Costumer

• Automotive supplier
• approx. 15,000 employees worldwide
• Production sites in Europe, Asia, America
  
  

Problem

• Lack of profitability of a German production site
• Low product and market expertise in senior staff
• Limited product quality through unfavorable manufacturing processes

Task

As part of an interim management project: Appraisal, world market analysis with benchmarking, evaluation, comparison with Group standards, developing a strategy, expanding its product portfolio by including a Far East supplier while protecting the domestic production facility, increasing employee competence through training, improving product quality through changes in the manufacturing process

Duration

• 12 months

Result

• Significant increase in the profitability of the company
• Expansion of the product portfolio
• Sales of new products to existing customers
• Favorable average price
• Inclusion of a far-east manufacturer in the consolidated operations including supply chain management and quality management
• Optimization of existing production processes
• Strengthening the skills and development towards a system supplier and development partner