Industry Expertise

Manufacturing

Digital transformation is revolutionizing the industrial sector through enhanced customer experiences, digitised production processes, optimised supply chains, and interconnected devices. At the firm level, a successful transformation hinges on strategic vision, technological expertise, and unwavering excellence in implementation.

Offering a deep understanding of industry-specific processes spanning product development, manufacturing, and service, we provide firms with the analytical and problem-solving skills necessary to thrive in an environment of continual technological disruption. Our consultants support industry leaders by identifying key technical and organisational challenges and developing viable solutions to enable smarter, more efficient production.

Digital transformation requires investment and change across all organisational levels. Corporate leaders must unite disparate interests, generate enthusiasm for new technologies, and promote a culture of open communication. Our consultants evaluate how innovative technologies such as the industrial internet of things (IoT), generative and agentic AI, machine learning, and cloud computing can be applied to key firm practices – e.g., via predictive maintenance or enhanced quality control. By applying agile methods underpinned by real-world management expertise, we enable the implementation of complex projects that fundamentally transform how firms do business.
Our consultants leverage synergies between technology, processes, and people to foster a robust digital culture, reorient legacy management structures, and create adaptive organisations. By designing and scaling new manufacturing processes, building resilient supply chains, and operationalising data-driven business models, we help create adaptable, future-proof companies.

Focus

The Smart Factory represents the end-to-end networking of machines, systems, processes, and products across the entire value chain. The goal is to optimise production, enable predictive maintenance, and develop “product-as-a-service” business models and other innovative approaches.

Our consultants support the development of a clear Industry 4.0 roadmap that reflects each firm’s unique business goals and market position. We identify use cases (e.g., digital twins, predictive maintenance), analyse the firm’s existing uptake capacity, and prioritise initiatives to maximise the impact of corporate resources.

We draw on an in-depth knowledge of the latest technologies, such as industrial IoT platforms, edge computing, AI for process optimisation, industrial robotics, and digital back-office automation. Our consulting services help managers select the technologies and organizational architectures that best suit their unique needs.

By integrating IT and operational technology, we create a seamless data flow from the sensor level to management, enabling production processes to continuously adapt to new digital possibilities. In parallel, we embed the principles of digital culture throughout the production process, guide employees as they integrate new technologies and working methods, and expand awareness of the possibilities offered by automation and digitalisation.

The quality of the customer experience is increasingly crucial in the B2B sector. Digitalising service processes, developing digital product twins, and creating bespoke services based on detailed client profiles are crucial both to retain existing customers and access new markets.
Our consultants analyse a firm’s entire process chain, identify digital touchpoints, and optimise the customer journey across all interactions. We support the development and implementation of digital service platforms, remote maintenance solutions, predictive services, and intelligent logistics.
By drawing on sophisticated customer information and telemetry data, we work with firms to develop tailored service offerings delivered through proactive engagement. This approach enables our clients to go beyond traditional product sales to embrace innovative pay-per-use or product-as-a-service models.

Industrial companies are under increasing pressure to minimise their environmental impact, promote positive social outcomes, and practise responsible corporate governance. Despite a mercurial political climate, investors and consumers continue to place a premium on ESG. Digital solutions can radically enhance environmental data collection and analysis, optimize resource consumption, and create fully transparent supply chains.

We offer guidance on developing a holistic sustainability strategy that uses digital technologies to achieve ESG goals. This approach involves defining key performance indicators, identifying priorities, estimating potential gains, and delivering against concrete objectives.

Transparency is a vital component of ESG, and digital technologies can offer highly granular, real-time information on even the most complex value chains. We help firms implement systems to record, analyse, and present sustainability data in a clear, user-friendly manner designed to build investor confidence and facilitate regulatory compliance. We also advise on the development and implementation of digitally supported business models that emphasise efficiency, reuse, and recycling.

