SITE SELECTION / OPERATIONAL CONSULTING & ONSITE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Where a facility sits determines its cost structure for the next decade, and most site decisions are made by people who have never run the building. KSi provides operator-led support across three moments that sit just outside a technology engagement: choosing and opening a facility, turning around an operation that isn't performing, and assessing an operation before or after a transaction.
Why KSi?
Brokers know markets. Site selection firms know incentives and labor data. Neither has stood in a distribution center during a failed startup.
Site Selection and Facility Startup:
Network design and footprint modelling
-Market screening on labor availability, transportation economics, utility capacity and incentives
- Site and building evaluation: clear height, column spacing, power service, dock configuration and expansion headroom
- Facility programming, labor and capital cost estimating and on-site project management
- Operational readiness and startup through go-live
Distribution Operations:
- Throughput, labor productivity, service levels and cost per unit
- Network and transportation optimization: route density, fleet mix, carrier and 3PL strategy
- Automation and robotics strategy, including WMS and TMS readiness
- Continuous improvement and post-startup performance stabilization
Private Equity and M&A:
- Operational due diligence before the deal
- Integration planning and execution after it
- Synergy capture and post-acquisition performance improvement
- Sell-side operational readiness
