CEAL - Logistics Studies and Applications Centre

Consulting

Our vision at CEAL is that globalization will force industrial enterprises to innovate and optimize their organizations, processes and functions related to logistics and production activities, in order to achieve a world class level.

Because of this, one of our main objectives at CEAL is to satisfy enterprises requirements by means of specialized profesional services and consulting, from the R+D+I perspective, focused on management, logistics and production processes.

Human Resources

Given the multidisciplinary approach of all projects carried out, CEAL if composed of professionals and researchers from several disciplines:

Industrial Engineering
Logistics
Information Technologies (IT)
Civil Engineering
International Commerce
Laws
Economy

All the professionals at CEAL hold graduate, master and/or PhD degrees on these disciplines, including among others, the following professions:

PhD and Master in Logistics
Industrial Engineers
Information Systems Engineers
ISO and Quality Standards Specialists
Organizational Engineers
Civil Engineers
Environment Specialists
Economists
Lawyers
Students from the Master in Logistics program

Consulting Skills

Given the professional background of our researchers and associated consultants on serveral disciplines, the CEAL team counts with experience on several aspects of consulting projects, among which are the following:

Project Management
Business Process Reingeneering
Logistic Strategy
Production Optimization and Management
Warehouses and Distribution Centers logistics
Information Technologies (IT)
Logistic Systems Integration
Transportation and Distribution Logistics
Supply Chain flows simulation and analysis
Quality Assurance and Industrial Security
Creation and Evaluation of Investment Projects
Maintenance Systems
Economic, Legal and Financial Analysis

Consulting Experience

Several consulting projects have been carried out in the past, an are also currently being developed, on different aspects of the Supply Chain in several industries. Some of the most important of these industries we have worked on (and are currently working on) are:

Vitiviniculture industry (Peñaflor Group, Arizu, Trivento, Lagarde, Norton, Navarro Correas, Chandon, Valentín Bianchi, etc.)
Flexible Packaging industry (Aluflex - Alusa Group, Chile)
Automotive and Autopart (Edival, Grupo Renault, Grupo Fiat, Grupo Chrysler)
Sweets and food industries (Georgalos, Arcor Group)
Other industries (Minetti, CARGO Industrial Services Group)

More details on consulting projects developed in the past here