Air Cargo Infrastructure and Logistics
We provide pragmatic and sound methodical solutions. In order to release the entrepreneurial and creative potential of your managers and staff and ensure their full commitment to the new solution, our air cargo consultants work hand in hand with your organization. Your success is our goal.
Air Cargo Facility Optimization is aimed at increasing the efficiency and quality of existing air cargo handling operations. Higher productivity of staff and assets, reduced unit costs and improved customer satisfaction leading to higher profitability are the key results of the project.
We focus on critical success factors such as the efficient allocation of resources, shorter processing times, productivity levels of staff and management, process monitoring plus quality and customer satisfaction throughout the entire organization.
We review core processes in order to identify improvement potentials, cost drivers and barriers to achieving quality. Next, we set improvement objectives and provide newly mapped processes. Finally, we help you to initiate, manage and monitor their implementation.
Air Cargo Facility Planning projects are about building new or expanding existing cargo terminals and ancillary facilities. The logically structured and proven sequence of steps offers our clients a target-oriented approach to their facility planning and implementation needs.
- Market potential analysis and air cargo feasibility study
The right combination of primary and secondary market data coupled with sophisticated air cargo development forecasting models determines a facility's required handling capacity and sets future milestones for staged development.
- Concept design
The concept provides an outline of the future air cargo facility's site utilization scheme, size, infrastructure, material flow, material handling and inventory technology, cargo management IT system and the connection to the airport’s IT network, cargo security and safety as well as processes and organization. In addition, an estimate of investment needs and operational costs is provided together with a preliminary project schedule. The concept design confirms the technical feasibility of the project.
- Financial viability analysis
Unless particular strategic or political considerations prevail, an air cargo facility should be an economically sound venture. Using a computer-based financial model fed with relevant cost and revenue data as well as investment schedules and anticipated inflation rates, we conduct a financial viability analysis to verify compliance with financial requirements.
- Detailed air cargo facility design
The air cargo development concept is then itemized and translated into clearly defined technical requirements to be met by future suppliers and contractors, thereby making the new air cargo facility or air cargo terminal expansion project increasingly tangible.
- Tendering process
In order to build a facility that meets the specifications and to obtain the best value for money, suitable bidders are selected in a pre-qualification round based on clearly defined and measurable criteria. Following the preparation of tender documents, the submitted proposals are evaluated. Finally, we recommend the most suitable contractor and provide assistance in contract negotiations.
- Implementation and operations start-up
Project management, contractor supervision and continuous progress and financial monitoring are just some of the steps in the implementation phase of the air cargo development project. Comprehensive functional, capacity and availability testing and acceptance procedures are conducted before the facility is handed over to the client, ready to start air cargo operations.
Contact
Lufthansa Consulting GmbH
Infrastructure and Logistics
Mr. Thilo Schmid
Planning, Designing and Building a Cargo Terminal
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