Transforming from one-off, highly specialised projects for “all” customers to a modularised platform targeted at selected applications

We helped a global energy equipment contractor establish a new technical department with 30+ engineers. The team owned the product architecture, modules, master documentation, master prices and relationships with the preselected partners that supplied the actual modules and components. Modules are all defined from a balanced functionality, engineering, and supply chain perspective.

Boosting number of product launches for a fast-growing med tech company to meet huge growth potential

We supported a fast-growing med tech company in aligning the overall product architecture towards customer core needs and were matched with equal module teams and owners to support the development projects in the value streams accelerating go-to-market timeline by reuse and integration of known solutions. New roles and responsibilities were introduced to the new organisational setup.

Supporting a specialised food packaging company in becoming mass customised to support customers’ individual needs

We helped a specialised food packaging company define a modular product architecture based on a combination of customer wishes and operations capabilities. The project included development and implementation of a configuration system and a pricing strategy supporting this and the training of salespeople. As part of the project, we assisted with implementation of highly flexible robots and systematic work with reduction of changeover times to make small batches profitable.

Helping a leading supplier of specialised chemicals with product assortment optimisation benefitting customers and bottom line

We assisted a leading supplier of specialised chemicals with streamlining their product portfolio based on a combined outside-in and inside-out perspective. The project established a centralised definition of product platforms in opposition to earlier regional platforms. It also introduced structured conversion plans at customer and product level to help the transition from existing solutions to new products – with the same high product performance and quality. This led to better protection against competitors, higher customer satisfaction and retention.

European producer of building materials introducing design standards and product platforms to reduce complexity and optimise operations

We supported a European producer of building materials with introducing design standards and product platforms to support a corporate complexity reduction programme. As a result of the project, the many brands were rationalised into only one brand in each niche serving one unique selling point, and as a result, the unique platforms and their variants were either consolidated or abandoned. The remaining product platforms were redesigned towards a higher level of modularisation resulting in increased reuse of solutions and specific components across platforms.

– and a pivotal element in your business strategy.

Gaining a competitive advantage by managing and governing complexity.

– and harvest the full potential of being agile.