ASCENT
INDUSTRIES, LLC
From a 30 year career in global contract manufacturing, supply chain management, and cost savings for Procter & Gamble Co., we continue the ascent journey to visualize, design, build, and automate.
Ascent Industries is a team of System Matter Experts (SME) in global contract manufacturing specializing in new product launch with product delivery on-quality, on-time, on-budget, at 98% customer availability.
Visualize - creating possibilities (process loss elimination, product consolidation, new products) through an analytical approach.
Design - visualization leads to designing / redesigning global supply chains, nearshoring, production lines, materials, equipment, and products.
Build - executing the design in-house, partnering with manufacturers and contractors.
Automate - transform manual and semi-automatic processes delivering significant savings and increased productivity.
Consult
Our consulting services are tailored to the client whether on-site or remote. Specializing in supply chain design and management, quality management systems, manufacturing, and automation.
Examples:
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Production Line Qualifications at a P&G Contract Manufacturer
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Stand-up QA Department, Plant Mgr. at a P&G Contract Manufacturer
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Value Stream Mapping for cost savings at a P&G Contract Manufacturer
Design
Designing is an output of the analytical analysis. This can be a new product, supply chain, nearshoring, production lines, and custom production equipment.
Examples:
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Nearshoring China Production to Caribe with zero U.S. import duties
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Global Air Care product launch (U.S., Asia, Europe)
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New to the world consumer products production line design.
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Relocating production lines and supply chain (U.S. to Europe)
Build
Integration of a design into current operations or a start-up is our specialty. Commissioning at the integrator, delivery, installation, and production are to ISO standards.
Examples:
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Palletizing Robotic Cell at a bottle filling operation
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Ascent Industries product development; see projects below.
Automate
Loss elimination leads to automation. We automate from simplistic solutions to eliminate repetitive manual operations through to full production line design that increases throughput and savings.
Examples:
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P&G Home Care value stream mapping delivered cost savings of $14M/yr
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Manual bundle packing operations were semi -automated for savings
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Gantry pick-n-place packing operation delivering FTE reduction and savings