Industry

The manufacturing industry is facing a profound transformation of customer needs, technologies and products: companies are driving digitisation and automation, developing new services, implementing sustainability initiatives and reorganising supply chains. The unstable economy, together with inflation and high energy costs, are exacerbating the pressure on the industry. Companies need to become faster, stronger and more agile to compete. We accompany them in creating the strategic and organisational conditions for more agility, innovation and efficiency.

How we can help

Sharpen strategic orientation and market position
Define global production network, global roles and responsibilities
Prepare strategic make-or-buy decisions
Improve innovative strength and exploit innovation potential
Strengthen resilience
Optimise scalability and operating point
Reduce complexity, increase cost efficiency and performance through holistic organisational model
Drive operational excellence
Optimise supply chain management, drive procurement excellence

Sub-industries

Plant engineering
Construction and infrastructure
Energy
Equipment and component construction
Mechanical engineering
Materials and raw materials
Medtech

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The high performance supply chain

In order to achieve sustainable competitive advantages, supply chains today must not only be particularly efficient and powerful, but must also increasingly be able to react to new requirements and risks in a forward-looking and flexible manner. As recent years have shown, conventional SCM processes are reaching their limits.

Our approach

Publications and cases

"As a global company, cross-functional and cross-location cooperation between sales, production and development is enormously important for us. The business process model that was developed and implemented with hpo has defined clear roles, responsibilities and interfaces. This has significantly improved cooperation globally and regionally and improved customer service along the customer journey. With its methodical approach and cross-sector know-how, hpo was able to accompany us professionally in a challenging market environment and our multicultural set-up. The methodology introduced by hpo quickly developed into a common language between all project participants. The broad involvement of our employees soon led to the desired results and guaranteed a high acceptance of the solution."

Stefan Gautschi
Former General Manager Gurit Composite Materials

"In order to increase the efficiency of our globally operating group of companies in the long term, we were looking for a partner who could support us in achieving quick and sustainable results on the one hand, but also empower our own employees to continue optimisation measures on their own. The approach of hpo seemed to be predestined for this. Through hpo's support, we were able to harmonise the overarching business processes from sales, engineering to delivery and the innovation processes and thereby uncover inefficiencies and identify resulting potentials. Similarly, we optimised interfaces in this step and initiated the implementation in the form of introducing new processes and adapting organisational units. Our employees were supported by training and accompanied in various workshops in the phases of analysis and target design up to implementation planning. The systematic and integral method of hpo and the necessary tact in empowering our employees generated the decisive momentum for the long-term strengthening of our company."

Hans-Christian Schneider
CEO Ammann Group

"We were facing the challenge finding a solution for the replacement of our electroplating system - one of our most important strategic investment assets. hpo proved to be the ideal sparring partner for supporting the make-or-buy decision process and the implementation.

The team impressed us with its exceptional mix of methodological, business, technical and interpersonal expertise. We particularly appreciated the co-operation at eye level with participants at all levels. The structured 360° approach, which took all relevant criteria into account, and the high quality of the decision-making principles developed led to a solution that had a solid foundation and ensured acceptance throughout the company.“

Christoph Kunz, Deputy Vice President Manufacturing CH, Operations Europe & Africa, Dormakaba Group