Our services focus on business strategy & transformation, value chain, and operations.
We combine sharp analytics with problem solving skills to achieve impact on a strategic level with innovative solutions for specific strategic topics.
In a world full of risks and shifting competition – stay ahead by creating and defining innovative and unique strategies enabling new ways to meet the corporate targets and ambitions.
Structure and execute the transformation program in a way that considers proven research on success factors.
Key questions for executives include:
How will the business trends, new digital technology, new consumer behaviour, new competition, customer priorities, regulation, and geopolitics impact the industry and potential new strategic moves?
What is our position today in the competitive landscape and how is competition shifting?
‘Where to play’ – which markets and customer segments should we prioritise for growth and how do we develop a unique offering?
‘How to play’ – how does our new strategy impact the commercial, operational and organisational platform?
How do we best structure our transformation initiative & programme to build on proven & evidence-based success criteria?
Designing and configuring the entire end-to end value chain to build uniqueness.
How do we ensure the link between operations strategy and commercial strategy to ensure the end-to-end value chain is aligned between functions with common goals and targets?
How many distinct value chains should we tailor, in order to be competitive in each targeted customer segment?
How do we design and build an organisation to support the new end-to-end value chain strategy?
How do we ensure complexity reduction “sticks” in new ways-of-working, from strategy, organisation, innovation and product design – all the way to final customer solutions?
& Circularity
Circular economy refers to redefining the way we create value in a world with finite resources. By utilising resources in a sustainable manner along the entire value chain and developing new business models that drive reusability and second life solutions, value creation can be achieved by companies while providing a positive net impact on society.
What values can we unlock by embedding sustainability into our strategy?
How do we transition to a circular business model?
What position should we take and what value-add can we bring to a sustainable and circular value chain?
How do we create sustainable and circular value chains in cooperation with our customers and suppliers?
& Industrial Footprint
Building competitive advantage through a unique global supply chain and industrial footprint.
How do we design or change our global supply chain to meet and exceed our customer demands while minimising cost and disruptions?
How should we set up the manufacturing footprint to balance proximity to market with efficient cost levels?
How do we best build a competitive supplier structure and network of partners to match our own global footprint?
How do we set up the in- and outbound logistics network to optimise service levels, logistics cost and proximity to customers?
How much flexibility should we build into our industrial system and supplier base to manage demand fluctuations?
Value Chain
Reinventing the value chain by leveraging analytics and digital technology.
How do we use digital technologies to fundamentally reinvent our value chain?
How do we combine digital applications with operational changes to achieve new levels of performance?
How do we build an analytical capability enabling us to respond quicker to changing customer demand?
How do we employ advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, analytics, 3D printing, robotics etc. to collect and process information automatically and support decision-making?
COST REDUCTION
Rightsizing and building a healthy cost base – and lasting competitiveness.
How do we structure a cost reduction program differentiating between ‘bad cost’ and the strategical ‘good cost’?
What is our position today in the competitive landscape and how is competition shifting?
How do we define new ways of working while utilising technology and innovation to enable the cost reduction?
How do we build a culture of cost optimisation and continuous improvement?