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Consulting, planning and realisation in one hand: The right partner for developing logistics The worst-case scenario for logistics companies: a new logistics centre is finished but cannot be used because it does not meet safety or fire regulations or high automated logistics systems do not run reliably yet. When working with a specialist like P+L Hoffbauer & Co, those mistakes can be excluded from the beginning and additionally the planning process will be less stressful for the entrepreneur. TEXT: JESSICA HOLZHAUSEN I PHOTOS: P+L HOFFBAUER & CO
The company P+L Hoffbauer & Co, with headquarters in Düsseldorf, is an ownerled company and specialist for intra logistics solutions and complete supply chains. Since 1993, managing directors Dietmar Hoffbauer and Andreas Nowak and their team have worked for large companies – with a revenue of at least 15 million euros – in industry, commerce and the service sector, for example for large fashion brands, the automotive industry or the chemical and pharmaceutical industry. The business rests on three cornerstones: logistics consulting, planning and realisation. These are also the three steps of a project. Before it can start, a phase of consultation is needed to evaluate what a client wants and needs, this dictates the 82 | Issue 40 | July 2016
guidelines for a project. The most effective and economic solutions are always better than simply installing some fancy IT tool. After determining what systems are needed for running the business, further planning will start. This means working with architects and budgeting the costs for building and operating or planning how many employees will be needed.
experienced people. At the beginning this often seems rather expensive, but the costs following a mistake will be enormous,” says Dietmar Hoffbauer. The logistics sector has become rather complicated with many different parties involved in establishing a new logistics centre. Often enough the costs are so high that the entrepreneur takes investors on board. And when everybody involves a lawyer, everything will become even more complicated. Not many businessmen and women have the time and energy to go through this alone, so relying on experts like the P+L Hoffbauer & Co team can be a relief. www.pl-hoffbauer.de
Building regulations have to be considered from the very beginning. The Airport Berlin-Brandenburg, which has still not opened and the costs are exploding, is a famous example of what happens if fire and safety regulations are not professionally taken into account in planning and realisation. “Professional project management needs the right and
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