Competitive advantages through professional and future-oriented planning 

Factory design is the basis to perform with state of the art technology and organization to work both effective and economical. Planning and realization of new production plants require an extensive fund of experience and comprehensive international industry-specific know-how. It is necessary to obtain an optimum economic efficiency with both an increased customer orientation and a make-to-order manufacturing in "batch size 1". Even with a multi-variant product range, competitive costs caused by low inventories, short lead times and efficient utilization of resources are expected.

These ambitious objectives can only be achieved by using comprehensive solutions  – solutions which optimally satisfy all company-specific conditions and requirements and which also incorporate future developments.

Factory design is one of our core competences. Our structured approach covers all project phases: From conceptual formulation and analysis of economic efficiency through detailed planning to implementation. The experience accumulated in the realization of numerous projects all over the world as well as the product and process know-how within the HOMAG Group flows into the development of our solutions.

Your benefit:

Cost minimization through optimal planning and operation efficiency calculation Systematically planned processes with optimized lead times Optimal basis for further development of a production company

From the concept phase over the detailed planning to realization and effective ramp-up of your factory you can rely on the expertise of SCHULER Consulting.

Conceptual formulation and analysis of economic efficiency

• Our solution approaches will consider your individual basic conditions as well as cutting-edge manufacturing technologies. 
• For the planned products and manufacturing volumes we will elaborate manufacturing strategies, create block layouts and visualize the material flows.
• On the basis of the anticipated investments and operating costs we will check and compare the economic efficiency of the various solution options.
• You will obtain investment security by using optimized processes and reliable cost estimates.

Detailed planning

• Once you have opted for the appropriate concept, we will draw up a feasible planning.
• After having determined the required buildings, all production areas will be planned with detailed layouts and the staff requirements will be clarified. The capacities of your processes will be perfectly synchronized. Our technological proposal will be designed to meet optimally your requirements in terms of existing products and planned quantities.
• With regard to machine specifications as well as plans for e.g. compressed air, dust extraction and electrical power you will be provided with a professional basis for inquiries to address to potential suppliers.

Implementation

The consistent implementation of the design is decisive for the success of the investment project. In this process you will receive on-site support by experienced consultants.

• These will e.g. be in charge of the project management and the supply of machinery.
• They are also familiar with the commissioning and ramp-up, the fine tuning in the start-up phase as well as with the training of new employees.