Examples of consuting projects, arranged by corporate function

Finance & Controlling

• The integrative finance section (within the main location of a construction group)
• Reorientation of Finance & Controlling at a group subsidiary
• Restructuring and introduction of team work in the finance and invoicing section

R & D

• The innovation process
• Standards and structuring the cooperation between various departments
• Repositioning the R & D department
• Reorganisation of a complex R & D section
• Improving the cooperation between R & D, marketing and sales and production

Marketing

• Process organisation within an international marketing group
• Reorganisation of marketing within a group subsidiary
• Redesign of the innovation process (incl. R & D and production)
• Redefining the approach to the market, with a new structure for segments and marketing
• Concept for opening up the market in South-East Europe (plant construction)

Production

• Maintenance division within a group: turnaround as comprehensive change management
• Production logistics — automotive plant: reorientation and increasing efficiency
• Maintenance division: implementing a concept for the future
• CIP: developing and implementing concepts
• Redesign of processes in production, planning, controlling and operational logistics in small and medium-sized companies
• Reorientation of internal providers of technical services
• Cost reduction projects
• Reorganisation of production processes
• Analysing and modifying production processes
• Conflict resolution: R & D — sales
• Resolving the conflict within a plant management team
• Roll-out of TQM
• Quality offensive at a large branch operation
• Designing and launching team and group work concepts
• Redesign of corporate improvement process — integrating CIP and in-house suggestions scheme
• International positioning concept for the European companies within the group division
• Reorientation of technical service providers to factories
• Planning of process operations and production layout for a new plant by the workforce
• Improving production processes and materials flows
• Error management
• Improving management communication and information in production
• A large number of improvement processes in production, e.g.: reducing scrap, identifying and removing the causes of breakdowns, optimising processes, removing interface problems, 5-A activities, optimising materials flows etc.

Service operations

• Merging internal service providers at a group location
• Reorientation of technical service providers at a factory: philosophy, processes, management
• HR — reorienting human resources into a customer-oriented service provider
• IT — turning IT into a customer-oriented service provider
• Reorienting the IT section of a group and improving efficiency
• Developing and rolling out an IT scorecard (pharmaceuticals)
• Developing an IT concept for purchasing as part of a major project
• Personnel and organisational development concepts and skills enhancement for internal consultants and trainers
• Crisis management in a test programme between QM, test engineers and the implementing specialists

Sales

• Sales distribution — launch of TQM
• Reorganisation of domestic sales
• Redefining sales processes
• Redefining approaches to the market and the customer: conception & implementation
• Improving cooperation in sales — changing the culture

Companies

• Supporting management teams in developing and implementing strategy
• Conflict resolution within management teams
• Developing strategy
• Improving customer orientation within the company
• Supporting cultural change as part of a change of generation
• TQM approaches - conception & implementation

and many more — it is not possible to list all the possible topics here. Why not contact us if you need support for a specific challenge — we will let you know if we have experience in the relevant field.