AZentron Solutions provides vendor-independent project management for new warehouses, extensions and automation – from requirements analysis to go-live. As a warehouse automation consultant and external project manager for new warehouse construction, I support companies in Austria and Bavaria, across the DACH region and internationally on request.
A new warehouse or an automation project is a multi-million investment that shapes your operations for many years. Vendors naturally advise on their own technology. And internally, experience is often lacking because such projects are rarely part of the core business. This is exactly where I come in: I represent your interests as the client – in planning, in tendering and in implementation.
Phone +43 676 48 40 772 · [email protected]
✓ Greenfield warehouse with more than 50,000 m² of usable floor space
✓ more than €100m contract award for logistics technology (combined award in a single tender)
✓ more than €100m contract award for construction (single project)
✓ Chilled and frozen zones
✓ A new building or extension has been approved, but there is no in-house experience with construction projects of this size.
✓ Several vendor proposals are on the table – and cannot be compared properly.
✓ Your existing warehouse is reaching its capacity limits. It is unclear whether conversion, automation or a new building is the right answer.
✓ You want to optimise or automate an existing warehouse without putting ongoing operations at risk.
✓ A project is already under way, but deadlines or budget are coming under pressure.
✓ Chilled or frozen areas are to be added or newly planned.
Requirements come from your operations – from volumes, product range, processes and growth – not from a product catalogue.
Manual, semi- or fully automated – every option is assessed for cost, capacity, flexibility and risk.
Project management steers vendors and general planners instead of being one of them.
I have no commercial ties with vendors and receive no commissions. My recommendation is based solely on the needs of your operations.
Greenfield or brownfield, conveyor systems or high-bay warehouse: what matters is which solution fits your flows of goods and your business case.
Whether automation pays off is decided not by the technology but by your operations. These criteria provide initial guidance.
→ Insights: Is warehouse automation worth it? Criteria for a well-founded decision
✓ Development of order and volume levels
✓ Product range structure and SKU variety
✓ Staff availability and shift model
✓ Space and height reserves on site
✓ Requirements for error rate and throughput time
✓ Investment budget and expected payback period
Temperature-controlled zones place their own demands on a new building – on building physics, building services, materials handling technology and processes. I have planned and delivered chilled and frozen areas in a greenfield project and integrate them into the entire supply chain from the start: from inbound deliveries and storage through to store replenishment.
New construction, extension and conversion of warehouse sites including intralogistics automation – combined award in a single tender of more than €100m for logistics technology and more than €100m for construction in a single project
Greenfield warehouse with more than 50,000 m² of usable floor space as the client’s representative, including chilled and frozen zones
Tendering of general planner and logistics technology, individual contract awards, building and trade permits
Three years as statutory managing director (trade law) Warehousing, more than ten years of Prokura (authorised signatory)
We capture volumes, product range, processes and growth plans. You receive a robust requirements profile that serves as the basis for all further decisions.
I develop options – manual, semi- and fully automated – and assess them for cost, capacity, flexibility and risk. The result is a decision paper for your management.
I prepare the tenders for the general planner and logistics technology, make quotes comparable and lead the negotiations through to contract award – as a single combined award or as individual awards.
During construction and installation I represent your interests towards all parties involved. Deadlines, budget, risks and permits are managed transparently.
Testing, go-live and stabilisation take place step by step. At the end I hand over results and responsibilities to your team.
Feasibility and comparison of options before the investment decision.
Responsibility for planning, tendering and implementation.
Warehouse or site management for a defined period during construction and ramp-up.
Let’s clarify which option fits your operations.
Phone +43 676 48 40 772 · [email protected]
The cost of an automated warehouse depends mainly on throughput, storage capacity, degree of automation, the building (new or existing) and temperature zones. A reliable figure only emerges after the requirements analysis. More important than the purchase price is the total cost over the service life – including operating costs, staff and flexibility.
The requirements profile is turned into a specification. This is followed by bidder selection, the proposal phase, technical and commercial evaluation, negotiation and contract award. What matters is that all proposals are based on the same requirements and therefore become comparable.
For new buildings with a high share of construction work, a general planner usually makes sense. External project management steers the general planner and ensures that the building and the logistics technology fit together. Clash detection is particularly important here. What matters is that the planning of the construction works and of the logistics technology is brought together seamlessly.
The client’s representative safeguards your interests towards planners, construction companies and technology providers: reviewing plans, initiating clash checks between construction trades and logistics technology suppliers, steering deadlines and costs, deciding within the agreed scope and documenting deviations.
That depends on size, permits and degree of automation. For larger projects, planning, tendering, construction and ramp-up usually extend over several years. We draw up a realistic schedule in the first phase.
Completely. There are no commercial ties with vendors and I receive no commissions.
