CO Improve, your partner for transformation or change initiatives with a focus on product development, simply "irreversibly good ".
In a business world that is changing ever faster and in some cases disruptively, companies must constantly reinvent themselves in order to remain successful in the long term. The ability to successfully manage such a transformation can be critical to future business success. What you need are consultants who can manage, who you trust and who can successfully move things forward.
Transformations go deeper than one-off change initiatives. They usually involve a new business model, new strategies and often also a different management and corporate culture, which require fundamentally different business processes, organisational structures and IT systems. Accordingly, the transformation expertise of a consultant must also be greater. That is why our consultants are experienced, future-orientated personalities who will successfully support you with change management, comprehensive specialist and industry knowledge and efficient transformation management.
As many transformations begin with the development of a new business field strategy and new products, they are in particularly good hands with us. This is because we specialise in product development: From product strategy to the start of production.
But even if it is "only" about individual change initiatives in product development, we are the right partner. We advise you on the definition of new product and technology strategies, work with you to introduce efficient project portfolio management, optimise processes or further develop your organisational structure.
That is why the expertise of the consultants at CO Improve encompasses interlinked skills:
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Scrum’s real benefit for our stakeholders is the ability to influence the process early on because of the reviews. In a traditional steering committee, problems are usually recognized much too late.
Dr.-Ing. Stephan Bross, Global Executive Officer Pumps, KSB Aktiengesellschaft
Thanks to CO-Improve’s commitment and dedication, we now have a robust and future-proof project structure. This has improved and facilitated collaboration within our company. Especially the clear focus on practical and quick implementation support really helped us.
Dr. Klaus Greven, Plant Manager and Head of Technology Development, KSM Castings Group GmbH
With the help of CO Improve, we have succeeded in transitioning all new product development projects into an agile way of working, while simultaneously bringing the stakeholders with us. We have increased autonomy within the teams and sharpened managers’ attention on people and organisational development. By doing so, we were able to trigger a wave of momentum and dynamism that has enabled us to increase our adaptability to customers and markets, and to continue doing so in future.
Holger Löffler, Head of Design, Vorwerk Elektrowerke GmbH & Co. KG
Together with CO Improve, we have reorganised our product development activities. In the ensuing process, virtually no stone was left unturned, thereby leading to a complete rethink in terms of strategy, processes and organisation. From analysis to implementation, we have always received pragmatic and competent support at all hierarchical levels and have successfully established systems that will facilitate our continuous improvement.
Philipp Habsburg, R&D Director, KTM AG
Delayed deadlines, laborious coordination, a distinct lack of project overview and increasing management pressure – these are challenges faced by many companies characterised by a distinct technical focus. Here, an agile way of working offers a systematic approach to exposing these issues with amazingly simple fundamental rules, thereby allowing them to be overcome. CO Improve accompanies us with unparalleled methodological competence in the introduction of agile management methods. In addition, the consultant has a very keen sense for the success factors the underpin interpersonal interaction and demonstrates a keen eye for resolving problematic situations in practice.
Richard Weiß, Managing Director Product, GRIMME Landmaschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
Together with the consultants at CO Improve, we have adapted our product development process to the changing requirements and global structures in play. In doing so, we have succeeded in combining the existing process – while retaining its strengths – with best practice from the various locations and further developing it with the industry and technical expertise of CO Improve. Subsequently, we are improving cross-divisional cooperation, streamlining processes and strengthening the autonomy of our teams. The implementation expertise of CO Improve helps us to sustainably implement results at our various locations worldwide.
Jürgen Schniewind, Vice President Product Development Counterbalance Linde Material Handling EMEA Projects
We successfully launched our change initiative KPDO (KION Product Development Optimization) together with CO Improve – an endeavour that enjoyed tremendously professional & holistic support, as well as expert intuition. Stakeholders were involved right from the start, optimisations were conceptualised and subsequently implemented with consistency and success. Key success factors: The goal-oriented deployment of CO Improve experts from a wide range of specialist disciplines and their strength in communicating on an equal footing at all levels – be it with our Board Members or Managing Directors, as well as with employees from a wide range of specialist areas. The new ways of working that have emerged will help us to sustainably increase our efficiency and efficacy in all areas of product development.
Astrid Janke, Vice President Product and Technology Strategy and KPDO Initiative, KION Group
Together with CO Improve, we have a long-standing partnership. The starting point was the optimisation of our product creation process. Together we have developed measures to significantly increase our maturity level in product creation. Thanks to the complementary implementation of agile working methods, we can adapt to a rapidly changing market environment. With targeted quick checks, we regularly review all integrated measures.
Dr. Stephan Biermann, CTO, Precitec KG / Laser
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