Factory and logistics design

Conceptual design for the expansion of a production and customer service logistics

Feasibility study for the expansion of a central logistics building with the goal of meeting increasing sales figures and growing needs of the service hubs and production locations. Layout design of manual and automatic storage and picking systems and definition of necessary structural as well as (logistics) infrastructural adaptation and conversion measures in the existing building.

Logistics planning for a new pharmaceutical distribution centre

Design of the intralogistics systems for a new, highly-automated goods-distribution centre for pharmaceutical products. Automatic warehousing and conveyor systems incl. depalletising, labelling and shipping. Dynamic simulation of the overall system.

Improving performance and ergonomics in handling outgoing goods

Optimisation of the distribution warehouse for a white-goods manufacturer. Improvement of routing in order picking and dispatch from the high-bay warehouse to the lorries. Optimisation of packing patterns and improved ergonomics in the dispatch process. Assessment of optimisation approaches by simulating the system as a whole and support provided in the implementation.