Organization and Process Consulting
The consideration of structures and processes is always meaningful, when and if business targets are not achieved satisfactorily and, consequently, a need for action is discovered, e.g., through our benchmarking analysis or CI-activities.
The research field is accordingly wide: From production processes, procurement logistics, management system, human resources unit to all other functions and cross-section areas, all may profit through optimization.
We always start our consulting from market events, because the given market conditions actually are the pivot for us with every entrepreneurial question. This way of thinking directed towards the market is far too often not the case, as our observations with pure organization, logistics, and IT-specialists show.
We don't see us as an explicit IT consultant - however, we may contact specialists over our network anytime.
Together with our clients, we develop solutions that are aimed at more effectiveness and a better positioning in the market. As consultants, we can also support you helping yourself in accompanying the implementation.
We bring our support in planning and implementing structures and business processes:
- Logistics optimization
- Supply Chain management
- Outsourcing
- Staff development
Logistics optimization
We are marketing (and not logistics,) consultants, actually. Notwithstanding, we support you with the following logistical issues by means of our network of cooperation associates of course:
| Nr. | Task field | Solution approach |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | With a marketing project, also logistics issues must be clarified | Arranging for competent consultants from the logistics area |
| (2) | The action catalog "distribution" should be put in the near future into practice | We bring you in contact with service
providers from the fulfilment area, that offer also integral or
partial solutions, for example: - Logistics and coordination units - eFulfilment - Last mile logistics |
| (3) | Search for the optimal mix of different carriers for your individual transportation projects | Our network management helps to recognize clustering effects through optimization. Customized concepts for street and rail can be worked out and implemented |
| (4) | You/they want to cooperate with a logistics service provider on a long-term or case-covered basis | On the basis of your criteria list, we search for the most suitable haulage contractor |
Supply Chain management
Modern logistics describes a holistic approach that comprises procurement, in-house goods streams to marketing strategy. You may define, e.g., from which step of the operational net value added chain you want (new) logistical support.
Regarding our methodological approach, we refer above all to the statement under procurement analyses. Based on the information won with these instruments, we work out optimization strategies with your own specialists.
We finally establish contact with competent and dependable solution suppliers.
Outsourcing
Outsourcing, i.e., the transfer of business processes to external independent third parties, has been an important topic for at least 10 years. Successful companies in many branches have to decide regularly on make-or-buy-decisions, if they optimize their net value added persistently and significant cost saving potentials be used on this occasion. Only in that way, they can devote themselves fully to their core competences.
Strategic outsourcing is of major importance in the IT area and in the human resource area. German companies may gain a lot nowadays by hiring some firm for procurement. Partially, also Controlling processes (planning and accounting, reporting etc.), are assigned to third party management consulting firms.
Also in strategically less relevant areas such as the outsourcing of the factory canteen or cleaning, we can be helpful with the selection of suitable external service providers.
As an objective associate, we are very well positioned to analyze first facts already in advance about potentially interesting service providers without you becoming directly involved in the decision too early.
Our services include:
- Identification of potential suppliers
- Pre-screening: Analysis of offers, competences just as of references
- Price indications, handling of the invitation to bid,
- Support with the selection.
Development of personnel
Today, it is not sufficient to trust in a good education of workforce and management anymore. Further education and training is often rather obligatory than optional in an ever changing and developing world. But:
- How should advanced training requirements
be recognized concretely?
- Who is to meet these requirements when and how?
- Which role does motivation play on this occasion?
- Which legal questions are to be considered?
To these and more subjects, we have gained quite a lot of expertise in the last years. We refer on this occasion to a study executed by us about the personnel development of music schoolteachers in NRW.
You profit from our wide range of methodology with our consulting projects. In the area of staff development, we specifically use our self-developed instrument of employee polling .