Steinbeis Transfer Center Innovation and Implementation

Business area industry

• Consulting and implementation in the field of strategy, innovation and organizational development
• Innovative product and process development; leadership and management in development and construction
• Controlling in technical fields
• Succession planning
• Training of staff in technical departments on business management issues

Business area international

• Training of trainers including the development of curricula and preparation of adjusted training documents
• Assessment and coaching of SME
• "Good enough" strategies
• Technology transfer and qualification of service technicians for German mechanical engineering companies

• Leadership and management in development and construction
• Controlling in development and construction
• Training of trainers including the development of curricula and course contents
• Coaching and training of SME on these topics
• Consulting for scientific institutions and politicians on issues related to technology transfer, collaboration between business and the world of science and academia

• Training of trainers (>400) in Africa, South America and Asia on issues of strategic positioning of SME, production management, product development and innovation, HR, quality management and cost accounting as well as export marketing
• Coaching and Training of SME on these topics (>75 SME)
• Analysis and evaluation of technical skills, including appropriate measures to build on skills as well as support during implementation: SME (8 to 100 employees) primarily in the fields of machine engineering and equipment construction
• Introduction/re-organization of in-house accounting systems with the aim of allocating costs by source, determining the precise basis for calculating costs, and matching product pricing to markets: small SME (8-100 employees) and  manual skills company on the verge of entering manufacturing
• Crisis management including implementation of a short-term liquidity protection plan and medium-term measures to raise revenues: producer of concrete formworks; producer of filling machines
• Strategic company re-alignment: mainly manufacturing SMEs in the fields of machine engineering and equipment construction
• Re-design of an interdepartmental project planning/contract processing system: mainly manufacturing SMEs in the fields of machine engineering and equipment construction
• Re-alignment of business operations to raise profitability: mainly manufacturing SMEs in the fields of machine engineering and equipment construction
• Selection of a system for integrating production planning into production management, taking the specific challenges of batch manufacturing into account: magnet manufacturer
• Weak point analysis encompassing all stages of contract management and planning: aluminum processing company; company involved in biomedical technology
• Efficiency improvements in the field of development and design: producer of filling machines
• Support with the relocation of a product line from a subsidiary about to be closed down to the main site: vehicle maker
• Concept development and implementation of a project management system matched to company needs: producer of plastic items, major bakery, producer of machines used to process heating water, public administration/service providers
• Customer satisfaction analysis: companies from the fields of filling, sealing and packing
• Setting up contacts/product marketing on behalf of inventors and patent holders

Steinbeis Transfer Magazine

• IndInnovation – Innovation Management for Indian SMEs (Transfer 4/2017)
  Steinbeis experts and CEFE promote the interests of innovation initiatives for SMEs in India
• Safe and Sound Indoors (Transfer 1/2016)
  Steinbeis experts optimize storm clips used on house roofs
• Design and development checks unveil potential (Transfer 1/2014)
  Work on successful Steinbeis projects being handed on to colleagues

Steinbeis-Edition

• Voegele, Arno; Villinger, Georg (2014): "Verpasste Chancen? (2. Aufl.)" Zur Situation des Entwicklungs- und Konstruktionsleiters in kleinen und mittleren Industrieunternehmen
• Voegele, Arno; Villinger, Georg; Voegele, Arno; Steinbeis-Transfer-Institut Entwicklung & Management i. L. (Hrsg.) (2009): "Verpasste Chancen? (1. Aufl.)" Zur Situation des Entwicklungs- und Konstruktions-Leiters in kleinen und mittleren Industrieunternehmen