... the fundamental reason to hire a consulting firm. Good reputations are difficult to establish and harder to keep. For over 40 years, The Sims Consulting Group, Inc. (SCG) has continued to maintain its stature as a leader in Industrial Engineering, Facilities Planning, and Management Consulting. Leadership based on innovation ... leadership that establishes industry standards ... leadership that guides clients to the technological edge of development. The pioneering efforts of SCG have been recognized many times. The firm literally “wrote the book” and have trained thousands of technical and operations personnel in the areas of logistics, lean manufacturing, material flow, warehouse modernization, factory and warehouse layout planning, and handling hazardous/flammable products. The SCG reputation has been formed over many years of hard work and dedication to it’s clients. The commitment to excellence is an integral component of the SCG team approach.

... the essential ingredient that a consultant must have to insure project success. It is a characteristic that typifies the staff of The Sims Consulting Group, Inc. The professionals at SCG know that Industrial Engineering is a technical discipline while engaging in professional services is a personal business that requires candor and diplomacy. SCG recognizes that the same factors that make up an organization can easily become opposing factions that impede progress and reduce productivity. The SCG team approach requires that a principal be assigned to each project who then works with a company “from the top down and inside out”. In this manner, SCG is able to thoroughly examine the management plan and corporate objectives prior to investigating the technical needs.

Trust

... the feeling of confidence and faith necessary for a successful consultant-client relationship. Since the firm's establishment in 1958, The Sims Consulting Group, Inc. has been an objective and independent source of technical and managerial expertise. Recognizing that equipment suppliers, promoting their own systems, cannot always be relied upon to provide clients with the most cost-effective advice; the firm has devoted itself to a high standard of ethics and principles from which a bond of trust is permanently established with each client. As SCG passes into its fifth decade of service, it looks back with pride to over one-hundred Fortune 500 companies and hundreds of smaller organizations that have depended upon the firm for professional solutions to their productivity problems.

Skill

... whether you are pursuing world class status by incorporating lean manufacturing and distribution techniques, mapping value streams or simply implementing a team based, cellular manufac-turing approach, SCG offers the ability to balance an organization’s present situation, its historical base, and future objectives to help the company to perform at its highest competitive capacity. Long term productivity improvement is the mission statement that The Sims Consulting Group, Inc. works under for each client. SCG offers more than a corporate resume of experience; it offers a record of technical achievement, high skills, and personal accomplishment. At SCG, skill is a quality ... a quality that dwells within each SCG consultant.