Cross-industry expertise

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Dr. Michael Kranz

Partner

Success Stories

International Engineering Services Provider

SAP Benefit Analysis

Analysis of the potential benefits of company-wide installation of SAP, including mapping of individual business processes in the SAP system, innovation potential, detailed cost-benefit assessment
International Recruitment Agency

Impact of Digitalization

Analysis of the impact of digitalization on the business model, development of scenarios to adapt/realign individual business areas, derivation of scenarios for the required IT budgets
Engineering Services Provider

Sales & Marketing Platform

Specification of the required functionalities with all company areas, central data and system architecture including for adjacent systems, transition and transformation planning
Engineering Services Provider

Illustration: AÜG temporary employment law in SAP

Implementation of AÜG legal requirements in SAP, project management, design of the expansion of existing SAP landscape, control of implementation through to GoLive
Engineering Services Provider

Digitisation in Enterprise Content Management (ECM) Area

Digitisation of complete company document workflows, ECM design, the definition of Enterprise Architecture, implementation support
Engineering Services Provider

SAP Roll-Out

Roll-out of SAP template for Finance, Controlling as well as all project acquisition and billing processes for Austrian subsidiary, including connection to Salesforce
Engineering Services Provider

SAP Licence Optimisation

Analysis of SAP licensing situation, development of a SAP licensing strategy specifically for indirect use, fit-gap analysis, negotiation strategy and support for contract negotiations
Personnel Services Provider

Salesforce Organisation

Interim establishment and management of a Salesforce team, structuring of tasks, more effective integration with department areas, stabilisation of companywide Salesforce landscape
International Engineering Company

Global IT Project Planning

Development of a system for the detailed planning, scheduling and approval of costs, investments and resources for global IT projects and operations, derivation and implementation of measures for more efficient use of IT budgets
Foodstuff Manufacturer and Trader

Project Coaching

Support for a comprehensive transformation project for the introduction of a new platform to control company production and distribution processes, continuous adaptation of project planning, quality assurance
Foodstuff Manufacturer and Trader

IT Restructuring

Analysis of existing IT organisation, processes and systems, generation of future IT organisation on the basis of digital market trends in this segment, support for restructuring
International Building Materials Group

Carve-Out

Sale of a part of the company which was 100% supplied by Group IT, management of carve-out and IT development for sold company segment as Interim CIO, integration of IT into the new US parent company
Food Company

Optimization of Commercial IT Service Management

Review and optimization of commercial processes in global IT service management, restructuring of planning and costing for the IT services, implementation of a reporting and key figure system
German Production Company

Fast Close

Installation of a group-wide solution for the automation of month-end closing (SAP Financial Closing Cockpit) across more than 60 business units, concept design for target processes, coordination of implementation
Production Company

Sourcing Strategy

Implementation and changeover of sourcing models for data exchange solutions and schedulers (Automic UC4, SAP EDI), concept design for a target architecture, tender process and provider selection, transition/transformation
International Shipyard Operation

Requirement Management

Analysis of processes in department areas, preparation and prioritisation of concrete IT requirements, development of requirement management, support for selected projects
Automotive Manufacturer

SAP-Security

Automated SAP vulnerability analysis of multiple SAP modules, vulnerability report and analysis of the top 10 weak points for the company management, with recommendations on how to reduce risks
Automotive Services Provider

IT Security Audit

Preparation for a security check by an automotive group, definition and implementation of physical and IT-related security measures for confidential information, support with auditing
International Plant Engineering Company

Carve-Out of a Company Area

Design of an independent IT service organisation and delivery, technical and economic analysis of all existing service contracts and SLAs, modification of necessary processes and services
International Plant Engineering Company

Program Management for Business Transformation Program

Supervision of all projects (processes, manufacturing, HR, sales, etc.), management of change processes, overall improvements to services including IT services and ITIL- and IBM IT Business Component Model-based management
Automotive Supplier

Restructuring and Process Optimization

Advising the company management on the re-evaluation of processes and boosting of cost transparency, characterization of differences between the functional sectors of the company
Foodstuff Manufacturer

SAP Licence Management

Certification support and optimisation, development of a medium-term SAP licensing strategy, analysis of indirect use, support for contract negotiations
Foodstuff Manufacturer

Project Review

Review of a strategic project in New Finance, the scope of the project, time and budget planning, suppliers’ offers, identification and implementation of potential optimisations, project support
International Building Materials Business

IT Architecture

Preparation and design of a change to the central outsourcing partner for IT infrastructure, service management and applications, enterprise architecture, the definition of potential service and outsourcing packages, rough planning
Production Company

Project Coaching for a B2B Shop System

Support for the CIO in the case of a complex system changeover to a B2B shop system, support with the entire project management, monitoring of the project status and budget, content quality assurance
International Building Materials Business

