Logistics and Warehouses

NIRAS offers comprehensive logistics and warehouse design services tailored to the food and beverage industry, ensuring stability in production and facilitating future growth. We assist clients across various sectors, including fish, meat, poultry, dairy, plant-based foods, bakery, ingredients, and beverages, in optimising their logistical and warehouse solutions.

Comprehensive project management

Our project teams deliver end-to-end services, from consultancy and concept studies to detailed facility design and construction management. We partner with clients throughout the project lifecycle, offering advice and remodelling services for legacy systems and leading performance improvement programmes to enhance efficiency and reduce costs.

Strategic logistics planning

We conduct strategic reviews of National Distribution Centers (NDC) and Regional Distribution Centers (RDC) to expand sales volumes, reduce costs, and enable more direct sales as part of a strategic masterplan. Our approach includes workshops to gather current and trend data, on-site reviews of current operations, and spatial surveys of facilities to explore remodelling possibilities. This comprehensive analysis challenges business assumptions regarding national distribution patterns and develops options for facility replacement, retention, or remodelling, supplemented by additional NDC/RDCs as needed.

Expertise in facility refurbishment

We manage complex refurbishment projects, including the strip-out of existing equipment and services, dilapidation and refurbishment, and installation of new mechanisms along with associated platforms, mezzanines, and services. Our approach ensures safe access and control of sites, competency of all contractors, availability of suitable welfare facilities, and meticulous sequencing of build activities to maintain health and safety standards. We implement robust site management systems, conduct thorough contractor competency checks, and maintain continuous on-site health and safety management.

Our logistics and warehouse services include:

• Supply chain optimisation, from supplier to end customer
• Warehouse layout, design, optimisation, automation, and tendering
• Digital Twin/discrete event simulation
• Optimising goods flow, processes, and supporting IT
• Masterplanning
• Optimal greenfield and warehouse design.

By integrating these services, NIRAS ensures that your logistics and warehouse operations are efficient, scalable, and aligned with your business objectives.