Considering the approach and the objective
Our technical and project specialists work with your team to assess the technical and financial viability of investment options.
- Masterplanning for individual locations
- Strategic masterplans concerning networked operations
- Operational review and de-bottlenecking
- Concept design
- Scheme design
There are some commonly sought objectives to be considered in a manufacturing or logistics concept design:
Safety & Security
- Material and people flow analysis and optimisation
- Eliminate crossing flows
- Access for maintenance
- Security control for vulnerable areas, functions, product
- Product safety & regulatory
Efficient Operation
- Logical flow
- Automation vs. people review
- Eliminate bottlenecks
- Logistics strategy
- Occupation density (and safety)
- Warehouse / transport / despatch interfaces
Quality
- Establish cleanliness regimes
- Devise zoning: segregation vs. functionality
- Constraints associated with existing building configuration
- Product handling systems
- Optimal process automation
Capacity versus Demand
- Understanding key capacity drivers for development
- Daily and seasonal demand profiles
- Inbound & Outbound product routing review and optimisation
- Vehicle access and driver accommodation
- Features allowing expansion
Capability of turning a masterplan into reality.
We have a solid track record in undertaking Masterplanning, including as examples:
- Brewing
- Soft drinks
- Food ingredients
- Ready meals and convenience foods
- Pharmacy products
- Aerospace
- Occupational safety products
- Building products
- Confectionery
- Baked products
- Pharmaceutical and well-being
Confidential and unbiased executive reporting
Our confidential unbiased executive output reports provides you with an independent view of the proposed options, examining the opportunity for change, with outline costs and time scale based upon our experience of delivering over £20bn of CapEx change projects.
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Partner with us
In partnering with Lorien you will find people who understand engineering design, and who can guide your projects from concept design through to an operational, commissioned and validated state. Investment projects can often come with challenges, such as construction and installation to occur alongside live plants; time and cost constraints; construction in challenging environments.
Whatever the challenge may be, with over £3bn of constructed projects behind us, you can be assured that the team at Lorien is very likely to have met similar challenges and managed through to an effective outcome.
