B&H Fabrikplanung und Optimierung PartG

What B&H Fabrikplanung und Optimierung PartG does

B&H Fabrikplanung und Optimierung is a privately held German factory planning and optimization consultancy headquartered in Bassum, Lower Saxony, with operations extending to France. Founded in 2016, the firm operates with a five-person partner-led team and serves industrial manufacturing clients across machinery (Desma Schuhmaschinen), industrial textile services (MEWA), valve and apparatus manufacturing (Braunschweiger Flammenfilter), and aluminum products for aerospace and automotive (Aljo). Service scope spans strategic production and logistics planning, factory and layout planning, production process and logistics planning, machine and automation planning, and end-to-end project management through to start-up management and acceptance.

The firm's core technology stack rests on three digital planning tools: Digital Factory & Virtual Reality for virtual representation of factory concepts, Dynamic Simulation for bottleneck identification and throughput time optimization rendered in 2D/3D or VR, and Building Information Modelling (BIM) for networked digital planning and integration of complex production technology. These tools are applied as professional services deliverables rather than packaged software products; there is no API, SDK, or SaaS offering. The company's intellectual property is therefore embodied in its six-phase B&H Projektablauf methodology and the partner team's applied expertise, not in licensable software.

B&H generates revenue exclusively through project-based professional services engagements sold via direct enterprise sales. Customer acquisition begins with an initial consultation meeting (Erstgespräch), either as a web meeting or on-site, followed by a factory visit and a tailored project proposal. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. Marketing is limited to the firm's website (buh-fabrikplanung.de) and Google Ads paid search. The firm holds no external funding, has no institutional investors, and is owned and operated by its two partners, Dr. Heiko Behrend and Tobias Hennrich, supported by two project engineers and administrative staff.

Name

B&H Fabrikplanung und Optimierung PartG

Legal name

B&H Fabrikplanung und Optimierung GmbH

Website

https://buh-fabrikplanung.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

B&H Fabrikplanung und Optimierung is a privately held, five-person German consultancy in Bassum that provides factory planning, logistics, and automation services to industrial manufacturers, using VR visualization, dynamic simulation, and BIM.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bassum

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Professional Services - Factory Planning Consulting: Project-based consulting engagements covering the full factory planning lifecycle: strategy planning, concept planning, detailed planning, realization preparation, realization monitoring, and startup management. Services are sold directly to enterprise clients based on project scope.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

B&H provides B2B consulting services for industrial manufacturing clients across the full factory planning lifecycle — from strategic production and logistics planning, through factory and layout planning, to detailed production process design, machine and automation planning, and project management through startup. Engagements are project-based and supported by digital planning methods including VR-based digital factory visualization, dynamic process simulation, and Building Information Modelling to verify plans before physical realization.

Product overview

B&H Fabrikplanung und Optimierung is a consulting services company offering a unified portfolio of factory planning, logistics planning, and automation services. The core offerings consist of five main consulting services: Strategic Production & Logistics Planning, Factory & Layout Planning, Production Process & Logistics Planning, Machine & Automation Planning, and B&H Project Management. These are supported by three digital planning tools: Digital Factory & Virtual Reality, Dynamic Simulation, and Building Information Modelling. The company follows a structured six-phase project methodology (B&H Projektablauf) encompassing strategy planning through to start-up management and acceptance. No software product, API, or SaaS offering was identified.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Strategische Produktions- & Logistikplanung (Strategic Production & Logistics Planning)

Quantifiable outcome

• Production output increase (specific metrics vary by project)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• EFESO Consulting: International operations and factory performance consultancy serving discrete manufacturers. Comparable offering in factory planning, lean transformation and operational excellence, with broader geographic reach.
• T.A. Cook Consultants: European consultancy focused on production and maintenance optimization for industrial companies. Comparable factory and process planning capability, slightly larger scale.
• h&z Unternehmensberatung AG: Munich-based consultancy offering production optimization, supply chain, and factory planning services to industrial clients across Europe. Comparable boutique-style competitor with similar mid-market positioning.
• unity Consulting: German consultancy focused on digitalization of production, factory planning and Industry 4.0 for industrial manufacturers. Strong overlap with B&H's digital factory / VR / simulation positioning.
• ROI Management Consulting AG: Munich-based consultancy focused on production strategy, factory planning and operational performance improvement for manufacturing clients. Direct competitor to B&H in German factory planning market.
• Staufen AG: German consultancy specializing in lean production, factory planning and operational excellence for industrial manufacturers. Highly comparable in service offering and customer base to B&H, but at much greater scale.

Others

• zeb consulting: European consultancy primarily serving financial services but with adjacent operations and transformation capabilities; included as adjacent professional services firm targeting enterprise transformation budgets.

Broad incumbents

• Porsche Consulting: Large management consultancy with a strong factory and operations practice serving global manufacturers. Significantly larger scale and brand than B&H but competing for the same factory planning mandates.
• Drees & Sommer SE: Large German engineering and management consultancy with established industrial/factory planning practice. Overlaps with B&H in factory and process planning but serves a much broader portfolio across real estate and infrastructure.

Emerging players

• tetralog Systems: Smaller German production and logistics consultancy with comparable factory planning and material flow optimization offerings, positioned at a similar scale to B&H.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/buhfo

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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