Practical examples - R&D and Engineering

New product process development of a packaging multinational.
Lack of market lead product development endangered the companies’ market leadership
Market needs and business potential were researched. Based on this research a new generation of industrial packaging was developed and introduced into the market.

Introduction of project management at a confectionary producer in China was key to reliably improve the time to market.
New product introductions and increasing pressure on labor costs required a new look on organization to serve its international market successfully
Time to market has been improved by understanding the dependencies in the value chain, creating multidisciplinary teams and prompt decision making. A start has been made to increase packaging automatisation.

Increasing innovation at a prominent international bank.
The existing company culture and – structure hindered both the creativity and the decisiveness to grasp business opportunities.
Innovation power within the company was greatly improved by creating a separate innovation function, organizing workshops and coaching project teams in translating ideas to viable Business Cases.

New product development for a service organisation.
A service organisation requested support to professionalize their service offering.
Based on market research, a vision was developed about the potential and role of the ‘matching’ organization. Subsequent business approach and communication plans were written to ‘match’ business employees with voluntary organizations.