After the Masterplan, the real investment phase begins: we turn your target vision into a robust detailed plan, create genuine market competition through a structured tender, and support you through award and implementation all the way to successful commissioning – with a clear focus on cost-effectiveness, technology security, quality, and schedule reliability.
The decision for an automation concept marks the start of the real investment phase. Now requirements need to be defined in detail, interfaces specified, suitable vendors made comparable, and investment costs determined on a solid basis.
XPERT supports this process on a vendor-independent basis – from detailed planning through tendering and award to realization and commissioning.
A clear process with a deliberate checkpoint before investment approval.
Define requirements, performance specifications, layout, material flow, and interfaces in detail.
Clearly describe scopes of work and bring suitable vendors into competition.
Re-evaluate ROI, investment volume, and project risks before approval.
Fully and bindingly define specifications, interfaces, responsibilities, schedules, and acceptance criteria.
Manage suppliers, resolve issues with a clear focus on outcomes, and monitor quality, schedule, and cost.
Successful commissioning and verified performance in live operation.
For anyone who wants to go deeper – a look at how we work, phase by phase.
We refine the concept selected in the Masterplan to the point where vendors can calculate on a common, unambiguous basis. This reduces room for interpretation and creates the foundation for a fair technical and economic comparison.
Throughput and performance requirements, capacities & peak loads, availability, and redundancies.
Equipment and space layout, material flow and supply/disposal, integration and connection into existing infrastructure.
IT, control, and data interfaces, safety and operational requirements, maintenance, ergonomics, and service.
A robust technical foundation for comparable quotes.
Based on the detailed plan, we tender the task functionally, open to any technology and vendor. This creates genuine competition among suitable vendors – both technically and economically.
It's not the cheapest quote that wins, but the most economical overall package of technology, performance, investment, and risk.
Does the technical solution truly fit the process, target vision, and growth – and is it future-proof?
Are throughput, availability, and interfaces fully guaranteed?
Which costs are included – and which are merely deferred?
How reliable are the schedule, integration, service, and ramp-up?
After the tender, concrete technical solutions and solid market prices are available for the first time. That's exactly why we place a deliberate checkpoint before the investment is approved.
Competitive quotes replace early cost estimates with market-tested prices, forming a more solid investment basis.
Productivity, workforce impact, ongoing costs, and savings are reconciled against the actual investment.
The expected return on investment is re-evaluated before approval, based on the concrete solution.
Technical, schedule, and organizational risks are visibly factored into the decision.
This turns a concept decision into a well-founded investment decision based on real market offers.
Once the investment is approved, the technical and contractual foundations are finalized. Whatever is clearly defined before award doesn't need to be expensively renegotiated during realization.
Technical specification, requirements/functional specs, and a clear delineation of deliverables.
Interfaces, responsibilities, cooperation duties, and escalation paths are clearly regulated.
FAT, SAT, performance tests, availability proofs, and final acceptance are defined in advance.
Installation is not the goal. What matters is that the system achieves the agreed performance in real operation. That's why our work doesn't end with the award.
We remain your technical partner and track schedules, scope of delivery, open items, and interfaces.
Planning stages, layouts, functional descriptions, and technical solutions are reviewed systematically.
We support factory acceptance tests, installation, integration, and performance tests against the agreed criteria.
We support the ramp-up, track outstanding items, and stay involved until performance is verified in operation. When problems come up, we help wherever we can – because "can't be done" isn't in our vocabulary.
A selection of completed automation projects can be found here.
35% increase in production output through a fully automated packing and unpacking solution.
Realization of a high-bay warehouse with 12,000 storage locations and WMS integration for maximum availability.
30% productivity increase at an 80% automation level for production supply and disposal, including order picking.
Together, we'll develop the best solution for your detailed planning and realization – secured economically, technically, and operationally.
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