Improve performance
Target productivity, cost, lead time, inventory and overall operational performance.
OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENT · TRANSFORMATION · EXECUTION
Getting it done.
With many years of experience, EPM solves critical operational challenges in industrial companies – quickly, pragmatically and with measurable results. We create clarity, drive decisions, take responsibility and turn change into effective execution.
Discuss your challengeEXECUTION | PERFORMANCE | MOMENTUM
Where is your operational challenge?
EPM combines Operational Excellence and industrial consulting with hands-on implementation across production, supply chain, quality, ramp-up, working capital, turnaround and interim management.
Deliver transformation & change
Realign organization, processes, footprint and value creation – and anchor the changes effectively.
Solve complex operational situations
Quickly stabilize production, quality, delivery performance, ramp-ups and critical projects.
Negotiations that deliver impact. We lead demanding customer and supplier negotiations on behalf of our clients – fact-based, well-prepared and results-driven.
Results that count.
Operational improvement becomes visible through impact. Selected project experience shows what consistent execution can achieve in performance, supply chain and transformation.
+100 %
Production output
in 4 months · without additional investment or additional headcount
+40 %
Production efficiency
up to -50% lead time · +14% revenue+3.5 percentage points EBIT
ON TIME
Focus Factory Ramp-up
Quality secured · processes and organization sustainably anchored
TURNAROUND ACHIEVED
Operational stabilization
Operational stabilization · financing · organizational adjustment successfully implemented
RELOCATED
Production relocation completed
Machinery relocation and subsequent production ramp-up operationally managed
STABILIZED
Critical delivery capability
Supplier Recovery · production · quality · delivery performance
Project experience
Starting point
Our mandate
What we did
Result
Selected, anonymized EPM project experience.
End2End Excellence
Practical knowledge, experience and perspectives for operational improvement across the entire value chain. Different formats make execution easy to grasp quickly.
Experience. Clarity. Execution.
Long-standing operational experience
From demanding situations in industrial companies.
Responsibility for results
Take ownership, drive decisions and lead implementation.
Quickly effective
Create transparency quickly, prioritize and act.
Measurable improvement
Make performance, stability and execution capability visibly better.
EPM - Getting it done.
1 · Understand the situation
Make operational reality and root causes transparent.
2 · Create clarity
Prioritize levers and prepare decisions.
3 · Take responsibility
Drive actions and implementation consistently.
4 · Anchor results
Measure impact and embed it sustainably in the organization.
Industrial experience
Our operational experience spans different industrial business models and value-chain structures.
Automotive & Mobility
Mechanical & Plant Engineering
Industrial Goods
MedTech & Pharma
Electronics & Mechatronics
Energy & Chemicals
Consumer Goods
Aerospace & Defence
Experience that takes responsibility.
Michael Respondek
Strategic Leadership · Transformation · GrowthCore team and mandate responsibility.
Steffen Konrad
Operations · Supply Chain · PerformanceOperational leadership and execution.
Selected experts from our network
We assemble each project team to match the task.
Dietmar Wolf
Industrial Engineering · Supply Chain · Task ForceLong-standing international automotive experience: plant setup and ramp-up of JIT sites in Germany, Spain and the Czech Republic, plus project, relocation and task-force responsibility in environments including Webasto, Magna Electronics and VW.
Christine Cheminay
End-to-End Processes · Transformation · EnablementMore than 20 years of leadership and execution experience in purchasing, supplier quality, production and international project business; including Director Global Purchasing & Supplier Quality at Webasto Battery Systems and many years of global purchasing responsibility at Webasto.
Bruno Vrga
Procurement · Supply Chain · NegotiationsMore than three decades of international purchasing and supply-chain experience; including VP Procurement Convertibles / VP Purchasing Asia-Pacific at Webasto and Purchasing Director at Faurecia and Wagon Automotive.
Frank Pappert
Quality · Launch · ShopfloorLong-standing technical leadership and execution experience in automotive and industry; including responsibility for equipment and prototype construction, central production systems and technical management with P&L responsibility.
