Unlike most engineering firms, HARRISON offers a wide range of interrelated engineering services. While these services can certainly stand along, most projects draw upon expertise in multiple areas. Conveying this concept to the customer, of many talents and many disciplines working together, poses something of a challenge. How can we concisely explain exactly what we do?
While building this website we explored different ways of organizing our services. Six distinct areas eventually emerged: Machine Design, Job Shop Manufacturing, Research and Development, Manufacturing Consulting, Field Services, and Construction. While HARRISON does all these things, simply listing them creates the false impression that each service stands along. In reality that rarely happens. A typical customer does not just want a machine designed or part machined, often the customer wants an element that smoothly integrates with a system. The system may be completely new or decades old, but everything has to work together without a hitch. That requires experience and expertise in many areas, machining some parts to a drawing.
Sometimes a picture can do what words cannot. We developed the HARRISON services diagram to show just how our services stand together or stand apart as required to meet the unique needs of each customer. In the center of the diagram all 6 services blend together. At the perimeter of the nucleus the services meet in numerous combinations. Further out in the orbits each service stands alone. This reflects the interdisciplinary approach of HARRISON and also suggests the scope of our projects, from the smallest job shop manufacturing task to the construction of a complete manufacturing facility.