Dedicated Expertise in
Manufacturing Engineering, Logistics and Continuous Improvement

Our mission is to help clients identify and implement best practices in manufacturing engineering, logistics and continuous improvement.  

Our strengths are in the following areas:

New Product Development: 

Our Concept Development Process (Make the Fuzzy Front End work for you) helps manufacturers identify what product concepts will lead to pre-emptive products that delight the customer, are competitive in the market and have enhanced product life cycles.

Our Product Path system helps manufacturers move from an initial concept through a marketed product, with emphasis at every stage on understanding the customer’s needs, ensuring that quality and safety standards are achieved, and delivering the product to the customer at the right cost in the right manner.

Manufacturing Engineering:

We help manufacturers identify and implement the Best Practices that are most relevant and most competitive for their industry.  This can be as specific as redesigning workstations to increase efficiency, or as broad as helping a client consolidate plants into more centralized operations.  In addition, our Product Development expertise includes a strong emphasis on intelligent design for manufacturing and assembly.

Logistics and Materials Management:

MLE Consulting helps clients improve profitability, cash flow and customer service through the application of rigorous mathematical optimization, incisive process re-engineering and management training.  We make a comprehensive survey of your current situation to define areas for improvement.  MLE Consulting then creates a Best Practices solution including a plan for implementation. We further support our clients by providing essential training and developing measurement standards.

Continuous Improvement:

Our Improvement Path system helps clients identify opportunities for operational improvement and waste reduction.  Our analysis of operations helps you apply Best Practices learned from a wide range of industries, while our Continual Improvement Training helps you build a company culture dedicated to ongoing efficiency and quality.

Our clients have achieved savings from $800,000 annually from the implementation of a site selection program to in excess of $15 million from network analysis. They have driven customer service levels from 55% order fill rate to more than 98%.

Dedicated to Our Clients' Success:

With many years of engineering and product design experience, and with a broad range of engineering and operational expertise, our focus is on helping you find the solutions that are most relevant to your needs to survive and succeed in a competitive marketplace.