Challenge

Plasticos, a plastic or plastics injection molding company, needed to consolidate its three operations into a single location. This was essential to reduce costs and improve efficiency to maintain business operations in a challenging economic environment.

“We didn’t have the expertise within our organization to deal with all of the issues involved, so we contacted Business Unlimited as an affordable and efficient specialist solution,” says Hani El-Haj, Plasticos President.

Proposal

Business Unlimited undertook an HR Audit as a preliminary task, followed by strategic management consulting on the closing of a facility and associated layoffs of employees. This would help facilitate a streamlined restructuring process that met the requirements of the business while respecting the needs of the affected employees.

Outcome

Business Unlimited:

• Completed a comprehensive HR Audit to see where HR processes needed to be implemented

• Provided strategic advice on processes that would ensure layoffs were handled in a professional and respectful manner. In this way, productivity and legal liabilities were avoided during the process of restructuring over several months.

“Business Unlimited has proven they can deliver with a well thought out comprehensive plan,” El-Haj says.

“We successfully closed the plant. No one left early and everyone was accepting of the package.

This was the result we were seeking. I am very pleased.”