06 — Manufacturing & Maintenance

OPEX, CAPEX and ROI Calculations

We build board-ready business cases for manufacturing, logistics and maintenance investments. Vendor-independent feasibility work, dynamic simulation and cost modelling translate the options into genuinely comparable OPEX, CAPEX and ROI scenarios with quantified risk.

You get a clear recommendation, an implementation path, and numbers you can defend to both finance and operations.

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Your challenges

What's holding you back right now?

  • Investment options lack a comparable OPEX and CAPEX baseline.
  • Payback is unclear and the savings assumptions are optimistic.
  • Vendor proposals do not reflect how operations actually run.
  • Risks and knock-on effects have not been quantified.
  • There is no way to test the scenario before committing to it.
When it matters

You'll benefit when you are…

  • Comparing automation levels for a new line or distribution centre
  • Building the business case for warehouse automation
  • Restructuring the network to reduce logistics operating cost
  • Planning major maintenance or spare-parts strategy changes
  • Preparing for CAPEX approval with scenario analysis
  • Aligning finance and operations on payback timing
  • Validating vendor quotes against real throughput constraints
Outcomes

What we deliver

A board-ready business case

A structured OPEX and CAPEX model with clear payback and sensitivity analysis.

A scenario-tested recommendation

Dynamic simulation validating capacity, buffers and response times.

A risk register with mitigations

Cost risks identified and unnecessary expenditure removed before approval.

Vendor-independent options analysis

A technology-agnostic comparison that reflects your real processes.

Operational impact forecast

OEE, staffing, transport and service level impacts quantified rather than assumed.

An implementation roadmap

From design to go-live with outcomes that can be measured afterwards.

Get a business case that stands up to finance — and to the review a year later.

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What makes us different

Augment Cloud experts at your service

  • Vendor-independent and focused on your economics rather than on a technology sale.
  • Dynamic simulation used as a standard part of decision support, not an optional extra.
  • End-to-end delivery from feasibility and business case through to commissioning.
  • A cross-functional view covering technology, IT, process, safety and construction impact.
  • A data-driven methodology backed by proprietary software expertise.

Realistic baselines make honest ROI

We apply AI where it moves the needle — forecasting demand and flows, optimising inventory and pricing, and supporting complex multi-criteria decisions with better accuracy and less delay. That underpins the scenario modelling and materially strengthens the reliability of the ROI projection.

Where useful, VERITICO supports investment cases with distribution strategy planning and precise simulation, plus inventory and replenishment models that produce realistic operating cost baselines rather than optimistic ones. You choose the scope; we plug in the relevant parts.

Case studies

Cases that survived the board

AutoStore feasibility for Schneider Electric

Feasibility study validated AutoStore for the CEE DC and quantified a capacity uplift up to 300%.

+300% capacity uplift quantified Show full case study →

Production & logistics layout for SIGMA Group

Up to 1,330 m² of production and warehouse space freed up. 10–20% reduction in internal handling routes.

1,330 m² freed · −10–20% handling routes Show full case study →

Logistics strategy for Bonavita

10-year logistics strategy validated. Export outsourcing recommended over new construction.

10-year strategy · Lower long-term risk Show full case study →

Logistics masterplan for AL INVEST Břidličná

Plant-wide logistics concept with a central dispatch warehouse — flows consolidated and floor space released for growth.

Shared roadmap · Clear investment case Show full case study →

Data-driven warehouse layout for dm drogerie markt

A new warehouse in Ostředek with significant savings in warehouse labour intensity and a future-ready concept.

Lower labor cost · Future-proof concept Show full case study →

Carrier cost & network simulation for Elektrowin

Carrier cost model and network simulation — toll impacts validated, negotiation-ready savings scenarios delivered.

+0.6% YoY toll impact on transport cost Show full case study →
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Will your business case survive scrutiny?

Send us the investment you are preparing. We will tell you which assumptions finance will challenge first — and how to evidence them.

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