Services

• Strategy consulting, concept and scenario planning
• Implementation, planning and support
• Change and project management
• Structuring of virtual working worlds
• Training courses and seminars for managers and employees
• Expert reports

Key Areas

Product development

• Optimization of product development processes in PLM
• Lean development
• Introduction of management and quality management methods
• Optimization and improved efficiency in process design for the introduction of new products
• Customer management and supplier management
• Setup and implementation of product development accounting
• Virtual Collaborative Engineering (VCE): management of virtual teams within the product development cycle
• Evaluation and implementation of data processing systems e.g., PDM systems etc.

Manufacturing

• Production site analysis and development of manufacturing network strategies
• Factory planning for new building developments, reconstruction and building extensions
• Development of future-ready manufacturing strategies
• Design of manufacturing and assembly systems and their work stations
• Design of logistics systems and materials flow optimization
• Lean management
• Six Sigma

Logistics

• Production site analysis and development of distribution network strategies
• Warehouse planning for new building developments, reconstruction and building extensions
• Design of commissioning and packaging systems and their work stations
• Design and implementation of management accounting systems for logistics and the warehouse
• Setup of quality management systems in the supply chain
• Lean logistics
• Lean warehousing
• Evaluation and introduction of information systems e.g., ERP, MES, WMS systems etc.

Education and training

• Open seminars (http://www.stz-ppl.de/seminare-2013/index.html)
• Customer-specific in-house training courses for the areas of product development, production and logistics
• Implementation of simulations, case studies and learning workshops (in-company)