Network baseline
Capacity, utilization, cost and service performance for every site, on a common basis.
Capacity & footprint planning
Decide where to make, store and serve, and when to invest.
Fact-based decisions about your network of plants, warehouses, branches and offices: where capacity is needed, what to consolidate, open, close or automate, and when to commit capital, with the cost, service and risk of each option.
WHEN COMPANIES CALL US
You may need this if…
- Some sites are overloaded while others sit half empty.
- You have grown by acquisition and inherited overlapping facilities.
- Leases are coming up for renewal and the decision is being made one site at a time.
- Freight and delivery costs are rising faster than revenue.
- A large capex request is on the table and the alternatives haven't been tested.
WHAT YOU GET
Outputs your team keeps and uses.
Demand outlook
Volume by product and region over the planning horizon, with high and low cases.
Footprint options
Consolidate, expand, relocate, automate or outsource, modeled on total cost, service, capital and risk.
Investment case
Capex, one-off costs, savings and payback for the chosen option, with timing.
Transition plan
How to move volume, people and customers without service disruption.
HOW IT WORKS
The work, step by step.
- 1Weeks 1–4
Baseline
Collect site data, map flows and build the cost and capacity model.
- 2Weeks 4–8
Model options
Test network scenarios against demand cases and constraints.
- 3Weeks 8–12
Decide and plan
Choose the option, build the investment case and the transition plan.
QUESTIONS THIS ANSWERS
- Do we have the right sites, in the right places, of the right size?
- When do we really need more capacity, and is building it the best option?
- What would consolidation save, and what would it risk?
- How do we move without disrupting customers?
HOW WE MEASURE IT
- Utilization by site
- Total network cost per unit
- Service levels and delivery times
- Return on capital invested
RUN THE NUMBERS FIRST
Free calculators for this decision.
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WHERE THIS COMES UP MOST
Industries where this work matters.
COMMON QUESTIONS
Before you get in touch.
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