Services
Strategic Consultancy
Markets, technology , and customer requirements change constantly. You may ask yourself:
- How has the competitive environment changed and how may that effect my business?
- What novel technologies entered the industry I am operating in and how may that affect my business?
- Am I still offering the right services my current and potential customers are asking for?
We support you in realigning your overall business strategy by
- studying empirically your competitors and customers on the ground
- screening new technology relevant to your industry
- analyzing the impact of those changes on your business
- jointly deriving proper strategies for your business
Process Improvement
Customer orders and requirements are changing in terms of type, time, and quantity that affects main logistics parameters, such as inventory, lead time, and capacity utilization. You may ask yourself:
- Do I still use the proper manufacturing technologies?
- Are my manufacturing processes still efficient?
- Is my inventory level too high?
- Can I reduce lead time to better satisfy my customers?
We support you in restructuring your manufacturing processes by
- Mapping and analyzing the current state of operations
- Detecting problems and potentials
- Designing more efficient future state of your manufacturing system
Technology Development
In the ever changing competitive environment product innovations are crucial to survive on the market. You may ask yourself:
- Can I add new products to my current product portfolio?
- Can I add new features to my existing products?
- Which type of products can I newly develop?
- How can I develop new products?
We support you in developing new products and features by
- Generating new product ideas
- Developing prototypes
- Testing and improving
Big Data Analytics
In today's digitalized business world humongous amount of data is generated. This is seen as the new raw material to create value-added services. You may ask yourself:
- Where do I create data and do I store them properly?
- What types of analyses can I do with those data?
- How can I improve my processes based on those data?
- How can I generate value-added services based on those data?
We support you in making sense of those data by
- Collecting your data properly
- Retrieving additional business-related data from other databases
- Analyzing those data to find some kind of patterns
- Developing predictive models to forecast possible future scenarios.
Market Studies
In today's globalized world new market opportunities are available in different global regions. You may ask yourself:
- Which countries and markets can I sell my products to?
- What are the characteristics of those countries and their respective markets?
- Which unique selling proposition do my products need to have?
- How feasible is entering new markets?
We support you in getting you prepared for new markets by
- Analyzing the market conditions as to sales volume, competitors, customers, etc.
- Defining unique selling propositions of your products for those markets
- Deriving promising market entry strategies
Executive Education
The ever changing business environment with new technologies, methodologies, and techniques require employees and managers to catch up. You may ask yourself:
- Are my employees well prepared for the introduction of new technologies?
- Are my managers capable of dealing with the changing face of socio-technical systems?
- How can I improve my employees' skills to make them more flexibly deployable?
We support you in training your employees by
- Analyzing their specific training needs
- Developing tailor-made training and education programs
- Training and educating your employees and managers