Plan B Factory Consulting Gmbh

What Plan B Factory Consulting Gmbh does

Plan B Factory Consulting GmbH is a Bremen-based consulting firm founded in July 2019 that delivers factory planning, operational excellence, logistics planning, and digitalization services to mid-sized German manufacturing companies (Mittelstand) in the DACH region. The firm operates four integrated service lines — Strategische Beratung (Strategic Advisory), Fabrikplanung (Factory Planning, executed per VDI 5200), Operational Excellence (Lean Management, Six Sigma, MTM, TQM, KANBAN), and Digitalisierung (Digitalization) — positioned as a continuous chain from corporate strategy through physical factory design to digital implementation and ongoing process optimization. The company is co-led by Managing Directors Dr. Joern E. Fischer (strategic consulting and factory planning) and Eugen Ihl (digitalization and project management), with senior team members including Nils Ballhausen (Operational Excellence and Logistics Planning) and Wolfgang Simonis.

The firm's technology capability centers on the digital transformation of production and logistics, with services spanning digital twin development, material flow simulation (using visTABLE®), process mining across ERP/MES/LVS/TLS systems, track and trace deployment, MES/TLS control systems, ERP blueprinting, and AI/data analytics. The most distinctive R&D initiative is the EFRE-funded INSERT project (announced March 2021) with BLG LOGISTICS GROUP, encoway, and BIBA – Bremer Institut für Produktion und Logistik, which is developing an AI-based assistance system for logistics and production planning concept development. The firm also operates a research collaboration under InnoVET PLUS NaTuL with Serious Games Solutions and IHK Oldenburg on AI-supported sustainability training for logistics.

Revenue is generated exclusively through project-based professional services delivered on-site at customer locations and at the firm's Bremen office, with pricing not publicly disclosed. Customer acquisition is driven by direct B2B field sales supported by professional networks (LinkedIn, XING), industry events (BVL Supply Chain CX), referrals, and academic thought leadership via guest lectures at the University of Bremen, Hochschule Bremen, and other institutions. Over its first five years (2019–2024) the firm completed 74 projects for 44 named clients — including LESER GmbH & Co. KG, BLG LOGISTICS GROUP, LABOM Mess- und Regeltechnik, and BB Verpackungen — while doubling revenue and headcount, culminating in a February 2025 relocation to Technologiepark Bremen and a January 2026 membership in Technologiepark Bremen e.V.

Name

Plan B Factory Consulting Gmbh

Legal name

Plan B Factory Consulting GmbH

Website

https://plan-b-fc.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Plan B Factory Consulting GmbH is a Bremen-based consulting firm founded in 2019 that delivers factory planning, operational excellence, logistics planning, and digitalization services to mid-sized DACH-region manufacturing companies, with a small doubled team anchored in the regional Bremen research ecosystem and active R&D in AI-assisted logistics planning.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Engineering Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (541611), Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Strategy & Corporate Development Consulting (BPAHACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Program & Project Management (PMO) Consulting (BPAHACAL), Organization Design & Change Management Consulting (BPAHACAD)

Keywords

• Factory planning consulting
• Operational excellence advisory
• Logistics planning services
• Production digitalization consulting
• Manufacturing strategy advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Bremen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Strategic Consulting Services: Project-based consulting engagements for production strategy, location strategy, enterprise analysis, supply chain management, make-or-buy analysis, management systems, and change management.
2. Factory Planning Services: Systematic factory planning and optimization including production and logistics strategy, plant structure planning, supply chain management, value stream analyses, logistics planning, layout planning.
3. Operational Excellence Services: Process analysis, process optimization, lean management, workplace design, automation, ergonomics planning, shopfloor management, business processes, PPS processes.
4. Digitalization Services: Digital twin implementation, track and trace systems, process mining, data analytics, Industry 4.0 integration, control system implementation, ERP system blueprints, material flow simulation, AI deployment.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Plan B Factory Consulting GmbH is a Bremen-based management and industrial engineering consultancy that advises mid-sized manufacturing companies on factory planning, operational excellence, logistics planning, and digitalization. The firm delivers hands-on strategic and execution support across the DACH region, typically engaging senior founders directly on each project.

