PSI develops conceptual and detailed designs of facilities, material flows and site interfaces. In addition, we analyze distribution and supply-chain logistics and help to plan operations for integrated manufacturing facilities, distribution centers, and cash management centers.

PSI can eliminate many of the common problems in existing cash and check operations. Most existing operations are inefficient because they utilize buildings that were not designed for the work that is currently being done, the newer processing technologies, and the current and future volume requirements. Typically, most Many existing operations have a limited number of secure truck docks, limited vault storage space, operations on multiple floors, small doors and hallways, and inadequate security and control systems. Also, most existing operations do not provide a safe and productive work environment for the employees.

New facilities and equipment can solve these existing problems and provide significant reductions in cost and improvements in productivity. In addition, with enterprise resource planning solutions, PSII can integrate multiple sites into a single coherent operation linked physically and electronically. For example, the PSI designed cash center for the National Bank of Hungary integrates the new Hungarian Mint with the new automated cash storage, processing and destruction facilities in Budapest. The PSI project for the Banco de la Republica Colombia integrates the new banknote printing works with the new automated cash storage, processing and destruction facilities in Bogotá.

PSI has developed computerized logistics modeling tools that simplify the analysis of alternative distribution models. These optimization software tools allow thousands of iterations to be run very quickly in order to determine the optimum network that will provide the required service levels at the lowest cost. The optimization software has been used to determine optimum locations and capacities of existing and future warehouses, cash vaults, manufacturing facilities, cash processing and destruction facilities, printing/minting facilities, and strategic and custodial inventory locations. In cash distribution logistics applications,, the optimization software has been used to model potential changes in the structure of existing distribution networks, including changes in the roles of the central bank, commercial banks, CIT companies and other “third party” cash logistics providers.