Move factory to other building

First of all, you need to set the time frame to perform this task.

are you willing to change to other place without loosing production???

what it is the size of the new building??

what is the reason for you to switch to other place??

is in the same city??

do you have secondary options to acomplih your actual compromises??

as you can see there is a lot of things to take into consideration!!

please be more specific!!

We are moving to a plant of doble zize, it is in the same city, we are trying to not loose too much production, I like to have feedback of bad experiences that you have with a movment and some tips to prevent and minimize any mistake.

Thansk you.

This is a project management challenge / opportunity, so remember the basics of project management are the integration of: 1:technical performance 2:costs 3:schedule ALL to be accomplished within good customer relations

FIRST STEP: You should interview every key player to ask them what the implications of the move will be for THEM, to establish a list of criticalities of each and every key person

SECOND STEP: Analyse all user criticalities of the move, to establish conflicting criticalities. If necessary go interview them some more so you understand ALL of their requirements

THIRD STEP: Establish a plan for the move to the best information you have

FOURTH STEP: Convene a meeting of key people (your customers) to point out to them the conflicting requirements, and present your plan (which of course will be shot down in flames but this does not matter) to get their attention

FIFTH STEP: Tell them they are not leaving the meeting without getting their agreement of the plan that THEY must put together, which could be a modification of your plan

SIXTH STEP: You've planned the work, now work the plan

Good luck

Neil

Where are you in the world? If you are in the UK, dont forget the CDM regs.

http://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/cdm.htm

A little more that a year ago I controlled the move and set up of all machinery in our factory. Had every thing going fine until someone decided during the set up that they would paint the machines and carts just about everything. So the production employees spread all over the floor and painted. They set up where machines needed to be placed and anchored down. Blocked the isles for lift truck travel. Paint machines that had not been located so they were located with wet paint then repainted. What a nightmare.

list are useless if someone can throw a wrench into the mess they will. best to set down with management and come up with that list. Less unexpected situations will come about.