Logistics site implementation for efficient and sustainable flows

Beyond architectural and technical aspects, setting up a new site requires expertise in logistics layout design, flow engineering, and storage and picking methods and technologies. We support our clients from the early building design phase and sizing through to the implementation of storage and picking infrastructure.

Our convictions

Include layout thinking from the building design stage

To ensure the building is practical and fits operational needs, close collaboration between building technical teams and the operational project team should begin at the very start of the project.
This collaboration makes it possible to ensure smooth future operations while sizing the building to the actual need, taking into account the equipment to be integrated, such as mechanization, and the activities to be carried out in the future site.

Use the right level of detail depending on the project phase

The complexity of these projects requires a phased approach, moving from the overall design to the most detailed level. Developing detailed plans before validating the high-level configuration with all stakeholders can lead to major design errors.
Working through successive stages helps teams understand and adopt the solution, ensures overall consistency, and significantly reduces the time required to produce the detailed plans at a later stage.

Choose the right location

The choice of location for a new site depends on market opportunities, but it must also take key logistics constraints into account, including access to major road networks, rail connections where relevant, and the availability of a suitable local workforce.

Aim for sustainable logistics

Through building design, site layout, configuration, and equipment choices, logistics facilities can support more sustainable operations by limiting land take, reducing carbon emissions, achieving a positive energy balance, and protecting local biodiversity.
These considerations must be integrated throughout the project by all stakeholders involved.

Our solutions
and expertise

Logistics site sizing

Definition of the storage policy.
Volume forecasting and sizing of storage requirements.
Definition of the key operational processes to be implemented.
Sizing of the different activity areas.

Building location

Support in selecting the location of logistics sites.
Assessment of market opportunities and decision-making support.
Evaluation of available land and buildings against your specific requirements.

Logistics site implementation

Definition of storage and order-picking methods.
Development of site layout plans and validation of the target design with operational teams.
Support in supplier selection and oversight of installation works.

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Maxence Chrétien

Partner

A graduate of INSA Lyon in Industrial Engineering, Maxence has held both operational and project roles throughout his 20-year career.

He has served as a Supply Chain Manager for major logistics service providers and industrial companies, giving him the opportunity to lead significant supply chain projects in a wide range of environments.

Today, Maxence leads major supply chain transformation programmes across various industries.