Manufacturing & metal processing · Operations

Stabilise delivery, margin and transformation across manufacturing.

For sites and industrial SMEs where sales, engineering, procurement, ERP and production must work from one operating reality.

At risk: delivery reliability · working capital · productivity · margin

Describe the situation

Typical pressure points

When the operating system stops aligning.

  • Delivery dates and production priorities change faster than teams can align.
  • Inventory rises while material availability and service level remain unstable.
  • ERP processes, KPIs and shop-floor reality tell different stories.
  • Transformation activity is high, but accountable implementation is fragmented.

Where the mandate can start

Connect business risk to executable ownership.

01

Value-chain transparency

Make order flow, interfaces, bottlenecks, decision data and responsibility visible end to end.

Value-chain transparency
02

Transformation execution

Translate AS-IS / TO-BE analysis into prioritised quick wins, operating routines and cross-functional ownership.

Transformation execution
03

Interim leadership

Provide hands-on ownership when a site, function or transformation needs faster decisions and clear handover.

Interim leadership

Initial control questions

Establish the decision base before adding activity.

  1. 01Which constraint currently governs customer delivery and cash?
  2. 02Which KPI exposes flow rather than local departmental optimisation?
  3. 03Which decisions require one owner across sales, procurement, ERP and production?

Relevant experience

Comparable project contexts.

Documented contexts include a metal-processing transformation and overall programme management for a €100m production site.

2024 · Metal processing · EU · Company with approx. €50m revenue

Transformation and SCM process improvement

Situation: Improvement potential across several business functions had to be made transparent and prioritised.

Mandate / intervention: AS-IS / TO-BE analysis with CFO and Controlling, quick wins in sales, procurement and production, clear SCM processes, and coordination of ERP and change-management interfaces.

2016 · Coca-Cola · Germany · €100m project volume

Overall programme management for a production site

Situation: A new production site with plant integration required end-to-end technical and commercial management.

Mandate / intervention: Specifications, tenders, supplier selection, leadership of project engineers, investment planning and budget control.

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Which business risk must be brought under control?

The selected industry and mandate context are carried into the enquiry. Add only the situation, risk and required outcome.

Describe the situation