Our integrated team creates high performing spaces and processes for clients in complex industrial markets.
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PROJECTS
Woodward Headquarters + Manufacturing Campus
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WHITE PAPER
Roadmap for Change: The Flexible Industrial Distribution Facilities Network of the Future
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PROJECTS
John Deere Manufacturing Facility
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Uniting People and Processes
We help industrial leaders coordinate teams and streamline operations through goal-driven spaces.
Ghafari applies decades of experience from our core industrial and manufacturing markets to help clients across a range of fields, including agricultural equipment, food, aerospace, and consumer goods production. Our broad-based facility and process expertise allows us to improve productivity, decrease the total lifecycle cost, minimize risk, and manage resources. We address these complex operations from the inside out, designing the processes, people, and structure to work as one. This integrated approach reduces time, cost, and stress throughout the course of the project and beyond.
Market Services
Consulting
- Asset Management
- Business Process Design / Evaluation
- Discrete Event Simulation
- Energy Use / Alternative Energy Strategy Development
- Facility Assessment Analysis
- Facility Network Analysis
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Feasibility Studies
- Cost Management
- Growth Planning
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Internal Operations Planning / Industrial Engineering
- Finished Goods Material Handling
- Inventory Levels
- Material Flow / Value Stream Mapping
- Packaging Equipment
- Process Equipment
- Order Fulfillment
- Raw Material Handling
- Lean Manufacturing Consulting
- Operational Due Diligence
- Productivity Improvement
- Risk Assessment
- Supply Chain Strategy
- Sustainability
- Technology Assessment
- Transportation Analysis
Process Engineering
- Conveyor Systems Design
- Material Handling Applications Design
- Packaging and Containerization
- Paint Finishing Systems Design
- Process Controls
Engineering and Architecture
- Architecture and Interior Design
- Civil Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Facility Programming and Planning
- Fire Protection and Plumbing Engineering
- ICT and Security Systems Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Site Master Planning
- Structural Engineering
Construction
- Construction Management
- Design-Build Delivery
- Equipment Set and Tooling Installation Support
- Lump Sum / GMax Delivery
- Owner’s Representation
- Pre-Construction Cost / Benefit Analysis
- Program / Project Management
Facility Types
- Administrative Facilities
- Assembly Plants
- Casting Plants
- Climate-Controlled Distribution Facilities
- Coolers and Freezers
- Dry Storage Facilities
- Manufacturing Plants
- Paint Shops
- Research and Development Facilities
- Stamping Plants
- Warehouse and Logistics Facilities
Systems + Operations
- Building Enclosure and Exterior Architecture
- Building Framing Systems
- Building Utility Systems
- Conveyor Systems
- Interior Architecture Systems
- Material Flow
- Material Handling Equipment Systems and Ops
- Paint Finishing Systems
- Process Equipment Systems and Operations
- Vehicle and Pedestrian Traffic Flow Systems
Market Resources
Market Specialists
Mike Ryan
Senior Vice President
+1.313.441.3000
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