Dirk Hofmann
Global Operations · Supply Chain · Quality25+ years of global operations experience across Europe, Asia and North America; today COO at Ampure, previously VP Global Operations & Quality and VP Quality Europe at Webasto – with responsibility for manufacturing, supply chain, quality and transformation.
Matthias Bauditz
Finance · Controlling · TurnaroundMore than 15 years of leadership experience in finance, controlling, business development and transformation; including Director Finance Global at Johnson Controls and Group Controller EMEA at Magna Mirrors & Closures for 14 plants.
Partner network
Complementary specialist expertise, additional capacity and international reach. Desktop: use the mouse or Tab to move to a logo. Mobile: tap the logo. The detail card opens directly on the page and closes again – without changing pages.
What EFESO adds
EFESO brings an international consulting and delivery network for manufacturing, supply chain and operational excellence. Depending on the mandate, methodological architecture, global scaling and operational implementation can be combined in a targeted way.
Benefit for joint projectsAdditional international capacity and broad access to methods and benchmarks – without losing EPM’s clear operational ownership model.
Typical additions
- Operational Excellence and transformation methods
- Plant and network development as well as organization design
- Tools, assessments, processes and benchmarks
- Scaling larger or international programs
- Joint delivery with experienced senior teams
What Quality Analysis adds
Quality Analysis complements E-P-M with specialized technical testing and analysis methods. This enables targeted investigation of anomalies, reliable identification of their causes, and a sound basis for corrective action and quality assurance.
Benefit for joint projectsFaster root-cause clarification and a robust technical fact base for quality, supplier recovery, industrialization and escalation situations.
Typical services
- Technical laboratory and component analyses
- 2D X-ray, 3D CT and optical component digitization
- Material and material-property analyses
- Technical damage and root-cause analysis
- Technical cleanliness and contamination analyses
What Orban adds
Within the partner network, Orban primarily provides additional experienced capacity and a strong industrial network. This enables EPM to scale project teams faster or staff several workstreams in parallel.
Benefit for joint projectsFlexible scaling, additional senior resources and access to suitable profiles when the scope, speed or international reach of a mandate requires more capacity.
Typical additions
- Additional experienced project and interim capacity
- Industrial network across Europe and international projects
- Flexible reinforcement at peak workloads
- Parallel staffing of several workstreams or sites
- EPM remains the clear point of contact for the overall mandate
What Thomas Schütt adds
Thomas Schütt combines executive leadership with deep engineering and innovation expertise. His focus is on development organizations, product strategy, complex R&D processes and international business development.
Benefit for joint projectsA robust bridge between development, product strategy, purchasing, production and suppliers – especially where technical decisions need to be translated quickly into executable industrial solutions.
Areas of expertise
- Engineering & Innovation, Advanced Engineering
- Product strategy and international customer development
- ASPICE, Agile, Stage-Gate and V-Model
- Design-to-Cost and Design-for-Manufacturing
- Strategic partnerships and organization build-up
- Leadership of interdisciplinary and international teams
What Faissner Petermeier adds
Faissner Petermeier covers engineering and prototype-oriented manufacturing with a high degree of implementation depth. Development and workshop are closely integrated, enabling changes to be implemented, tested and validated quickly.
Benefit for joint projectsTechnical concepts become real, testable and industrializable quickly – with short loops between design, integration, manufacturing and validation.
Areas of expertise
- Design & Development
- System & E/E Integration
- Testing & Validation
- Prototypes, functional samples and small series
- Fixture construction and technical implementation
- Vehicle integration and commissioning
What Concimus adds
Concimus combines data from ERP and enterprise systems with AI-supported analytics. Solutions such as Vitrum, Mirai and Ranger support end-to-end analysis, forecasting, spend and working-capital topics; Prodit supports digital process, audit, KPI and task management.
Benefit for joint projectsData analysis creates transparency and priorities; EPM connects these insights with decisions and operational implementation in the organization.
Typical applications
- AI-supported analysis of supply chain and working capital
- ERP and data integration across functions
- Forecasting and planning quality
- Spend and supplier analyses
- Digital process, audit and KPI management
- Automated task and knowledge management
Contact
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Your challenge. Our experience.
Getting it done means creating clarity, taking responsibility, delivering measurable impact and anchoring improvements sustainably in the organization.
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