SAP Licence Consultancy

Review of current SAP licensing situation, future needs planning, analysis of specific integration scenarios for external systems, support during negotiations
International Electronics Group

Collaboration Platform

Planning and roll out of a company-wide collaboration platform, mapping of logistics and production-related specialized processes, concept design for and implementation of an integrated CRM solution
Measurement Technology Manufacturer

S/4HANA

Design of migration to S/4HANA, analysis and design of associated master data management, preparation of work packages, time planning and economic analysis
Plastics Manufacturer

Advisory

Support for CIO during the restructuring of IT organisation and increased integration in Group IT, support for selected strategic projects
Mining Company

SAP Licence Consultancy

Preparation of a plan for future licensing requirements, analysis of indirect use, development of an SAP licensing strategy, support during contract adjustment negotiations
Personnel Services Provider

Digitisation Strategy

Development of a digitisation strategy for the company group, evaluation of market segment trends, derivation of effects on the business model, identification and evaluation of digitisation projects, roadmap
International Shipyard Association Operation

Interim CIO

Establishment of the CIO position in a shipyard association, merger of individual IT organisations into a central IT body, consolidation of infrastructure and application landscape, restructuring of provider structure including partial outsourcing
Foodstuff Manufacturer

S/4HANA

Design and planning of future S/4HANA migration, the definition of future enterprise architecture including SAP-internal and external processes, preparation of work packages, time planning and economic assessment
Consumer Goods Manufacturer

ERP Implementation

Takeover of co-project management in a troubled ERP project, restructuring of the project, takeover of critical project issues, change management within the company
Consumer Goods Manufacturer

Advisory

Support to management during the digital transformation of the company group, specification and implementation of strategic IT and digitisation projects, restructuring of underlying IT, support for selected projects
Consumer Goods Manufacturer

Interim CIO

Interim management of IT organisation, analysis and optimisation of IT processes, organisation and system landscape, headhunting, selection and induction of future CIO
International Printer Manufacturer

360° Analysis

Review of European IT organisation, processes and systems, evaluation of digital transformation trends in this market segment, evaluation of maturity levels in individual areas, preparation of potential optimisations and catalogue of measures
International Printer Manufacturer

360° Analysis

Review of European IT organisation, processes and systems, evaluation of digital transformation trends in this market segment, evaluation of maturity levels in individual areas, preparation of potential optimisations and catalogue of measures
Trades Group

Advisory

Support for management during the digital transformation of the corporate group, restructuring of underlying IT, integration of IT and department areas, support for selected projects
Foodstuff Manufacturer

360° Analysis

Analysis of IT organisation, processes and systems (focus on SAP), identification and evaluation of digital trends in this market segment, generation of future IT and digitisation strategy, catalogue of measures and roadmap
Optics Manufacturer

S/4HANA

Conceptual design and development of various economic scenarios for migration to S/4HANA, generation of a roadmap including time and resource plan
Foodstuff Manufacturer and Trader

SAP Licence Consultancy

Analysis of existing SAP licence situation, forecast of future licence requirements, generation of a medium-term SAP licensing strategy, support for contract negotiations
Personnel Services Provider

S/4HANA

Design and management of migration to S/4HANA including database replacement, adapting in-house developments to the modified data model, adapting operating processes
Recruitment Agency

IT-Strategy

Advising the CIO on the creation of a long-term IT strategy, analysis of potential taking into account the latest digitalization trends, drawing up of a transformation plan
International Engineering Services Provider

ERP Implementation

Design and roll-out of a complete SAP implementation for all central modules for more than 8000 employees, the architecture of interfaces to adjacent systems, support for the establishment of the SAP operating organisation
Recruitment Agency

IT-Strategy

Support for the strategy process, development of an IT strategy and innovation concept based on current digitalization trends, creation of a five-year transformation plan
Global Automotive Company

Carve-Out

Separation of the target from its former parent company at all locations in Europe, Asia and North America within two months. Complete independence of all IT systems and processes within a further four months, including conversion to globally uniform processes
US-Based Specialty Chemicals

Acquisition Integration

Planning and execution of the acquisition of a refinery, followed by integration into systems and processes of the portfolio company for inorganic value enhancement through backward integration. Completion of the integration within three months
Global Specialty Chemicals

Divestiture

Managing of the entire sales process from the first teaser to the successful completion of the transaction. Duration of the entire process: eight months until signing, ten months until completion
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