How We Work

From initial concept to installed on your floor

One contract, five phases, one accountable team. Here is what happens at each step and what you get out of it.

Project Lifecycle

Five phases, one contract

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01
Engineering Feasibility & ROM
Clarify Vision and Determine Feasibility
02
Systems Engineering
Establish Scope, Design, and Capacity
03
Equipment Procurement
Simplify through Single-Source Procurement
04
Project Management
Mitigate Risk, Track Accurately, Reduce Costs
05
Onsite Engineering & Ongoing Support
Reduce deployment stress and create sustained OEE

What happens

Each phase ends with something you can hold

The roadmap is phase one. Everything after it is Next Tech delivering the project as general contractor.

01

Feasibility and ROM

We walk the plant, define rates and scope, and put a budgetary cost and payback on each opportunity, in capital and lease form.

You get

The automation roadmap, ranked by payback. No cost.

02

Systems engineering

2D and 3D layouts, process flow, and one scope document every vendor signs to, so there are no gaps between machines.

You get

Layouts, the unified scope, budgetary quotes.

03

Equipment procurement

We select vendors on fit and lead time and hold the contracts. You buy the whole line from one source at list price.

You get

One contract, one schedule, one accountable party.

04

Project management

Kickoff with every vendor, a live schedule, decision and risk logs, and factory acceptance at each supplier before anything ships.

You get

A status your team can forward upward.

05

Installation, commissioning, support

Rigging, installation, controls integration between machines, startup at rate, operator training, and support after the line is running.

You get

A line running at rate on your floor.

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How we keep it on track

Five documents, maintained from kickoff to startup

Most project failures were visible weeks earlier. These are how we see them coming.

DA Matrix

Who owns what, across every vendor and interface.

Vendor reviews

Scheduled through design, build, test and delivery.

Decision and change log

Every change to scope, cost and timeline, with its impact.

Live Gantt chart

The critical path, updated continuously.

Risk and issue log

Technical, supply and schedule risks with mitigation plans.

Start the Process

Start with the roadmap. We take it from there.

A short call about your plant and your product, then a plant walk. From there it is one contract, from initial concept to installed on your floor.

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