Consulting Resources
AAIM provides professional consulting services for members in key areas which encourage growth, productivity and safe business practices.
Safety & Health
Effective safety and health programs benefit both employees and the organization’s bottom line. Effective programs also shape employees into a more productive workforce.
Safety Audits and Inspections
An audit is composed of two evaluations:
1) Detailed assessment of administrative compliance, and
2) Hands-on inspection.
The process can help determine a program’s effectiveness and lower workers’ compensation rates.

Ergonomic Services
AAIM offers highly specialized services to identify and correct problem areas that will reduce back injuries, cumulative trauma disorders, and medical and workers’ compensation costs.
Workers' Compensation Partnership
AAIM’s specialists partner with companies helping them identify exposure to loss and to implement safe workplace strategies. These measures can reduce costs as well as achieve favorable insurance underwriting and greater dividend payouts.
Quality & Productivity
AAIM assists companies in improving their competitive position and satisfying customer expectations by providing professional direction in productivity, team building systems, philosophies, and techniques.
QS-9000 & ISO 9000
AAIM provides a broad range of services to help implement a total quality environment: preassessment audits, strategic quality planning, documentation and development of procedures and processes, quality manual development, and team guidance. On-site quality programs are designed to help members understand the changing requirements and standards in today’s business environment.
Our professionals offer cost-effective methods to help you reach your quality improvement goals. We will work with you to assess your quality system and develop a customized plan to help you maximize your efforts, whether you’re seeking certification in standards of compliance or merely internal improvements.
AAIM offers a variety of manufacturing programs and on-site project help to assist our members in their need to implement World Class Manufacturing practices.
For on-site assistance, our manufacturing specialists can tailor any program, or provide specialized project assistance to help your operations.
Industrial Engineering
AAIM provides its members with various industrial engineering consulting services including:
Manufacturing process analysis and improvement
Flow management technology
Inventory analysis and JIT manufacturing
Ergonomic risk assessment and work station analysis
Time and Motion studies
Plant layout and design
Manufacturing cell design
Development of production standards
Work measurement standards and systems
Organizational Development
AAIM professional staff can assist your organization in developing and installing programs and plans to improve its processes, people and plans, including:
Strategic planning
Assessing your organization’s strengths and weaknesses as well as identifying key issues that influence employee performance and morale
Administering organizational surveys to pinpoint problem areas and avoid future problems
Auditing functional areas such as planning, accounting, inventory control, human resources, etc.
Establishing benchmarks for measuring organizational progress
Serving as a catalyst for building a more productive and satisfying workplace
Assessing organizational training and development needs
Providing management team development to align an organization’s mission, vision and performance goals
Resolving conflict and implementing change strategies
Conducting customer satisfaction, customer service, vendor relations, manufacturer’s representative and quality surveys