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Staufen AG has received the “Best Management Consultants 2022” award in ten categories as part of the renowned industry study by brand eins and Statista. The internationally active consulting company improved on the previous year’s result. Staufen is one of the top addresses in the automotive, mechanical and plant engineering, aerospace, logistics and food industries. The consultancy also made it into the top group in the consulting fields of strategy development, operations, restructuring, organization and supply chain management.

The German economy has provided a largely positive report on the private equity industry. Financial investors can assist companies as powerful partners especially in difficult situations, say 82% of companies. It is also expected that companies in crisis that have financial investors in their ownership group can succeed in making a quicker turnaround. In an industry analysis by the corporate consulting company Staufen, for which more than 200 shareholders, chairs, and managing directors of German companies were surveyed, it also becomes clear that private equity managers are frequently lacking a deep understanding of the operative day-to-day business of the companies in their portfolio.

Vi attendiamo al BestPractice Tour “Leadership Excellence”, organizzato da STAUFEN., che si terrà giovedì 10 Marzo dalle ore 11:00 alle ore 16:00. L’incontro sarà online ed in lingua inglese. Unitevi a Leader di successo nel viaggio intorno al mondo scoprendo esempi reali di aziende BestPractice.Il Tour partirà dalla Cina, passeremo poi dall’Europa per arrivare in America; abbiamo…

Speed and change are elements that increasingly characterise the market and consequently the commercial environment. Deeply understanding the voice of the customer (VOC), knowing the Customer Journey and building a relationship with distribution partners, based on the common goal of maximising customer satisfaction and on shared actions and resources, are essential elements to generate economic…

Many private equity managers are currently facing difficult tasks – also due to the impact of the corona crisis on the supply chain. Great potentials are no longer hidden in the balance sheets. Instead, the goal is to harmonize existing systems, optimize organizations, and achieve sustainability goals. This can only be achieved with a profound understanding of what happens on the factory floor.

In companies, disorganisation of areas and processes is the main cause of problems. It is caused when there is uncertainty about who is responsible for which activities, what the priorities are, and who to refer to. These uncertainties mean that all decisions are taken by a few individuals without any real leadership and responsibility being…

Lean Thinking with Process Mining: how to integrate and accelerate improvement Lean Thinking and Process Mining represent the perfect integration of approach and tool for improving operational and business processes, their performance and their economic results. The acquisition and analysis of digital traces, left by the process on any business system, make performance and anomalies…

One year after the last STAUFEN. Happy Hour streaming, we look back at the Food & Beverage sector and the challenges it is facing. Last year we talked about environmental and social sustainability, cultural change and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. This year we believe that these challenges have been joined by a question we…

Energy and material savings are now part of everyday business in Germany. However, the path toward sustainability has so far generally taken place without a specific plan. According to the current study “Companies in Transition,” only 26 percent of companies consistently pursue an overall green strategy. For the study, business consultancy Staufen surveyed more than 350 top executives of German companies.