Densify production and intralogistics
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Germany is the largest producer of food and beverages in Europe, and in principle the indicators point toward growth. However, uncertain cost perspectives and rising quality expectations pose major challenges for the food industry.
► All organic? A market in motion
To remain competitive as a quality producer, raw materials, recipes, and finished products must meet the increasingly high expectations of retailers and consumers.
However, procurement on the global agricultural commodities market – for example for sugar, vegetable oils, or cocoa – is influenced not only by climate fluctuations or crop failures, but also by market speculation, stockpiling shortages, or sales restrictions (e.g. to Russia).
The ongoing shift toward ecology and organic products also presents food manufacturers with new challenges. Reliable production requires reliable supplies. Growth-oriented companies will have no chance in the future of ensuring stable product and delivery quality for their customers without well-founded supply chain management.
► From ice cream to pizza, from water to sparkling wine. This is where we are active:
Few industries have as diverse a service spectrum as the food industry. LogistikPlan’s consulting and planning expertise covers the following segments
- Mineral water and soft drinks
- Wine and sparkling wine
- Baked goods and long-life baked goods
- Sugar and confectionery
- Chilled and convenience foods
- Meat and sausage products
- Dietary supplements, fitness and sports nutrition
- Seasonings, sauces, organic, diet, and vegan products
- Service providers for mixing and filling (powders / tablets / capsules / liquids)
- Food retail (wholesale / brick-and-mortar retail / online retail)
We advise medium-sized and large food manufacturers along the entire value chain – from raw material procurement and storage through production, packaging, and finishing to distribution. Particular attention is paid to compliance with food-grade requirements, such as cold chains (in accordance with HACCP), hygiene, best-before date management, and batch tracking.
► Our key service areas
- Capacity planning for the medium- and long-term expansion of production facilities, material flows, storage and transport volumes using specialized LogistikPlan planning tools
- Production and material flow analyses including space and material flow balances
- Layout planning for logistics-friendly and HACCP-compliant positioning of machines, systems, and workstations
- Layout planning of clean rooms and infrastructure (personnel and material airlocks, implementation of black, gray, and white zoning)
- Implementation of intralogistics systems, e.g. conveying systems, tow train systems, or automated guided vehicles (AGVs), also for cold storage, wet areas, and hygiene-sensitive environments
- Optimization and automation of packaging processes
- Planning of production and dispatch warehouses (raw material warehouses and silos, cold stores, hygiene warehouses, packaging warehouses, dispatch warehouses)
- Support for specialist planne
