics involve material movement. While part of the solution to this challenge may be automation, many issues can be addressed simply through simplifying workflows that provide intelligent control of components moving from secured storage areas, to quality driven production operations, to final pack-out, to labeling, and final shipping operations 

Distribution Center and Warehousing Operations

Eliminate Complexity - Overall, intralogistics is a simple concept, but every DC and warehouse operation needs to strategize carefully to find inefficiencies and promote better communication and connectivity.  Intralogistics requires appropriate equipment - you never want to automate the mess!

Connection Factors Simplified for Intralogistics Solutions

Making Time for Change in Your Intralogistics Operations

Complexity Out...

 Of course, human workers will always be the most important component of a well-run intralogistics operation, and the goal isn’t to replace personnel. Instead, intralogistics allows workers to work as efficiently as possible by removing unnecessary hurdles. Workplace safety and human efficiency go hand-in-hand - a well planned system following the proven SOLVEIT Methodology has numerous tangible benefits for every intralogistics operation today, tomorrow, and in the future years of changes ahead.

Simplicity In...

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Priorities for Intralogistics Improvements That Matter

Connection Factors...

 It’s no secret that material handling in DC's, warehouses, production areas, and shipping operations has become increasingly difficult in recent years. What strategies will give you the most efficient results when moving goods is a common question we hear most often.  With so many options available to improve your intralogistics functions with the 4 walls of your facility, you need an experienced advisor partner who can help you navigate these options in a timely manner.  Give CONFACS a Call! 

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Planning Your Roadmap For Building Innovative Solutions

Roadmap Under Construction...

 Roadmap documents prepared by CONFACS... on providing space savings, increased productivity, reduced labor content, improve ergonomics, enhanced accuracy, and provide system flexibility to respond quickly as an operation’s activities change over time.  Successful businesses today leverage innovation to grow and stay ahead of the curve. CONFACS recommends the best way to channel that innovation efficiently is through the intralogistics roadmap - essentially acting as a blueprint that underpins future planning while helping your organization pivot and pave the way to success down that road for resilient and sustainable growth. CONFACS Your GPS to Change!

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CONFACS 7 Proven Steps Optimizing An Operational Journey

Our Team is Your SOURCE to Performance Improvements

CONFACS Methodology Delivers Value to Planning Innovations

Our Team is Your SOURCE to Performance Improvements

 Your starting point for discovering opportunities executing intralogistics best practices. Our program initiated with customized deliverables for taking action now. These suggested  task, based on a time-tested and proven methodology for investigation, will be your Source for project plans, designs and development in delivering your sustainable future.  

Source SMART Bringing Proven Experience & Knowledge

CONFACS Methodology Delivers Value to Planning Innovations

Our Team is Your SOURCE to Performance Improvements

 CONFACS Your SMART Source solving the key operational issues for what matters. Utilize our proven 'Quick-Study'  for intralogistics innovative improvements: 

  1. S - Specific
  2. M - Measurable
  3. A - Actionable
  4. R - Relevant
  5. T - Time Based  

CONFACS Methodology Delivers Value to Planning Innovations

CONFACS Methodology Delivers Value to Planning Innovations

CONFACS Methodology Delivers Value to Planning Innovations

Making change happen in times of significant disruption within your supply chain operations requires confidence when developing and building a roadmap for providing a new way to move your business forward. CONFACS brings a focus on new tools, skills and knowledge when advancing your capabilities meeting intralogistics demands for sustainability. 

SOLVEIT Process - AS-IS Operational Situation

A Investigation Methodology of Existing Performance Metrics

CONFACS Methodology Delivers Value to Planning Innovations

 Phase I - Planning Kickoff Interviews   Undertaking 7 Task CONFACS Program:

  1. S - Strategic Situation
  2. O - Opportunity Options
  3. L - Learning Linkages
  4. V - Vision Validation
  5. E - Engineering Events
  6. I - Integration Initiatives
  7. T - Tactical  Transition

Link to SOLVEIT Overview in dec 2019 Blog Post

A Investigation Methodology of Existing Performance Metrics

A Investigation Methodology of Existing Performance Metrics

A Investigation Methodology of Existing Performance Metrics

 Deep-dive questions related to the AS-IS current operations and documented for upcoming design & developing steps for presenting innovative conceptual ideas and options. Waste in operations will be identified for removal in order to prepare TO-BE Performance alternatives for future process improvements and documenting long-term strategic planning  goals. 

