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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• 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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• Mergers & Acquisitions

  MY WORK PREFERENCES
• Carve-Outs
• Competition Law / Antitrust Regulation
• Corporate Portfolio Management
• Cross-Border Transactions
• Defensive M&A Strategies
• Distressed M&A
• Due Diligence
• Joint Ventures
• M&A Employment and Benefits
• M&A in Emerging Markets
• M&A Tax Considerations
• Post Merger Integration

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• Plant Maintenance

  MY WORK PREFERENCES
• Asset / Building Lifecycle Management
• Asset Efficiency Optimization
• Computerized Maintenance Management System
• Equipment Maitenance Strategies
• Maintenance Plan
• Plant Failure Analysis / Prevention / Management
• Plant Performance
• Predictive Maintenance and Condition Monitoring
• Proactive Maintenance
• Reliability Centered Maintenance
• Risk Based Inspection (RBI)

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• Private Equity / Venture Capital Industries

  MY WORK PREFERENCES
• Angel Investing
• Business Incubation
• Distressed Investing
• Infrastructure Private Equity Investing
• Leveraged Buyouts
• Private Equity in Emerging Markets
• Private Equity Secondary Markets
• Special Situations Investing
• Valuation for Private Equity
• Valuation for Venture Capital
• Value Creation in the Portfolio
• Venture Capital in Emerging Markets
• Venture Capital in Germany

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• Procurement

  MY WORK PREFERENCES
• Commodity Supply Management
• Cooperative Sourcing
• eProcurement
• Global Sourcing
• Indirect Materials and Services / Procurement
• Managing Outsourcing Relationships
• Nearshoring
• Negotiation and Contract Management
• Procurement Frauds & Compliance
• Procurement People Management
• Procurement Requirements Planning
• Procurement's Interaction with Finance
• Procurement Talent Strategies
• Sourcing and Procurement Organizational Design
• Sourcing Risk Managment
• Strategic Sourcing
• Supplier Performance Management
• Supplier Relationship Management
• Supplier Scoring
• Sustainable Procurement
• Transaction Management

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• Quality Management

  MY WORK PREFERENCES
• Business Process Quality
• Extending Quality Management Across the Enterprise
• Integration of Project, Quality and Risk Management
• Legal Aspects of Quality Management
• Product Liability Prevention
• Quality Control Guidelines and Certification
• Quality Costs
• Quality Process Management
• Total Quality Management (TQM)

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• Supply Chain Organization

  MY WORK PREFERENCES
• Cash Flow and the Supply Chain
• Collaboration in the Supply Chain
• Communication in the Supply Chain
• End-To-End Visibility in the Supply Chain
• Supply Chain Centralization
• Supply Chain Decentralization
• Supply Chain Event Management
• Supply Chain Flexibility and Agility
• Supply Chain Optimization
• Supply Chain Relationship Management
• Supply Chain Transparency
• Temperature Controlled Chain
• Third-party Service Providers

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• Supply Chain Planning & Controlling

  MY WORK PREFERENCES
• Cost Efficiency & Customer Service Delivery
• Integrated Business Planning
• Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP)
• Supply Chain Balanced Score Card
• Supply Chain Capacity Planning
• Supply Chain Demand Management
• Supply Chain Forecasting
• Supply Chain Performance Management
• Supply Chain Reporting

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• Supply Chain Risk Management and Security

  MY WORK PREFERENCES
• Compliance Risks for the Supply Chain
• Environmental Risks for the Supply Chain
• Insuring Supply Chain Risks
• Internal Supply Chain Risks
• ISO/IEC 28000 and ISO/IEC 28001
• Market Risk Impacts on the Supply Chain
• Supply Chain Continuity Management
• Supply Chain Quality Management
• Supply Chain Risk Assessment
• Supply Chain Risk Control
• Supply Chain Risk Management Culture
• Supply Chain Risk Management Strategy
• Supply Chain Risk Mitigation
• Supply Chain Risk Prevention
• Supply Chain Risk Scoring
• Supply Chain Risk Transfer
• Supply Chain Security Certification
• Supply Chain Vulnerability
• Supply Risks

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• Supply Chain Strategies

  MY WORK PREFERENCES
• Customer-Centricity
• Integrated Supply Chain
• Lean Supply Chain
• Supply Chain Finance Programs
• Supply Chain in Emerging Markets
• Supply Chain Outsourcing
• Supply Chain Transformation
• Sustainable Supply Chain
• Tax Efficient Supply Chain Management

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• Working Capital Management

  MY WORK PREFERENCES
• Accounts Payable Restructuring
• Avoiding Overtrading
• Bank Overdrafts and Lines of Credit
• Cash Management
• Corporate Credit Policy
• Corporate Liquidity Policy
• Factoring
• Improving Accounts Receivable Collection
• Optimizing Inventory Turnover
• Working Capital Risk Management