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.
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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:
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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?
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What is our position today in the competitive landscape and how is competition shifting?
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‘Where to play’ – which markets and customer segments should we prioritise for growth and how do we develop a unique offering?
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‘How to play’ – how does our new strategy impact the commercial, operational and organisational platform?
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How do we best structure our transformation initiative & programme to build on proven & evidence-based success criteria?
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Designing and configuring the entire end-to end value chain to build uniqueness.
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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?
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How many distinct value chains should we tailor, in order to be competitive in each targeted customer segment?
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How do we design and build an organisation to support the new end-to-end value chain strategy?
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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?
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& 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.
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What values can we unlock by embedding sustainability into our strategy?
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How do we transition to a circular business model?
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What position should we take and what value-add can we bring to a sustainable and circular value chain?
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How do we create sustainable and circular value chains in cooperation with our customers and suppliers?
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& Industrial Footprint
Building competitive advantage through a unique global supply chain and industrial footprint.
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How do we design or change our global supply chain to meet and exceed our customer demands while minimising cost and disruptions?
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How should we set up the manufacturing footprint to balance proximity to market with efficient cost levels?
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How do we best build a competitive supplier structure and network of partners to match our own global footprint?
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How do we set up the in- and outbound logistics network to optimise service levels, logistics cost and proximity to customers?
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How much flexibility should we build into our industrial system and supplier base to manage demand fluctuations?
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Value Chain
Reinventing the value chain by leveraging analytics and digital technology.
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How do we use digital technologies to fundamentally reinvent our value chain?
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How do we combine digital applications with operational changes to achieve new levels of performance?
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How do we build an analytical capability enabling us to respond quicker to changing customer demand?
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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?
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COST REDUCTION
Rightsizing and building a healthy cost base – and lasting competitiveness.
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How do we structure a cost reduction program differentiating between ‘bad cost’ and the strategical ‘good cost’?
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What is our position today in the competitive landscape and how is competition shifting?
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How do we define new ways of working while utilising technology and innovation to enable the cost reduction?
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How do we build a culture of cost optimisation and continuous improvement?