Integration of Suppliers at an early stage

• Optimisation of the project management (cross-functional teams, gate review, project control).
  Taking over the complete project managment is also possible
  
• Reduction of development costs by early integration of suppliers (Front-loading)
  
• Reduction of defect costs (Front-loading, "get it right first time")
  
• Implementation of supplier assessment (Potential analyses / supplier audits)
  
• Selection of strategic suppliers
  
• Development of strategic suppliers
  
• Optimisation of change management (also operational implementation)
  
• Optimisation of prototype creation and initial batches / series (time, costs, variants, approval, validation)
  
• Re-design to cost: Product cost / ROI (Return on Investment) optimisation
  
• Development of module and platform strategies
  (Segmentation, categorisation, configuration)
  
• Definition of core competences (Insourcing/Outsourcing)
  
• Development partnerships, distributed development
  
• Development time reduction
  • Quality Function Deployment (QFD)
  • Design for Manufacturing, Design for Services
  • FMEA
  • Simultaneous Engineering
  • Design for Six Sigma