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 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 relocated its headquarters from two adjacent Indianapolis locations to one significantly larger building in Noblesville. The new facility has 800,000 square feet; four simultaneous moves were conducted over 8 weeks in May and June. One eighth of each manufacturing area was moved over each of the eight weeks. The multi-phase warehouse move was composed of four moves, which included the relocation of (1) Inventory, or “raw product” of 5,000 skids, which translated into about 225 tractor trailer loads of skids, (2) Rigging/Entities, which included 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 was required on the part of Relocation Strategies, Inc. Inventory, manufacturing equipment, and entities were coordinated by David Bayse of RSI, who compared his role to that of a wedding planner. He had to understand all the logistics and manage every detail of the warehouse move while Melissa Lamb Brown oversaw the content move, which included 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 coordinated 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.
“This letter is to recognize the outstanding job that your team put forth to help create a top notch facility for SMC Corporation of America here in Noblesville, Indiana. As you know, it serves as our North American Headquarters and we are quite proud of it.
Your team’s guidance throughout the entire moving process, including the Factory, the Central Warehouse, and the Office was invaluable to us.
SMC wishes to commend your team on their professionalism and dependability throughout the entire process. The end result is truly an outstanding facility that will serve SMC for many decades to come.”
Jennifer Fleming, Director of Logistics
www.smcUSA.com
