Case study · Ports & Logistics
Demo case study — client and results are fictional
01 · Challenge
Vessel sizes had grown faster than the terminal's quay. Crane availability averaged below target, and yard congestion at peak meant trucks waited up to two hours.
The board was weighing a major berth extension, but had no reliable view of how much capacity was being lost to avoidable downtime and planning friction.
02 · Approach
1
Instrumented twelve weeks of crane, yard and gate data to build a single loss tree for the terminal.
2
Rebuilt preventive maintenance for ship-to-shore cranes around failure data rather than calendar intervals.
3
Introduced stacking rules and a daily planning huddle linking vessel, yard and gate teams.
4
Trained supervisors to run the new routines and handed over a live performance dashboard.
03 · Outcome
Within nine months the terminal handled materially more moves per crane hour, and truck turnaround fell to under an hour at peak.
The berth extension was deferred by at least four years, releasing capital for electrification of yard equipment.
“Corporate showed us we had a planning problem, not a quay problem. That changed the conversation in our boardroom.”
EnergyUnited Kingdom · 2024
Connection requests had tripled. We built a risk-based investment plan that balanced reinforcement, renewal and flexibility — and stood up to regulatory challenge.
340substations modelled
TransportMiddle East · 2025
A new train fleet was due before its maintenance depot would be ready. We took over programme controls and recovered eleven weeks on the critical path.
11 wksrecovered on critical path
WaterAustralia · 2024
After two dry summers, a utility needed to prove where resilience spending would protect customers most. We cleaned its asset data and built the case.
96%asset register completeness
Start a conversation
No sales team and no generic pitch — you will speak directly with a partner who has worked on challenges like yours.
Step 1
Share the context
Tell us about the asset, programme or problem.
Step 2
Speak with a partner
A senior practitioner replies within two business days.
Step 3
Agree a first step
Usually a short, fixed-fee diagnostic.