References

COMPANIES

Arag Rechts­schutz
Arm­strong World Indus­tries
Audi und VW Ser­vice­part­ner
Behr Auto­mo­ti­ve
Bei­ers­dorf
BMW Group
BMW Ver­triebs- und Ser­vice Part­ner
Carl Zeiss Medi­tech
Deut­sche Uni­le­ver
Drä­ger­werk
E.ON
EWE
Ford Wer­ke
Fre­se­ni­us Medi­cal Care
IG BCE
Indus­trie­kre­dit­bank (IKB)
Jung­hein­rich
Phil­ips
Tele­fo­ni­ca
Thü­rin­ger Ener­gie
Ver­band Deut­scher Maschi­nen- und Anla­gen­bau­er (VDMA)

PROJECTS

Coordination of series preparation

Indus­try: Auto­mo­ti­ve Sup­plier

Mis­si­on: To find a com­mon approach for the use of pro­duc­tion and test faci­li­ties in par­al­lel start-up pro­jec­ts. 

Con­tri­bu­ti­on: Pre­pa­ra­ti­on and mode­ra­ti­on of group ses­si­ons, coa­ching of the pro­ject mana­ger, con­flict manage­ment.

Optimization of change management

Indus­try: Auto­mo­ti­ve Sup­plier

Mis­si­on: Reduc­tion of lead times for chan­ge requests and the num­ber of chan­ges. 

Con­tri­bu­ti­ons: Rese­arch, ana­ly­sis, con­cep­ti­on, Con­sul­tan­cy of Manage­ment.

Standardization of technical operating resources

Indus­try: Auto­mo­ti­ve Sup­plier

Mis­si­on: To redu­ce costs for plant engi­nee­ring by intro­du­cing stan­dards for pro­duc­tion faci­li­ties and equip­ment. 

Con­tri­bu­ti­ons: Rese­arch, con­cep­ti­on, pre­pa­ra­ti­on and mode­ra­ti­on of group ses­si­ons, coa­ching of the pro­ject mana­ger, con­flict manage­ment. 

From training to human resources development

Indus­try: Auto­mo­ti­ve Sup­plier

Mis­si­on: Con­cept design for imple­men­ting human resour­ces deve­lop­ment — con­tent pro­cess.

Con­tri­bu­ti­ons: Rese­arch, con­cep­ti­on, pre­pa­ra­ti­on and mode­ra­ti­on of group ses­si­ons. Con­sul­tan­cy on methods and con­tents. 

Offensive 2000 — cost and quality

Indus­try: Auto­mo­ti­ve Sup­plier

Mis­si­on: To estab­lish manage­ment struc­tures and pro­ces­ses in order to cope with pro­blems due to dyna­mic growth. 

Con­tri­bu­ti­ons: Con­ti­nuous pro­cess sup­port in buil­ding up manage­ment and lea­dership instru­ments, con­sul­tan­cy for Manage­ment. 

Reengineering product and process development

Indus­try: Auto­mo­ti­ve Sup­plier

Mis­si­on: To rea­lign the orga­ni­za­tio­nal struc­tu­re from “Func­tion” to “Pro­duct and Custo­mer Ori­en­ta­ti­on”. 

Con­tri­bu­ti­ons: Deve­lop­ment and imple­men­ta­ti­on of orga­ni­za­tio­nal con­cepts, coa­ching of pro­ject teams, Mode­ra­ti­on of work­shops, con­sul­tan­cy for manage­ment. 

Consultancy of simultaneous engineering teams

Indus­try: Auto­mo­ti­ve Sup­plier

Mis­si­on: To imple­ment the idea of simul­ta­ne­ous engi­nee­ring in deve­lop­ment pro­jec­ts. 

Con­tri­bu­ti­ons: Pre­pa­ra­ti­on and mode­ra­ti­on of pro­ject plan­ning work­shops, trai­ning in pro­ject manage­ment, coa­ching of the pro­ject mana­ger, deve­lop­ment of stan­dar­di­zed pro­ce­du­res for pro­ject plan­ning. 

Simultaneous Engineering (SE)

Indus­try: Auto­mo­ti­ve Sup­plier

Mis­si­on: Imple­men­ta­ti­on of orga­ni­za­tio­nal pro­ces­ses and struc­tures to sup­port simul­ta­ne­ous engi­nee­ring of pro­duc­ts and their manu­fac­tu­ring. 

Con­tri­bu­ti­ons: Deve­lop­ment and imple­men­ta­ti­on of orga­ni­za­tio­nal con­cepts, coa­ching of pro­ject teams, Mode­ra­ti­on of work­shops, con­sul­tan­cy for manage­ment. 

Optimization of engine tests

Indus­try: Car Manu­fac­tu­rer

Mis­si­on: To adapt engi­ne tests to chan­ging requi­re­ments and to deve­lop more effi­ci­ent and valid test pro­ce­du­res.

Con­tri­bu­ti­ons: Expert inter­views, Mode­ra­ti­on of work­shops. 

Strategy development for European factory transport

Indus­try: Car Manu­fac­tu­rer

Mis­si­on: To assess the com­pe­tiveness of the manu­fac­turer’s truck fleet under the cons­traint of dere­gu­la­ti­on of tariffs and tra­de bar­ri­ers: deve­lop­ment of sce­n­a­ri­os.

Con­tri­bu­ti­ons: Mode­ra­ti­on of work­shops, pre­pa­ra­ti­on of pro­ject team mee­tings, coa­ching of pro­ject mana­ger.

