The Industrial Workplace
A holistic look at manufacturing workspaces
IT’S MORE THAN WHAT YOU MAKE why good design matters for manufacturers
Industrial businesses face unique challenges in highly competitive and dynamic markets. At Progressive AE, we’re passionate about helping manufacturers optimize space to improve operations.
Bringing together the front and back of house. You work hard to manufacture great products and services. But success doesn’t just happen on the production floor. Your front-of-house office workers play a vital role in achieving organizational goals. When combined into a single facility, production and administrative activities are more effective than they are on their own. These roles involve uniquely different and yet overlapping needs. The environment you create should achieve operational excellence and promote your brand to all who visit. Great offices attract great talent. And great talent will deliver better and faster quality solutions, every time.
We’re ready. Let’s get started. You deserve design professionals that understand all aspects of your business. Our team has helped companies transform environments, advance operational excellence, and ultimately serve your customers more successfully. Our expertise in manufacturing and corporate office spaces makes us a unique partner for your planning needs. We’re excited to get started.
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Image: Holland Energy Park, Holland, MI
Connecting your office and production workers. For decades, manufacturing facilities have been built with a clear boundary between office and production floor workers. When visually cut off from each other, workers can become disengaged in a business’s mission. Goals shift and the building’s design creates an “us” and “them” situation that is unhelpful to achieving long-range goals. Good design can break down these barriers and encourage connections between all workers. Workers who feel connected tend to be more invested in the future of their organization.
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Attract and retain top talent. Good design matters. Your environment can be one of your greatest recruitment tools. It can strengthen your brand, engage visitors, inspire employees, and prepare you for the future.
We know the recruitment and retention of workers is harder now than ever before. Manufacturers can no longer ignore the need for a quality employee experience. Whether it’s the office or floor worker, a good experience is a key part of why good employees come and stay. Changes that feel small—daylighting, social spaces, access to green spaces—can make a big difference to employees when choosing where to work.
OUR PROJECTS
1. Profile Films, Walker, MI
2. Holland Energy Park, Holland, MI
3. Smithfield Foods, North East, MD
4. Kerry Group, Rochester, MN
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BEAUTY AND FUNCTION good design should support organization goals and inspire staff
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INTENTIONAL DESIGN, LASTING PERFORMANCE meeting expectations now and in the future
Flexibility is paramount.
The future effects of technology and how we work are unknown. Flexibility in an environment allows manufacturers to change with the times, stay relevant, and continue to innovate.
Strengthen your brand.
Your brand matters. Employees want to feel a connection to where they work. A stronger, more clearly delineated brand and corporate identity will reinforce a company’s image in an increasingly competitive market. Carried throughout the space, branding will reinforce priorities, showcase unique assets, and demonstrate your manufacturing excellence.
OUR PROJECTS
1. Archroma U.S., Inc, Charlotte, NC
2. Kawasaki Motors Corp., Grand Rapids, MI
3. Steelcase Work Lab, Grand Rapids, MI
4. RoMan Manufacturing, Wyoming, MI
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CONTACT US
Kim Marks, AIA
Workplace Practice Leader
Email: marksk@progressiveae.com
Phone: 704.731.8057
David Krysak
Director of Practice Development
Email: krysakd@progressiveae.com
Phone: 616.447.3327
Michigan Offices
Phone: 616.361.2664
North Carolina Office
Phone: 704.731.8080
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