Areas

• Automation & Advanced Manufacturing Technologies

  MY WORK PREFERENCES
• Auto-ID Technology for Manufacturing
• Business Intelligence Applications
• Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM)
• Enterprise Monitoring Software
• ERP for Manufacturing
• Human Maschine Interface for Manufacturing
• Manufacturing Execution System (MES)
• Mobile Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
• Modelling & Simulation for Manufacturing
• Wireless Applications for Manufacturing

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• Corporate Management

  MY WORK PREFERENCES
• Business Analysis
• Centralization versus De-Centralization
• Continual Improvement
• General Management in Transformation
• Implementation and Strategy Realization
• Managing Complexity
• Organization Design
• Outsourcing versus Insourcing
• Process Design
• Project Portfolio Management
• Restructuring
• Strategic Control
• Strategic Management Instruments
• Strategy Implementation

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• Digital Transformation

  MY WORK PREFERENCES
• Big Data Analytics
• Content Strategy for Social Media
• Data Acquisition
• Data Insights
• Digital Disruption
• Digital Innovation
• Digital Strategy
• Gamification
• Social Listening
• Social Media Analytics

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• Innovation Management

  MY WORK PREFERENCES
• Business Model Innovation
• Collaboration with Academic Institutions
• Cross-Border R&D Projects
• Cross-Industry Innovation Cooperations
• Customer-Led Innovation
• Design Thinking
• From R&D to Connect and Develop (C&D)
• Innovation Crowdsourcing
• Innovation Culture
• Innovation Excellence
• Open Innovation
• R&D Networks and Alliances
• Scenario Planning and Simulation
• Sustainable Innovations
• Technology Roadmaps
• Time-to-Market and Fast Innovation

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• Leadership / Change

  MY WORK PREFERENCES
• Communication and Conflict Management
• Delegation & Empowerment
• Establishing a Culture of Trust
• Executive Coaching
• Incentive Systems and Motivation Strategies
• Leading Change
• Leading Leaders
• Management
• Teams and Team Development
• Virtual Leadership - Leading in Absentia

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• Managing the Corporate Research & Development Department

  MY WORK PREFERENCES
• Building Cross-Functional R&D Teams
• Collaboration of R&D with other Departments
• Employee Motivation in R&D
• R&D Change Management
• R&D Process Standardization
• R&D Project Management
• R&D Talent Management
• Team Innovation Effectiveness

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• Manufacturing Strategies and Concepts

  MY WORK PREFERENCES
• 5S
• Continuous-Flow Manufacturing
• Continuous Process Improvement
• Green Manufacturing
• Just-In-Time Management
• Kanban
• Lean Management
• Lean Six Sigma
• Manufacturing Process Management
• Operational Excellence for Manufacturing
• Quality by Design (QbD)
• Quick Response Manufacturing
• Six Sigma
• Total Productive Maintenance
• Total Quality Management in Manufacturing

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• New Product Development Execution

  MY WORK PREFERENCES
• Early Consumer Testing
• New Product Commercialization
• New Product Quality Checks
• Package Design and Development
• Package Testing
• Product Design
• Product Specification
• Prototype Development

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• New Product / Service Development

  MY WORK PREFERENCES
• Design for Six Sigma
• Flexible Product Development
• Fuzzy Front End Improvement
• Quality Function Development
• Stage-Gate Model
• User-Centered Design

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• Organization and Management

  MY WORK PREFERENCES
• Global Manufacturing Risks
• Manufacturing Change Management
• Manufacturing in Developing Countries
• Manufacturing Training and Development
• Outsourcing / Contract Manufacturing
• Quality Improvement Culture
• Talent Management in Manufacturing
• Workflow Management

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• Planning, Scheduling and Controlling

  MY WORK PREFERENCES
• Benchmarking and Advanced Analytics
• Downtime Tracking & Reduction
• Manufacturing Forecasting
• Manufacturing Key Performance Indicators
• Manufacturing Project Management
• Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP II)
• Material Requirements Planning (MRP)
• Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)
• Production Scheduling

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• Product Management

  MY WORK PREFERENCES
• Product Development
• Product Differentiation
• Product Lifecycle Management
• Product Management Process Optimization
• Product Marketing
• Product Portfolio Management
• Product Positioning
• Scenario Management
• Sustainable / Green Products
• Time-To-Market Optimization

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• Product / Service Development

  MY WORK PREFERENCES
• Evaluation of Existing Products
• Failure Modes and Effects Analysis
• Improvement of Operational Service Processes
• Product Guidelines
• Product Quality Improvement
• Product / Service Modification
• Regulatory Product Requirements
• Root Cause Analysis
• Science-Driven Development
• Technology-Driven Development
• User-Friendliness

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• R&D Reporting

  MY WORK PREFERENCES
• Key Performance Indicators for R&D
• R&D Metrics
• R&D Performance Management
• R&D Target Costing and Cost Tracking
• Research Result Reporting
• Risk Management in R&D

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• R&D Strategy

  MY WORK PREFERENCES
• Project Appraisal and Prioritization
• R&D Capacity Management
• R&D Contracts
• R&D Ethics
• R&D Outsourcing
• R&D Planning
• R&D Portfolio Management
• R&D Strategy Setting

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• Research

  MY WORK PREFERENCES
• Blue-Sky Investigations
• Customer Surveys as R&D Support
• Diagnostic Tools
• Market Research as R&D Support
• Product Research as R&D Support
• Qualitative Research
• Quantitative Research