Asking the Critical Requirement Improvement Questions

A Investigation Methodology of Existing Performance Metrics

A Investigation Methodology of Existing Performance Metrics

CONFACS Conducts Analytics of What Exist Today For Measuring Improvement Success Tomorrow & Key Management Questions:

  1. How do we define success
  2. Do we have the right team
  3. Is our resourcing sufficient
  4. Who can we best work with
  5. What do we want achieving   transformational changes

Initiate TO-BE Planning Connection Factors

Research Ongoing for Critical Connected Success Factors

Research Ongoing for Critical Connected Success Factors

Research Ongoing for Critical Connected Success Factors

 CONFACS has maintained an extensive database of project success factors, that have been continuously updated with the latest references, ready to provide quick access for intralogistics and business transitional advances in the 4 key categories of people, processes, place (facilities) and technologies for integrated connection possibilities when developing objective future operational improvement scenarios. These factors are utilized developing future broad  big-picture process possibilities.

Key Factors for Fast Action Undertaking Change Process

Research Ongoing for Critical Connected Success Factors

Research Ongoing for Critical Connected Success Factors

 The many factors considered for an intralogistics transformation consider the 'big picture'  when developing  interconnected advantages for planning:

  • Customer success offerings
  • A competitive advantage
  • Skills to plan automation
  • Health, safety in workplace 
  • Attract skilled resources 
  • Digitalization of business
  • Inventory issues -  suppliers, location, accuracy, quality, velocity, accountability, etc.

Flexibility & Scalability Key Elements of Planning

Research Ongoing for Critical Connected Success Factors

Flexibility & Scalability Key Elements of Planning

 Planning for change especially important in a time of multiple disruptions that  intralogistics operations are currently experiencing.  Key to the challenges for design and developing your SMART  solutions is uncovering factors that assist in your planning team productivity with fast connected results. A key factor that will be evaluated, in services supporting future disruptions, is the value working with localizes suppliers building resilience to changes in your supply chain. Flexibility is key to remaining relevant.

SMART Connections Change What Must Be Connected

Factors for Improving Processes When Resolving Complexity

Flexibility & Scalability Key Elements of Planning

 When challenges are presented to intralogistics operations a common response is to take fast action for solving inventory or workflow issues in isolation. CONFACS project success proves out it is best to undertake all programs working with a holistic view goal for delivering an interconnected and simplified integrated planning solutions utilizing predictive analytics to build your roadmap.

Factors for Improving Processes When Resolving Complexity

Factors for Improving Processes When Resolving Complexity

Factors for Improving Processes When Resolving Complexity

 CONFACS projects are organized and managed from the start of every program by initiating a documented plan for setting timely objectives and referencing key factors quickly that will influence the connections for bringing about emergent value for  work environments. Intralogistics scenarios can model wall-to-wall & receiving doors-to-shipping doors operational options. 

Connections to Explore Operational Alternatives

Factors for Improving Processes When Resolving Complexity

Factors for Improving Processes When Resolving Complexity

 Today intralogistics are increasingly becoming connected with technologies -  including building resiliency & flexibility for developing multiple potential future possibilities for breakthroughs:

  • Things we know we know
  • Things we know we don't know about possibilities
  • Things we don't know we don't know for possibilities

Scenario Planning/Strategy/Engineering/ Design/Development

Create Innovative What-if Performance Planning Models

Create Innovative What-if Performance Planning Models

Create Innovative What-if Performance Planning Models

Phase II - Scenario Planning:

Developing CONFACS Scenario Models is not to make predictions... but to discern the possible states where intralogistics might be both plausible & significant to instill agility, adaptability, and resilience preparing for taking action on future planning strategies. The key role of CONFACS  Scenarios is to arrange the Factors so they illuminate the integration possibilities, instead of obscuring them.

