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(old facility)

25 min

Plano
15 min
(storage)
Yorkville
(new facility)
• Coatings, finishes, dyes, and surface enhancements such as smoothing and
softening
• New machinery, shown below, produces some of the widest finished and
coated fabrics in North America
• Products include printable fabrics, canvas, high-quality napkins, and slings for
the military
Monuments Greige Goods
Contractor Space Print Media
Chemical Mixing Shipping Staging
WIP Staging Packaging Materials

Additional Greige Goods held in both Aurora and Plano locations

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Outside of Scope
- Greige goods reorder scheduling
- Print Media Sales Forecasting
- Production Process
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Note: Special considerations were made for outliers

Greige Storage

Range 2
Range 1

Print Media Finished Goods

 FIFO lanes
Floor storage for
bulk heavy

A
D E
B C F

Narrow Goods Wide Goods

Able to package: Location Example:

1,250 narrow rolls E4-02
1450 wide rolls
 Additional floor storage for bulk heavy
(an additional ≈60 rolls)

Additional racking
(holds an additional 230 rolls)

Able to package:
950 narrow rolls
1750 wide rolls
Ethical Considerations
NSPE Code of Ethics for Engineers, Fundamental Canons:

“Hold paramount the safety, health,

and welfare of the public.”
 • Top 10 Wide Goods

• 6 Special Cases

Open Bin
Space

#1 Wide Greige on next slide

 • Top 10 Narrow Goods

• 5 Special Cases

Open
Lane Space

#1 Wide Greige in floor stacks

 • Mixed Pallets
• Damaged packaging
• General disorganization

Ripple Effect: Congestion in

shipping impedes access to
finished PM goods
 Short Wide goods
Goods

“Do not
Replenish”
Product

Point-of-Use Storage
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Picking Safety

Section 1
To be used in conjunction with bar code scanning on the shelving cross beams
Section 3
 Lockers

Core Cutting
Operation

Remove inconvenient rack

Opens enough space

for about 95 rolls
• Originally anticipated to be
necessary - $48,000/year

• Will now serve to handle excess

inventory as contractors finish
work and racking is constructed
Ethical Considerations
NSPE Code of Ethics for Engineers, Fundamental Canons:

“Engineers shall perform services only

in areas of their competence.”
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