Time and cost
In many industries, pressure on time and cost remains the first competitive factor. We work where advantage is formed: production, research and development, and the whole cycle from offer to delivery.
When does it help?
- Quotes, new product development or deliveries take too long
- The market, customers or the geo-economic context demand more speed and better prices
- New technologies are changing the way you produce
- Errors, rework and manual re-keying are multiplying
Which levers do we work on?
- Lead time analysis across the whole process (quoting, design, production, delivery), to remove waiting, rework and unnecessary steps
- Independent selection of supporting systems, such as ERP, WMS and manufacturing systems, with business case and negotiation
- Connecting machines, instruments and sensors to business systems, to eliminate manual re-keying and errors
- Consolidating sites and activities, where it pays
- Coordinating specialised partners
How do we approach it?
First we define priorities and strategic choices with you; then we carefully analyse the processes and systems to be redesigned. We coordinate the specialised partners needed, drawing on long industrial experience. The focus always stays on results: shorter delivery and development times, efficiency gains on costs.
From our experience
A manufacturer of equipment for explosive atmospheres (ATEX) needed clarity on processes and systems before investing in a new ERP and a new WMS. The process review guided a vendor-independent selection and the negotiation of the contracts. After go-live, quotation times for engineered orders and operational errors fell by about two thirds.
Where do we start?
Usually with a process diagnostics, which measures where time is lost across the cycle and what it is worth.
See also: Processes, technology and integration · Value chain