Application:

Investment in machinery and equipment, as well as in new production sites.

Goal:

Assure the highest profitability of your capex investments by reducing the costs and lead time of your projects and assuring a vertical ramp-up of your installation.

Principle:

• 7-phase waterfall project management system called “Early Equipment Management”
• Gate review system with a gatekeeper
• Strong focus on the initial project stage to avoid problems during the start-up phase
• Clear definition of requirements to quickly reach performance or quality targets

Application:

Complex projects that are difficult to structure due to a high ‘unknown’ level and existence of a target shift risk.

Goal:

Fast TTM (Time to Market) and customer-focused delivery of project parts with a permanent review of the goal to create maximum customer benefit.

Principle:

• Iterative task analysis, planning and implementation and continuous delivery of incremental project parts
• Cross-functional self-organising teams elaborating own decisions within project framework
• Continuous improvement process through regular retrospectives
• Extreme customer focus

Investment process

• Return on investment (ROI) evaluation
• Investment in machinery and equipment
• Conception and construction of production sites
• Company evaluation, acquisitions and development

Merger and Acquisitions

• Industrial Due Diligence
• Evaluation & Decision preparation
• Purchase & Integration
• Optimisation