Holistic Factory Planning over the entire Life Cycle 

Design and implementation
of future-oriented production sites

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Factory Planning

Customized Factory Planning - What does it involve?

Together, we develop customized, future-oriented solutions for the entire life cycle of your factory. From the master plan for the strategic site alignment to concept and detailed planning through to implementation, we accompany you through all phases of factory planning. Once the building has been completed, the focus is on the start- and ramp-up of your production until the desired performance level is reached. 

However, if the challenges you face relate to the day-to-day running of your factory, we will work with you to develop appropriate solutions to reduce costs, increase efficiency and improve quality. 

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Trends and paradigm shifts - Which trends are influencing digital factory planning? 

From VUCA to BANI, from globalization to localization, from old work to new work ... The fact is that the challenges of today and tomorrow are increasingly complex, and it is becoming harder to distinguish between short-term trends and genuine paradigm shifts. We are constantly monitoring developments and analyzing the implications for the factories of today and tomorrow. 

Topics such as the green factory, digitalization of production or the adaptability of a production system have long since moved beyond the status of trends and are manifesting real paradigm shifts for the design of modern factories. With this in mind, we continue to develop our planning approaches and methodologies, adding key components. Increased consideration of environmental and social issues in design and the implementation of BIM are just two key examples of developments in this area.

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Factory Planning, General Planning
Defence

Holistic Factory Planning for a New State-of-the-Art Battery Factory

Comprehensive factory planning for the construction of a state-of-the-art battery plant with high complexity in material and process requirements.

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Holistic Factory Planning for a New State-of-the-Art Battery Factory
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Chemicals

Future-Oriented Site Development for the Production of Hygiene Solutions

Factory and Facility Planning for the Strategic Site Development of a Provider of Hygiene Solutions.

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Future-Oriented Site Development for the Production of Hygiene Solutions

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In which areas can Metroplan support you with factory planning?

Whether capacity expansion in a greenfield scenario, reorganization in brownfield environments or performance issues in the areas of production and logistics. Even in complex, volatile times, our consultants will work with you to find the right answers to the impact factors in your industry. In our view, the key success factor is always the combination of technical and methodological expertise with the relevant industry experience to develop an individual solution in the project. Depending on the current level of maturity, we develop a process concept for your factory planning project on this basis.

Find out here which specific solutions we can support you with on the way to your target factory:

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Why does master planning help your strategic site alignment?

Limited growth due to insufficient space or inefficient material flows due to heterogeneous factory structures? Master planning reveals the potential of different locations and provides a reliable basis for your strategic site alignment considering multi-dimensional criteria.

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From the inside out - Concept design as the basis for your new factory 

The structuring of the functional areas, a clear understanding of processes and future-orientated area dimensioning are the basic prerequisites for a material flow-oriented factory layout. By quantitatively and qualitatively evaluating the developed variants, we use your factory concept to ensure decision-making certainty for budget approval.

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Aerial view of a factory concept design with planned structures, functional areas, and workflow optimization for efficient site development.
Spacious, modern factory interior with high ceilings, skylights, and industrial infrastructure, ready for detailed planning and implementation.

Detailed planning up to realization-ready layout 

As the final planning phase prior to the transition to implementation, it is essential to plan all functional aspects in detail and ensure alignment with the technical plan. Effective collaboration with other trades is essential for success, with factory planning assuming the role of the functional user. The objective of this phase is to produce a detailed layout, media layout and structured documentation of all room and equipment requirements, including media requirements.

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Assembly planning - From cycle time optimization to material supply

As experts in discrete manufacturing, assembly planning is one of our fundamental core competences. We can help you select the appropriate assembly principles and design the supporting processes. Afterwards, we implement the optimum degree of automation in the supply and disposal of workstations and in the handling of components and products.

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High-tech assembly line with robotic arms automating the production of solar panels in a modern manufacturing facility.
3D visualization of an optimized production logistics system, showcasing material flow, warehouse automation, and data-driven efficiency improvements.

Production Logistics

Operational cost benefit through optimized production logistics 

Whether for new planning or the reorganization of existing factories: The material flow is a decisive driver of efficiency. To ensure that you are optimally positioned, you need a tailor-made production logistics system to enable the best possible value-added processes. To design this, it is necessary to analyze mass data, identify cost drivers and optimize material flow. The final evaluation of different warehouse and logistics solutions for the implementation of the production logistics system ensures that it is economically viable. On request, we can also guide you through the entire procurement process for all subsystems up to the commissioning of the individual solutions.

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Operational Excellence:
Reducing costs. 
Increase efficiency. 
Improve quality.

Optimization in the day-to-day business can be aimed at specific objectives or at long-term effects in the sense of a transformation program. In addition, action areas are extremely multi-faceted. This includes the optimization of the overall order flow as well as the empowering the company's own workforce through targeted training. As a first step, we therefore recommend our compact OPEX Quick Check to determine the right optimization approach.

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Hot topic: Green Factory - What role does sustainability play in factory planning?

Economically efficient, ecologically compatible and socially orientated. The complexity of the topic ranges from the process level to the building design and the role of people in your factory. It is important to find the right balance and combine a holistic understanding of sustainability in the Green Factory. We provide you with targeted support.

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Our Guiding Principles 

We follow clear principles to successfully implement your project

Our way of working follows clear principles that provide guidance at every stage: from the continuous integration of functional and structural planning to data-based material flow design and the targeted integration of sustainability and automation aspects. Our Guiding Principles ensure that all interactions in the planning process are taken into account in order to implement a sustainable production system.

Illustration einer digital vernetzten Fabrik mit Datenflüssen, die Metroplan's Prinzipien der Fabrikplanung wie Automatisierung, Nachhaltigkeit, Materialflussorientierung und datenbasierte Auslegung visualisiert.

Functional and Structural Perspective

Data-based Factory Design

Material Flow Orientation in the Layout

Automation and IT Interface

Operational Excellence

Green Factory und Sustainability

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Functional and structural perspective

Consistent dovetailing of the functional and structural perspective across all planning phases with a constant focus on all interactions.

Data-based factory design

From the production program to the capacity calculation to the material flow model - the design of all areas is data-based.

Material flow orientation in the layout

Designing an efficient, robust supply to all workstations in order to be able to focus on your own core processes.

Automation and IT interface

Efficiency gains through targeted automation require transparent processes in the real and digital environment - we specify all functional requirements.

Operational Excellence

We design a production system that you can operate at the operational optimum and provide you with the tools you need to successfully implement a CIP.

Green Factory und sustainability

A sustainable production operation requires optimum interaction between buildings and processes. We provide support from process optimization to building certification.

 

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Simon Vehof
Simon Vehof

Business Development Manager

Matthias Göke
Matthias Göke

Managing Partner

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