Art & Science Planning for Operational Simplicity

Create Innovative What-if Performance Planning Models

Create Innovative What-if Performance Planning Models

 Developing scenarios requires imagination and discipline, combined with experience and knowledge, to identify and apply factors that surface the uncertainties of intralogistics operations. CONFACS scenarios assist your planning team instilling a deeper appreciation for a myriad of transformational factors in shaping the interconnected scenario planning process leading to current and future innovative options that matter. 

Identifying Strategic Management Basic Elements

Create Innovative What-if Performance Planning Models

Identifying Strategic Management Basic Elements

 CONFACS has identified six key elements for developing To-Be planning strategies:

  1. Lifecycle - Develop strategies 
  2. Players - Learning patterns 
  3. Resources -  Team skills 
  4. Situation -  Change patterns
  5. Relative Advantage - Goals
  6. Discussions to Commit Resources - Perspective to gain competitive advantage demands for breakthroughs

Strategic Plans Set to Create Design Options

Design Applications Developed for Connected Operations

Identifying Strategic Management Basic Elements

 Phase III Engineering & Design:

CONFACS brings all project team stakeholders working together utilizing simulation-driven analysis decision tools  to facilitate design foresight sessions. The design process will explore opportunities setting intralogistics priorities when developing accurate data analysis with fact-based models. 

Analytic Data and Insights Provided for Scale

Design Applications Developed for Connected Operations

Design Applications Developed for Connected Operations

 The primary intralogistics goals will support your business for delivering competitiveness utilizing creative designs. SMART design plans will be modular, flexible, scalable, connected and sustainable. TO-BE Designs must be simple, dramatic and bold to cut through workplace complexity aiming directly at the heart of best design principles. 

Design Applications Developed for Connected Operations

Design Applications Developed for Connected Operations

Design Applications Developed for Connected Operations

 Forward thinking with agile IIoT connected digitalization insights - delivering transformative productive results with intralogistics infrastructure innovative designs. CONFACS utilizes AutoCAD/Simulations for developing and presenting scalable transitions, when expanding thinking around decisions that involve complex future choices. 

Making Investments in Times of Uncertainty

Project Transition to Operational Efficiency

Project Transition to Operational Efficiency

  Approval of strategic plans for intralogistics workplace transition must meet the business guidelines for payback in selection of connected operational best practices. This step now requires project management team members bringing together all cost components while calculating one-time implementation and recurring annual operating cost.  NOTE: Often times in our project cost analysis we  highlight to clients they may not really afford the money they think they are saving not investing in new processes.  

Project Transition to Operational Efficiency

Project Transition to Operational Efficiency

Project Transition to Operational Efficiency

  CONFACS documents typical saving opportunities with transition plans: 

  •  Plan real-time inventories
  •  Technologies for accuracies
  • Touches only to add value
  • Build modular components
  • Integrate technologies
  • Best utilize cubic space
  • Performance in - waste out
  • Plan workflow optimization for reducing risk executing your digital transformation 

Justifying The Plan for Unplannable ROI Future

Project Transition to Operational Efficiency

Justifying The Plan for Unplannable ROI Future

 Yesterday things changed, today things change, and tomorrow things continue to change. These changes will impact intralogistics operations that must be resilient to respond to these inevitable changes. Approving your well thought-out  strategic digital transformation plan investment, creating new profitable opportunities that matter, and set up your business for continuous success. 

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CONFACS INTRALOGISTICS 2 Minute Auto-Indexing Slide Deck Highlighting an Overview of Wall-to-Wall Discussion Opportunities

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CONFACS Resources Provide Value from Initial Improvement Discussions to Implementing ROI Solutions

CONFACS Resources Provide Value from Initial Improvement Discussions to Implementing ROI Solutions

CONFACS Resources Provide Value from Initial Improvement Discussions to Implementing ROI Solutions

CONFACS Resources Provide Value from Initial Improvement Discussions to Implementing ROI Solutions

CONFACS Resources Provide Value from Initial Improvement Discussions to Implementing ROI Solutions

CONFACS Resources Provide Value from Initial Improvement Discussions to Implementing ROI Solutions

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