Testimonials from the sector Automotive

"Together with EFESO, we have achieved one of the fastest, most successful and innovative factory transformations. The Bentley team has been a joy to work with and committed to shaping the visible change."

Peter Bosch, Member of the Board, Manufacturing, BENTLEY MOTORS LIMITED

"EFESO has been supporting Volkswagen in the implementation of the Future Pact since 2017. EFESO is active both as a consultant to our German plants and in the development and support of an award programme tailored to the component to improve our operational excellence.

The cooperation with EFESO is perceived as productive at all levels - from the shop floor to top management.

Those responsible from various locations particularly appreciate the constructive, practical and in-depth expertise of the EFESO consultants in the individual business areas. In 2018, we plan to further expand the cooperation with EFESO and roll out the jointly designed programmes internationally."

Thomas Schmall, Member of the Board of Management Volkswagen AG, Technology, CEO Volkswagen Group Components

“We hired EFESO for a short-term project and were thrilled about how efficiently and structured the colleagues supported us. Despite high intensity, it was always a personally very pleasant and professional cooperation. The results are an excellent basis for further steps.“

Ralf Zajewski, Senior Director, ams OSRAM Group

"Our ties to EFESO go back 10 years, with intensive, very close collaboration. I value in particular the high degree of professional expertise and the great level of commitment shown by the consultants. This includes skill in getting matters implemented on the shop floor."

Dr. Herbert Diess, former Member of Board of Directors, BMW AG

"The improvement of the operative performance of our global positioned production network is a key component of the strategic further development of our business area. By means of the project drive, we created structures and processes that are indispensable for operational excellence.
Due to its strength of implementation, branch and methodical expertise, EFESO has proven to be a competent partner in this project."

Dr. Karsten Kroos, Chairman of the Management Board of the Business Area Components Technology, thyssenKrupp AG

"With the Operational Excellence program (OPX) we defined our production system of the future. Materials processing, supply chain, warehousing and logistics are in focus. EFESO supported us by developing and implementing the OPX program. Especially the strong focus on creating visible results and on striving for operational excellence in all project phases was a key success factor. The EFESO consultants convinced through deep knowledge on conceptual level as well as on shop floor implementation.”

Joachim Limberg, CEO

"It was very important for us to have a partner at our side who has experience in the field of digital transformation – and who is able to combine this expertise with Continuous Improvement / Operational Excellence. With the EFESO team, we really do speak the same language in this respect. Looking back on the project, the clear process model also proved to be a success factor. This made it easier to understand the overall construct and the context in order to further develop our project. We also found the close, partnership-based form of collaboration with EFESO to be very positive."

Christopher Borgmann, WAM Digital Transformation Manager, Armacell 

"I read your trend study ‘R&D Landscape 2025’ with great interest and found the content and findings extremely interesting and innovative. I will expand this with my development colleagues and also use the information to further shape our development strategy."

Markus Kolczyk, Vice President Engineering Automotive OEM, MANN + HUMMEL GmbH

"Lean management is still one of the key philosophies in the 21st century. With the EFESO  we had been able to improve our material flow efficiency dramatically. I really appreciate their ability to gap the bridge from creating an idea to realization. EFESO empowered our project with ideas and structural approach to get it done very fast without leaving our team members alone."

Oliver Gratzel, Head of Business Unit Serial & Industrial / General Manager HKS, Executive Vice President, HOERBIGER Kompressortechnik GmbH

"EFESO is just the right partner for our company. We jumped into the methodology of manufacturing with both feet. This wouldn’t have been possible without the consultants' detailed know-how about tool manufacture and their multifaceted experience in production. Equally essential to the success of the project was that the consultants worked in a way that was collegial and open. As a result, the enthusiasm can be seen in the entire team, and not just in management."

Julia Esterer, Geschäftsführerin Dr.-Ing. Ulrich Esterer GmbH & Co. Fahrzeugbauten und Anlagen KG

"EFESO supported us in realigning the way our company was organized. In particular, I value the pragmatic, expert, and collegial collaboration, as well as the extensive sector knowledge in the automotive and automotive supplier industry."

Jürgen Otto, Head of Management, Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG

"Over many years of collaboration, we have come to know and appreciate EFESO. One of ROI-EFESO´s strengths lies in its process expertise, which comes from broad consulting know-how. EFESO consultants are well trained and uncomplicated. Decisive for success is the savvy combination of process consulting and expert IT knowledge."

F. Peter Mitterbauer, Manager, Sales & Marketing, Miba Friction Group

"One thing I particularly like about EFESO is the emphasis on open communication and treating one another fairly. Likewise, the high degree of expertise and the professionalism of the consulting team."

Thomas Meixner, CIO, Miba Group

"EFESO took an already productive team and made it even better! The collaboration was a lot of fun!"

Brendan McCarthy, Head of Assembly, BMW HamsHall

"EFESO brings method into the project. No prefabricated solutions are brought in, but individual solutions are developed with system."

Albert Sextl, Leiter Instandhaltung BMW Leipzig

"We are truly satisfied with the project results - with a reasonable amount of effort, a wide-ranging organizational change was well planned and implemented, making us more flexible and efficient."

Christian Wallstabe, Commercial Management / Managing Partner, Wallstabe & Schneider

"In the project, we were convinced by ROI-EFESO’s use of a combined top-down / bottom-up approach. The consultants were successful in taking the many ideas and creative proposals of the management team and our employees from various countries and giving them, above all, a clear, comprehensible structure in the best possible form. “Teasing out” and channeling the existing creative potential was a particularly important accomplishment of EFESO."

Eckhard Gatawis, Head of Division Global Production, HOERBIGER Kompressortechnik Holding GmbH, Vienna

"As a pilot for other areas of the company, this project was of particular importance. Accordingly, the open, smooth cooperation with all parties involved was important. 
EFESO was convincing in this respect, as well as in its high technical level. The sustainability of the achieved efficiency increase stands and falls with the behavior and value understanding of the executives. Here we succeeded in achieving a real change 'in the heads'."

Jürgen Kaeber, Manager TOS Training Center, Mercedes-Benz Werk Wörth

"Good experience with EFESO in the past convinced me to bring the team back on board this time. It has been possible to sensitise Chinese colleagues for an entirely new appreciation of quality."

Franz Gollmann, Director of Central Quality at Brilliance Automotive

"The skilled, active support provided by the EFESO team made the location search decidedly shorter and more secure."

Thomas Mair, Business Unit Head, Carcoustics International

"For me personally, our discussions were not only the highlight of a typical day-to-day routine, but they also helped me to structure 20 years of my managerial experience and to consolidate it into an orientation course for the Optibelt project management team. This training went far beyond the mere introduction of our manual and it gave the participants a fundamental insight into innovation management and efficiency. We have by all accounts presented this fairly monotonous stuff in a lively manner and with such vitality that we were immediately staring at a second round of advance registrations for the course.

Moreover, we have also set a beacon to which other Optibelt departments such as Quality Assurance, Production, Application Development and, in fact, even foreign subsidiaries, orient themselves. In this manner, our dream of putting a uniform project management into place at Optibelt is becoming a reality, even without any centralised specifications." 

Dr. Frank Michel, Head of Product Development, OPTIBELT GmbH