Product overview

Plan B Factory Consulting GmbH is a consulting firm offering four integrated consulting services: Strategische Beratung (Strategic Advisory), Fabrikplanung (Factory Planning), Operational Excellence, and Digitalisierung (Digitalization). Strategische Beratung provides the strategic framework covering production strategy, location strategy, supply chain management, and change management. Fabrikplanung delivers systematic factory and layout planning based on VDI 5200 and state-based planning methodology. Operational Excellence drives continuous process optimization using Lean Management, Six Sigma, MTM, and TQM. Digitalisierung encompasses the digital product portfolio including Digital Twins, Process Mining, Track & Trace Systems, Material Flow Simulation, AI/Data Analytics, MES and TLS Control Systems, and ERP Blue Prints. These four services are designed to work together, forming a continuous chain from strategic planning through physical factory design to digital implementation and operational optimization.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Factory Planning Consulting Advisory and execution support for greenfield and brownfield factory planning, including layout design, capacity planning, and site structuring for mid-sized manufacturers in the DACH region.
• Operational Excellence Consulting Programs to improve production efficiency, throughput, quality, and cost performance within existing manufacturing operations of mid-sized industrial clients.
• Logistics Planning Consulting Design and optimization of intra-plant and supply-chain logistics, including material flow, warehouse layout, and internal transport for manufacturing clients.
• Production Digitalization Consulting Advisory on digitalizing manufacturing operations, including digital twin, process mining, AI, and material-flow simulation initiatives for industrial clients.
• Strategic Advisory for Manufacturers Senior-level strategic advisory on production strategy, footprint decisions, and transformation programs for mid-sized manufacturing companies.

Quantifiable outcome

• 74 successful projects over 5 years
• +2 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

Integration1 record

AI capability3 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Technologiepark Bremen e.V.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Member since January 1, 2026. The association serves the interface between business and science and actively promotes networking of its members as well as work and life quality at the location. Over 500 companies with around 15,500 employees research and develop in close proximity.
• BLG LOGISTICS GROUP AG & Co. KGcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2021Project partner in the EFRE-funded INSERT project for developing AI-based assistance system for logistics and production planning. Also mentioned in collaboration for digitalization and logistics topics.
• encoway GmbHcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 March 2021Project partner in the EFRE-funded INSERT project for developing AI-based assistance system for logistics and production planning.
• BIBA – Bremer Institut für Produktion und Logistik GmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2021Academic research partner (BIBA - Bremer Institut für Produktion und Logistik) in the INSERT project for AI-based logistics planning. Also partner in university lectures and joint publications.
• ENABLE Production Consulting UG&Co.KGcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFounded in October 2024, ENABLE offers production consulting from technology to operational organization for manufacturing companies. The team consists of long-term partners who have worked together successfully in various projects. Plan B Factory Consulting looks forward to continuing successful collaboration.
• TELOGS GmbHminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership in expert talks on production logistics in brownfield scenarios. Joint presentations at TELOGS Logistik Maintenance 2021 conference.
• Serious Games SolutionsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the InnoVET PLUS project NaTuL for developing AI-supported serious games for sustainability training in logistics, in cooperation with IHK Oldenburg.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• NUTZBAUDESIGN: Listed as a partner on Plan B Factory Consulting's website, indicating a related/specialized firm in the factory planning and design ecosystem with overlapping DACH manufacturing clients.

Broad incumbents

• HOMAG Group: Major German manufacturer of woodworking machinery and factory solutions with significant factory planning and digitalization consulting capabilities for industrial customers — broader portfolio but overlapping factory planning and digitalization consulting offerings.
• Bosch Connected Industry / Nexeed: Bosch's industrial digitalization and consulting arm offering factory digitalization, IoT, and Industry 4.0 solutions to manufacturers — an incumbent that competes with the firm's digitalization and AI-based logistics planning offerings.
• Deloitte Operations Transformation / Industry 4.0 Practice: Global Big-Four advisory firm with a substantial DACH operations transformation and Industry 4.0 practice serving Mittelstand and large industrial clients — a broader incumbent that increasingly competes in factory planning and digitalization mandates.

Direct peers

• ENABLE Production Consulting UG & Co. KG: Founded October 2024 by long-time partners of Plan B Factory Consulting, offering production consulting from technology to operational organization for manufacturing companies. Direct, closely-related peer operating in the same Mittelstand factory planning niche.
• Miebach Consulting: International supply chain and logistics consultancy with strong DACH presence, offering factory/logistics planning and digitalization services. Comparable in logistics planning depth and Mittelstand manufacturing focus.
• ROI Management Consulting: Munich-based management consultancy focused on production, logistics, and supply chain optimization for industrial clients. Overlaps directly with Plan B's strategic consulting, factory planning, and OPEX service lines.
• Fraunhofer IPA: Stuttgart-based Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation, offering factory planning, production optimization, and digitalization research and consulting — a direct competitor in the same factory planning and Industry 4.0 space.
• SWMS Consulting: Listed as a partner on Plan B Factory Consulting's website, suggesting an adjacent/sister consulting firm in the DACH production and logistics consulting ecosystem serving similar manufacturing clients.
• Staufen AG: German consultancy specialized in lean management, operational excellence, and factory/transformation consulting for Mittelstand manufacturers. Highly comparable in service offering, target customer (DACH industrial Mittelstand), and factory planning methodology.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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