ATHERTON MANAGEMENT SERVICES LTD “LEANLINE”

We Help People In Manufacturing Improve Process and Productivity – Reduce Business Costs – We Are Industrial Engineers & Consultant Service UK

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Business Support For The UK Manufacturing Industry:-

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LEAN Industrial Engineering and to Reduce Business Costs

We Are LEAN ENGINEERS Specialists in improving manufacturing processes. With a strategy to reduce costs… Industrial Engineers for 30+ yrs.

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  • We are a long established independent company: serving many different manufacturing industrial sectors. For over 30 years we’ve helped many companies improve their business and generated cash for them...
  • Our portfolio encompasses: Aerospace – Automotive – Electronics – Food & Drink – Light Engineering – Heavy Engineering – Print – Ink – Medical Devices – Moulding – Pharmaceutical – Sewing – NHS – Warehousing – White Goods – Woodworking – UPVC etc…

WE HELP PEOPLE IN BUSINESS – IMPROVE THEIR BUSINESS

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OUR SERVICES

  • Time & Motion Study
  • Time Measurement Study
  • Production Planning & Scheduling
  • Write Standard Op Work Procedures
  • Factory Floor and Plant Layout Design
  • Work Cell: Single-piece-flow line balancing
  • Workplace Organisation: Lean Process Cell Design
  • Warehouse Organisation: Inventory, Kitting, Kanban
  • Machine Breakdown Analysis OEE & TPM
  • Visual Management: KPIs – TAKT Times & Work Targets
  • Quality Improvement – Energy Management – Cost Reduction
  • Methodologies: LEAN – Six Sigma – 7S – KPI – SMED – DFA – DFM – WCM

Over the years we’ve generated for clients £50k to £2.0M per project. Ave Return On Investment 13/1

Just a few of our many projects throughout the years.

2020 – 2025

In 2025: Asked to help a company draw present factory layout – process map office procedures & shop-floor process Improve production and productivity to reduce costs and improve profit

In 2023: We were asked to help a company with a new factory layout – time & motion study work – write procedures.

In 2021: We were invited to help a company organise their warehouse and distribution centre to improve their logistics.

2010 – 2019

Lean Line Workplace Design and Single-Piece Line Balancing

In 2018: The Netherlands: A global manufacturer planned to increase production of one of their products from 60,000 per year to circa 90,000 per year in 2020…

  • 1.Time and Motion Study:  Elements of the assembly timed by stopwatch.
  • 2.Cell layout: Designed for minimum movement reducing Non-Value.
  • 3.Line balancing: To achieve production requirement for 2020 circa 90,000.
  • 4.Material feed: A Supermarket & Kanban created. Materials available 24/7.
  • 5.Manning: This organised to production requirement. (9 + 1 polyvalent).
  • 6.Quality: “Every operator was made responsible for his/her own quality”

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In 2015: Northamptonshire: The company, a global manufacturer of blow moulding containers felt that a Continuous Improvement opportunity could improve their manufacturing, production output and increase their business profits.

  • 1.Time & Motion Study: Highlighted where improvements could be made.
  • 2.Machine Cells: Re-engineered and new cell layouts were implemented
  • 3.T.P.M. Procedures written and implemented to improve m/c up-time
  • 4.Quality: Procedures written and introduced to improve standards

2000 – 2009

In 2004: Czech_Republic: Manufacturing FMCG in the mobile phone market the company required to double production. Using SMT technology to populate PCBs,  Personnel employed 700 – 1000, personnel were working 3 shifts  24/7.

Management felt that ‘Lean Application’ could improve process, production output. Present production 12,000 units per 24hrs.  They required 22,000

  • 1.Time and Motion Study: highlighted where improvements could be made.
  • 2.Training Given: Lean, 5S, WCM & continuous improvement philosophies.
  • 3.A new factory layout drawn: “Single-Piece-Flow” – 22,000/day achieved.
  • 4.Process improvements generated: savings £1.2M… Growth potential $300M.

1990 – 1999

In 1999: Staffordshire: A company manufacturing high quality HVAC equipment felt that  ‘Lean Application’  could improve their product and quality further and would give them the competitive edge to increase their business and profits…

  • 1.Identify the opportunities
  • 2.Implement lean process improvements
  • 3.Standard Operation Work Procedures written
  • 4.Quality procedures written and introduced to improve standards

Labour Time Improvement, Savings £45,000 – Inventory Cost Reduction £28,000 – Material Scrap Reduction £64,000 Customer Complaint Reduction £88,000…

Formation

Time and Motion Study

Atherton_Management_Services: Based in Lancashire – We are Industrial Engineers, Business Improvement Consultants employing Work Study principles and techniques.

  • Formed in 1986:- ‘helping people in business – improve their business’ and have evolved over the years to be able to implement process improvements and generate cash and much more for our clients.
  • In the beginning, using our engineering and work study background to complete many projects such as factory floor layouts, time and motion studies and factory re-location.

We Help People In Manufacturing Improve Processes & Reduce Costs

Please Contact Us:- UK – 07300 788 486 – or by E-Mail