Archive for September, 2009

Case Study: Rheumatology Associates

Friday, September 25th, 2009

 

When companies move, it has to be as orderly and non-disruptive as possible to the flow of business, and it has to be quick. Time was of the essence when Bremner Duke hired Relocation Strategies, Inc. to move Rheumatology Associates to its new location so all parties involved could transfer their offices and commence with their business. RSI acted as the move manager for Rheumatology Associates, a company of five doctors and two nurse practitioners plus administrative staff specializing in treating people afflicted with more than 100 forms of arthritis and related disorders of the joints, muscles and bones.

 

After conducting a furniture inventory and determining what new furniture was needed in the new 11,000 square foot space, RSI wrote the Request for Proposal and analyzed bids in search of the best price and quality.

“The service provided by Relocation Strategies was immeasurable.  Costs were reduced by the inventory taken of our existing furniture for re-use, valuable time was saved with the multiple quotes obtained.  The relocation team coordinated every step of our move from beginning to end.  Their dedication and attention to even the smallest detail allowed our physicians and staff to continue working until the day of our move.”

Maureen Schoch, Administrative Director

 

http://www.indyrheumatology.com

Case Study: SMC Corporation

Friday, September 25th, 2009

 

SMC CORPORATION has long been a leader in pneumatic technology, providing industry with technology and products to support automation based on the guiding principle of “contributing to automation labor savings in industry.”

 

SMC Corporation’s offers a vast array of products engineered to meet applications in every market sector. From semiconductor to automotive, medical to petroleum, the company’s pneumatic products are designed to fit the unique automation requirements of its customers.

 

The company is currently relocating its headquarters from two adjacent Indianapolis locations to one significantly larger building in Noblesville. The new facility has 800,000 square feet, and four simultaneous moves will be conducted over 8 weeks in May and June.  One eighth of each manufacturing area will be moved over each of the eight weeks. The multi-phase warehouse move will be composed of four moves, which include the relocation of (1) Inventory, or “raw product” of 5,000 skids, which translates into about 225 tractor trailer loads of skids, (2) Rigging/Entities, which includes over 100 manufacturing pieces of heavy rigging machinery and equipment (3) Finished product of 2,000 skids and (4) the company’s 600 employees.

 

Teamwork is required on the part of Relocation Strategies, Inc. Inventory, manufacturing equipment, and entities are being coordinated by David Bayse of RSI, who compares his role to that of a wedding planner. He has to understand all the logistics and manage every detail of the warehouse move while Melissa Lamb Brown oversees the content move, which includes everything from furniture and chairs to work stations and file cabinets. 

 

RSI also assisted SMC by performing a cost analysis about whether it was in the company’s best interest to take its existing furniture, and concluded that it was best to leave it as an incentive for the purchase of the former location(s). RSI is coordinating furniture acquisition of nearly 500 new work stations.

 

SMC is confident that its new location will allow ample production capacity for equipment and employees, leading to future growth of the company.

 

http://www.smcusa.com

Join us for Heart Walk – Saturday Sept 19th

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

Come join us to walk in the Heart Walk in honor of Madelynn and others with heart disease, I bought HEART necklaces for everyone!!!   I have asked the American Heart Association to hang up the Congenital Heart Defect Quilt photo, the size is 8’ x 10’, we should meet there, between 9:15-9:30. 

Please join me in supporting the American Heart Association by joining our team and walking September 19, 2009.

It is free to WALK  or you can make a donation if you so wish on my site.

Choose whether you’d like to walk 1 mile or 3 miles on the day of the event.

White River State Park
Celebration Plaza
801 W. Washington Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204

 

Saturday September 19, 2009

Event Schedule:
8:00am – Registration and Donations

9:45am – Warm Up Begin

10:00am – Walk Begins

12:00pm – Walk Ends

Melissa Brown to be Honored as one of Indy’s Best & Brightest

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009

Melissa Lamb Brown, principal at Relocation Strategies Inc, will be honered as one of Indy’s Best & Brightest at their upcoming awards gala.

Junior Achievement’s 2009 Indy’s Best & Brightest Awards will honor 100 of Central Indiana’s outstanding young professionals age 40 and under who are making their mark in and around Indianapolis, with an awards agala on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at The Gene B. Glick Junior Achievement Education Center.  This event begins at 6:00pm. 

Ten finalists will be honored is each of 10 categories: Accounting; Banking & Financial Services; Educaiton & Nonprofit; Government; Health & Life Sciences; Law; Manufacutring, Retail & Services; Media, Entertainment & Sports; Real Estate, Development & Construction; and Technology.

Over 600 of Indy’s outstanding young professionals as well as decision-makers from some of central Indiana’s premiere employers will attend this event.