
Facility Layout & Design
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.
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