Performance Services


OPEX / Restructuring

OPEX / Restructuring

Are you looking for operative excellence?
Whether you wish to continuously optimise current processes or fundamentally restructure your company, we are the right partner for you. Cash is King / removing obstacles – speed is of the essence. We target the relevant areas and improve the situation before it ever comes to a crisis.

Our experts:

  • keep a constant eye on liquidity and quickly access new sources of liquidity
  • increase productivity and speed at short notice
  • always act with your P&L in mind
  • lead your staff as temporary colleagues to new success

Sourcing and Relocation

Sourcing and Relocation

We provide support with purchasing and insourcing & outsourcing. Calculating 700 products in two weeks, holding five supplier days in one week, 23 % price reduction with an investment of €3m – we’ve done it all. What is your challenge for us? Our team will enhance your purchasing potential, conduct make-or-buy analyses, implement solutions.

Our experts:

  • deliver costing workshops together with suppliers
  • manage enquiry meetings worldwide
  • manage sourcing issues in Asia through our engineering office in Shanghai
  • manage relocations as part of a full-service package
  • have successfully concluded numerous sourcing projects successfully and with an effect on the P&L statement

Crisis Management / Bottleneck Management

Crisis Management / Bottleneck Management

Are you in crisis mode?

There are many reasons for operational bottlenecks and crises. Werks.Experten Performance supports companies in eliminating critical situations quickly. Our people are all seasoned experts with years of experience, they get the big picture and maintain an overview of the situation, act consistently and accompany companies out of a crisis.

Our experts:

  • all have proven experience with crises
  • take a clear hands-on approach
  • act in a focused and structured manner
  • have access to comprehensive and proven tools

Interim Mandates

Interim Mandates

Do you need to fill an important position at short notice, or do you need extra staff temporarily?

Werks.Experten offers companies a large pool of experienced staff. We have solutions for all corporate roles – plant manager and production supervisor, launch manager, supplier manager and head of production, acting managing director and many more. Werks.Experten offers performance.

Our experts:

  • are available at short notice
  • are not “nine to fivers”
  • are mobile
  • offer a wide range of experience

RAMP-UP Management / Launch Management

RAMP-UP Management / Launch Management

Are you experiencing problems with start-up? Are last-minute changes or delays in the schedule causing problems?

Our experts will support you in analysing each situation, in formulating quality, scheduling and cost targets in conjunction with you, and in implementing them step-by-step at your company. We believe that involving your staff here is key to success.

Any necessary measures will be well-founded and openly communicated. We are acting today to avoid the problems of tomorrow!

Our experts:

  • have experience of interfacing
  • have many years of experience
  • use proven digital tools
  • work in a structured manner
  • implement measures in a sustainable way

Workshops and Training

Workshops and Training

Unleash the collective intelligence in your company!

It is only when your staff are given the opportunity to collaborate on new solutions as part of the team that they will also fully commit to implementing those solutions. Our team will moderate your staff and encourage them to ask the right questions and determine the right course of action.

In addition to workshops, we deliver regular training courses for crisis managers. Please contact us for the date of the next course.

Our experts:

  • offer process improvement, LEAN, design-to-cost and product-cost optimisation
  • deliver projects quickly (these days, if something takes longer than three months the risk of changes failing will increase)
  • train your staff

Digitalising the value chain

Digitalising the value chain

Digitalising the value chain

Thanks to years of experience in the field of consultancy, our Werks.Experten people know precisely how and where transparency is required along the value chain, enabling them to take quick and effective decisions. For sustainable implementation, we provide assistance with RFIs, RFPs and RFQs, in project management or for training, with the aim of installing, visualising and implementing the best digitalisation strategy possible from shop floor to management, and across the entire product life cycle.

In doing this, we provide for:

  • the clear identification of the digitalisation vision
  • the proactive involvement in the digitalisation process of all participants
  • sustainable implementation of the digitalisation approach in the company
  • the unambiguous presentation of data-based cost/usage, and possible optimisation

Werks.Experten PERFORMANCE

is a specialised, implementation-oriented consultancy for crisis management, start-up and bottleneck management, operational management, procurement management and interim management.

WERKS.Experten Performance is an on-demand provider of short and medium-term solutions in the producing industry.

Mission: To give companies the opportunity to solve pressing issues sustainably, in order for them to benefit economically and therefore to stabilise their corporate processes across the board.

Our Vision is to become the first point of contact for B2B in all matters relating to start-up and bottleneck management.

Short CV

  • Set up in 2013

    Werks-Experten corporate consultancy was set up in 2013. Consultancy services include management consultancy, transaction services and operational excellence.

  • First sourcing projects / our Shanghai office opens

    Our product portfolio and our sourcing work are expanded as part of a number of restructuring projects, and our office in Shanghai opens for business.

  • Crisis management

    The consultancy is increasingly receiving commissions for crisis management. Crisis-related relocation and bottleneck management are now part of our portfolio, in addition to interim mandates.

  • Collaborative partners

    In order to remain focused while at the same time meeting the needs of our customers completely in the sense of a 360° commitment, we have entered partnerships in the areas of technology, quality, IT and sales and marketing.

Performance Partners

Erik Kuntze

Erik Kuntze

Friedrich Mairhofer

Friedrich Mairhofer

Henning Kuntze

Henning Kuntze

Andreas Riese

Andreas Riese

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