Operations & Assets

Site & location selection

A ranked shortlist, with the evidence for each site.

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Starts as a 72-Hour Bootcamp (3–5 days). Full deliverable as an Engine Sprint (1–3 weeks).

The decision this answers

The decision this answers

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Operations & Assets strategy: What to build, where, and at what cost.

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A Strategy Twin of your business and the S1 Method, with speed measured by the Compression Index.

Where should we build, given land, logistics, incentives and talent?

Site selection decides where to build, given land, logistics, incentives and talent. strategy1 scores each candidate site on these criteria with weightings agreed before scoring, confirms incentive terms rather than relying on announcements, and delivers a ranked shortlist of sites with the evidence behind every ranking. AssetEngine runs it.

What to build, where, and at what cost. These 5 types turn a site file, a spend cube or an org chart into options you can compare, with the physics and the finance computed in tested code.

What you get

Know what you will hold before we start.

Starts as a 72-Hour Bootcamp (3–5 days). Full deliverable as an Engine Sprint (1–3 weeks).
  1. 01

    Operations & Assets

    Ranked shortlist with evidence

    Site & location selection

Ships with every Sprint

  1. Red-team reportThe strongest counter-arguments and the conditions under which the plan fails.
  2. Evidence extractEvery figure with its source, date and confidence grade.
  3. Signed decision memoSigned at gate H2 by the Strategy Council and, where liability exists, a Domain Fellow.
Fig 3.1What you hold at the end of Site & location selection: the core deliverable, plus the artefacts that ship with every Sprint.

How we run it

Delivered by AssetEngine

Engines are named methods delivered by a strategist pod with AI agents. Humans hold the gates; AI does the heavy lifting between them.

Engine

AssetEngine

Infrastructure and project blueprints, energy first

AI does
Runs the engine models, generates options and red-teams each one.
People do
A strategist sanity-checks the assumptions.
Output
An option set with scenarios and failure modes.
Fig 3.2How Site & location selection runs on the S1 Method: six stages, three human gates.

How it is done in Operations & Assets

  • System architecture, workflow, sizing, CAPEX/OPEX and schedule
  • Multi-criteria scoring of land, logistics, incentives and talent
  • Supplier dependency graphs
  • Disruption scenarios
  • Capability-to-structure mapping
  • Spans and layers
  • Spend analytics
  • Benchmark gaps
  • Savings scenarios

A blueprint is not bankable engineering. Yield simulation, grid studies, geotechnical surveys and protection design still need licensed engineers.

Proof

Proof before proposal.

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Compression Index

Specialist baseline time ÷ strategy1 time, for the same deliverable. No baseline, no index.

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How this fails

The conditions under which this plan fails.

Every strategy ships with its strongest counter-arguments. These are the ones we check first.
Red team4 conditions under which this fails
  1. 01Weightings for land, logistics, incentives and talent are changed after the ranking to favour a preferred site.
  2. 02Incentive terms are taken from announcements rather than confirmed.
  3. 03The evidence is thin. Where a figure cannot be sourced above grade C, it is shown as a model estimate, and every conclusion that rests on it carries that grade.
  4. 04Licensed sign-off is skipped. Financial, technical and legal conclusions need a licensed professional's signature before anyone acts on them.
  1. 01

    Every number traceable.

    Each figure links to its source, date and confidence grade (A, B or C).

  2. 02

    Every plan red-teamed.

    Each strategy ships with its strongest counter-arguments and the conditions under which it fails.

  3. 03

    Signed where it matters.

    Domain Fellows, who are chartered engineers, CAs, lawyers and sector veterans, sign the parts that carry professional liability.

  4. 04

    Nothing written without approval.

    No decision reaches your systems until your named owner accepts it.

Questions

About Site & location selection

How do companies choose a plant location in India?
They compare candidate sites on land cost and availability, logistics to suppliers and customers, state and central incentives, power and water, and the local talent pool. strategy1 turns these into a multi-criteria score, with weightings agreed before scoring and every input sourced, so the final ranking can be defended to a board.
What do you deliver for site selection?
You hold the ranked shortlist with evidence. Every Engine Sprint also ships a red-team report with the strongest counter-arguments, an evidence extract that gives each figure its source and date, and a decision memo signed at gate H2. We provide decision support. Licensed professionals sign technical, financial and legal conclusions.
What is a location scoring model?
A location scoring model rates each candidate site on weighted criteria such as land, logistics, incentives and talent, and adds the scores into a ranking. strategy1 records the source of each input and fixes the weightings before the ranking is run, so they cannot be changed afterwards to favour a preferred site.
How do state incentives affect site choice?
Incentives can change the economics of a site, but an announced scheme is not the same as confirmed terms. strategy1 counts incentives in the score only once their terms are confirmed for your project, and shows how the ranking changes with and without them, so a site is not chosen on a promise.
How long does site selection take with strategy1?
Site & location selection starts as a 72-Hour Strategy Bootcamp: 3–5 days on one real problem, ending in a working strategy and a starter Strategy Twin. The full deliverable follows as an Engine Sprint of 1–3 weeks, at a fixed fee rather than hours. Fees are exclusive of GST. Your Bootcamp fee is credited to a Sprint if you continue.

Ways to start

Three ways to start

  1. Step 1 · 30–60 min · Free

    Strategy Readiness Scan

    One insight you did not have, and a suggested entry engine

  2. Step 2 · 3–5 days · fixed fee

    72-Hour Strategy Bootcamp

    One real problem, a working strategy, a starter Twin

  3. Step 3 · 1–3 weeks · fixed fee

    Engine Sprint

    The full engine deliverable, with red-team report and sign-off

Fees are exclusive of GST. Your Bootcamp fee is credited to a Sprint if you continue.

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Bring one real decision.Leave with a signed plan.

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