Strengthening and securing global competitiveness in the machinery and plant construction industry
The machinery and plant construction sector operates in a globally competitive environment. In order to maintain and expand their position, companies must adapt their value chains to highly volatile markets and rapidly changing customer requirements. It is also to be expected that rising labor costs and stricter environmental protection requirements will further increase the pressure on profitability.
Global competitiveness is the result of
excellent products, efficient processes, and strategic resilience.
With ROI-EFESO, companies in the machinery and plant construction area strengthen their competitiveness. With a worldwide consulting network and comprehensive expertise in product development, procurement, production, and supply chain management, we offer suitable solutions for global value chains and local production.
Results
In projects with ROI-EFESO, machinery and plant construction companies achieved these results to improve their products and operations processes (selection):
- 20% - 40% Reduction in throughput times
- + 20% - 30% Increase OEE
- + 2 - 10 Increase EBIT margin
Key factors for competitiveness in the machinery and plant construction business
In cooperation with ROI-EFESO, companies in the industry focus to further development in the following fields of action:
- Unique products: development of products that are "best in class" in terms of functionality and technology. Directing product design on “Design to X,” so that it makes a significant contribution to manufacturability, sustainability, and profitability.
- Development of a “Design for Production Network”: linking R&D processes with manufacturing networks. Objective: development of products that can be assembled on existing equipment in a time- and cost-efficient manner.
- Balancing price and cost pressure: expansion of the Product portfolio to include low-priced "good enough" products in response to Chinese competitors. Approaches: product cost reduction by adapting the specification, cheaper procurement ("best cost sourcing") and more efficient production ("best cost manufacturing").
- Safeguarding supply capability: building resilient and flexible supply networks, for example according to the approach "from the region for the region"; minimizing risks in the supply chain and improving responsiveness to market requirements.
Further services for companies in the machinery and plant construction industry
CLIENTS
CASE STUDIES - PRACTICAL EXAMPLES
OPEX: Worldwide Operational Excellence Initiative
The ROI-EFESO OPEX model: activate the forces of excellence. You learn from mistakes. It is important that continuous improvement is the result. In industry, this is targeted as "Operational Excellence", or OPEX for short. Instead of resorting to off-the-shelf solutions, companies should develop their own strategies here - like the group from the steel industry, which successfully used the OPEX model from ROI-EFESO in its plants.
Cost reduction/restructuring due to market changes
A plant and mechanical engineering company had to ensure its competitiveness. ROI-EFESO identified all the adjustment screws for the necessary changes at a production site in Germany and got the turnaround going with a multi-layered restructuring approach.
Reduction of complexity through standardization
In China, the "made in Germany" label stands for innovative strength, quality and a high level of development competence on the part of the manufacturers. A textile machine manufacturer wanted to reduce the variance and complexity within the Product portfolio. The main goals: reducing costs and strengthening the position in the Chinese market. With the China expertise of ROI-EFESO, a solid, regional supplier network was created in a short time.
Digital Process Twin: Process optimization through Predictive Quality and Predictive Production
An automotive supplier improved the transparency of work and organizational processes in a production plant for dashboards. With a "Digital Process Twin" from ROI-EFESO, the company reduced the reject rate and made improvement potentials in its value creation networks visible.
Lean Digital Manager
Shaping the factory of the future with Lean 4.0. How can lean principles be combined with the technologies and possibilities of networked digitization in value creation networks? By further qualifying employees to become decision-makers. The ROI-EFESO certification program for "Lean Digital Manager" shows how digitalization of lean production works. To do this, it combines strategies with Industry 4.0 technologies.
Operations Footprint: Redesign of the worldwide manufacturing network
Reorganization of the manufacturing landscape: A manufacturer of industrial pumps is pursuing the goal of achieving a new sales growth record within three years. With ROI-EFESO, the mechanical engineering company therefore put the manufacturing footprint of eight locations and subsidiaries in its international production network to the test. Among other things, it analyzed the product groups and segmented the manufacturing landscape.
Energy boost for the SAP S/4HANA transformation
A mechanical engineering company wants to activate the digital innovation potential at its global locations by switching from SAP R/3 to SAP S/4HANA. Together with ROI-EFESO, it revitalized an ERP / MES transformation that had previously been started with another service provider and threatened to lead to a costly dead end.