Future of the automobile

Indus­try: Car Manu­fac­tu­rer

Mis­si­on: Sys­tem stu­dy on the cross-lin­king of the auto­mo­ti­ve indus­try with eco­lo­gi­cal, eco­no­mic and poli­ti­cal sys­tems and its adap­ta­bi­li­ty to future trends and chal­len­ges. 

Con­tri­bu­ti­ons: Inter­nal coor­di­na­ti­on, sys­tem and sce­n­a­rio ana­ly­sis.

Product development process

Indus­try: Car Manu­fac­tu­rer

Mis­si­on: To imple­ment pro­cee­dings of sys­tems engi­nee­ring in the deve­lop­ment of elec­tro­nic car sys­tems and com­pon­ents in order to pre­vent fail­u­res and achie­ve hig­her matu­ri­ty levels in the con­text of CMMI (Capa­bi­li­ty and matu­ri­ty model inte­gra­ti­on). CMMI is a frame­work that defi­nes and mea­su­res the ful­filment of stan­dards in sys­tems engi­nee­ring. 

Con­tri­bu­ti­ons: Sup­port of roll-out manage­ment for the sub pro­cess “requi­re­ments manage­ment” espe­ci­al­ly for air con­di­tio­ning sys­tems. Deve­lop­ment and rea­li­za­ti­on of com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on and trai­ning plans. 

Quality Management

Indus­try: Car tra­de and ser­vice

Mis­si­on: To imple­ment pro­cess and qua­li­ty manage­ment at 24 car dea­lers (42 pre­mi­ses) in order to impro­ve custo­mer satis­fac­tion and pro­fi­ta­bi­li­ty.

Con­tri­bu­ti­ons: Busi­ness and pro­cess ana­ly­ses, pro­cess rede­sign, pro­ject manage­ment, lea­dership coa­ching.

Rating accordings to Basel II requirements

Indus­try: Car Tra­de and Ser­vice

Mis­si­on: To crea­te a rating ground­work for car dea­lerships in order to impro­ve their credit stan­ding at credit insti­tu­ti­ons and inves­tors. 

Con­tri­bu­ti­ons: Ana­ly­sis and pro­ces­sing of com­pa­ny infor­ma­ti­on, ana­ly­sis and inter­pre­ta­ti­on of balan­ce sheet rati­ons, pre­pa­ra­ti­on of bank nego­tia­ti­ons.

Electronic Service Information for car dealer workshops

Indus­try: Car Tra­de and Ser­vice

Mis­si­on: Impro­ve the mecha­nics’ skills in using elec­tro­nic ser­vice infor­ma­ti­on for the pur­po­se of car repair and main­ten­an­ce. 

Con­tri­bu­ti­ons: Mode­ra­ti­on and trai­ning on the shop floor (45 ser­vice pre­mi­ses). 

Career concept for the “company financing” business area

Indus­try: Bank

Mis­si­on: To deve­lop a new con­cept for care­er paths in the credit sales unit and the credit func­tion unit. 

Con­tri­bu­ti­ons: Con­cept deve­lop­ment, inter­nal coor­di­na­ti­on bet­ween the board, seni­or staff and plan­ning & orga­ni­za­ti­on.

Personal development process

Indus­try: Bank

Mis­si­on: Design of human resour­ces deve­lop­ment pro­cess.

Con­tri­bu­ti­ons: Deve­lop­ment of con­cept and pro­ces­ses.

Introduction of semi-autonomous production teams

Indus­try: Trans­por­ta­ti­on and Sto­rage

Mis­si­on: To deve­lop a tailor made con­cept for the com­pa­ny.

Con­tri­bu­ti­ons: Inter­nal explo­ra­ti­ons, work­shops mode­ra­ti­on, con­cept edi­t­ing.

Implementation of a standard insurance software

Indus­try: Insuran­ce

Mis­si­on: Crea­te a requi­re­ments cata­log based on inter­nal align­ment of sta­ke­hol­ders. 

Con­tri­bu­ti­ons: Inter­nal explo­ra­ti­ons, work­shop mode­ra­ti­on, con­cept edi­t­ing, coa­ching of pro­ject mana­ger. 

New performance rating procedures

Indus­try: Insuran­ce

Mis­si­on: Con­cept for lin­king per­for­mance ratings, tar­get agree­ments and suc­cess based pay com­pon­ents. 

Con­tri­bu­ti­ons: Explo­ra­ti­ons and con­cept deve­lop­ment.

Redesign of processing and storing insurance applications

Indus­try: Insuran­ce

Mis­si­on: Design of a new inte­gra­ted work­flow based on online pro­ces­sing of insuran­ce app­li­ca­ti­ons. 

Con­tri­bu­ti­ons: Sta­ke­hol­der align­ment, inter­nal sta­ke­hol­der explo­ra­ti­ons, mode­ra­ti­on of work­shops, pro­cess map­ping and ana­ly­sis, requi­re­ments manage­ment, edi­t­ing of con­cepts. 

Sales force compensation

Indus­try: Insuran­ce

Mis­si­on: Func­tio­n­al con­cept for soft­ware desi­gned for cal­cu­la­ting sales bonu­ses. 

Con­tri­bu­ti­ons: Sta­ke­hol­der align­ment, inter­na­tio­nal sta­ke­hol­der explo­ra­ti­ons, mode­ra­ti­on of work­shops, pro­cess map­ping and ana­ly­sis, requi­re­ments manage­ment, edi­t­ing of con­cepts. 

Customer orientation in the business place

Indus­try: Car Manu­fac­tu­rer

Mis­si­on: To impro­ve custo­mer ori­en­ta­ti­on of sales zone mana­gers and car dea­lers. 

Con­tri­bu­ti­ons: Trai­nings and work­shops with sales zone mana­gers and var dea­lers staff.