Engineering Excellence in Product Development

1. Company Overview
Internet: www.EnEx-Consult.com
Telephone: (+65) 84 286 384
Skype: michael.enex-consult
Email: EnExCons@EnEx-Consult.com
Michael.Tiefenbacher@EnEx-Consult.com
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2. Does this sound familiar?
 You have invested heavily into Product-Development, hired the
best engineers and managers, licensed expensive software,
bought pricey equipment, and still projects are stuck and you
have to wait for the return of your investment.
 New competitors are coming up, new features are required,
new technologies are introduced and you see your market-
share jeopardized as your R&D-team is not performing.
 When you ask your development team about the status of the
projects, you hear only about delays, problems, risks, higher
development- and product-costs.
 You ask for an updated schedule, and realize again and again
the project is delayed. You need to pump in additional
resources and / or reduce some requirements.
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3. Expectations from successful and effective R&D
At EnEx-Consult, we believe that these are the key deliverables from
a successful and effective R&D-organization
 Successful Projects
Time, Cost, Quality, Flexibility (keep commitments!)
 Innovation
IP-Generation (patents), IP-Protection
 Continuous Improvements
Cycle time reduction, Cost reduction, increased productivity
 Sustainability
Repeatability of results, Documentation, Learning Organization
Success in Product-Development does not only depend on brilliant
Engineers and strong Project Managers, but heavily on the Development
Process, Competence & Performance Management and the Enabling &
Supporting Environment.
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4. How EnEx-Consult can help you …
 Typically 75% of all product-development-projects are delayed, and
only a few are ready on time, without any glitches.
EnEx-Consult helps to ensure your development-projects belong to
the successful ones.
– Project success is not ‘being lucky’, it is doing the right things with the
right people at the right time - consistently.
– It’s not succeeding once, it is about setting a system in place which
ensures consistent and lasting good results.
– A successful and effective development organization has to create value
and profit for the company
 There is no ‘one fit for all’ – formula, but there are several areas
which needs to be evaluated and tailored towards the specific
environment and needs.
 EnEx-Consult reviews the existing setup and helps your organization
to install the right processes, systems, tools and policies to ensure
consistent project success.
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5. Competence-Areas
 EnEx-Consult competence is based on more than 25 years experience
in engineering and management of small and large R&D-organizations
in Europe, Singapore, China and USA as well as research on state of
the art methodologies.
EnEx-Consult has created a powerful recipe of what makes an
Product-Development successful.
 Continued success in Product Development depends heavily on these
4 key areas:
– Product Development Processes
– Performance Measurement and Management
– Competence Management (Learning Organization)
– Support/Enabling Processes
 These competence areas are the pillars of success to your R&D-
organization to ensure that your organization achieves
“Engineering Excellence by Highly Motivated Engineers”.
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6. Competence Areas
 Product Development :  Competence Management
EnEx-Consult can help your organization to (Learning Organization):
select or develop a well defined product The importance of knowledge sharing within
development process tailored to your the organisation, learning from previous
organization’s needs and requirements. successes and failures as well as safe-
A standard ’stage-gate-process’ might suit keeping of this Intellectual Property is
your needs, but it’s key important how crucial for continual success in a fast-pace
these processes are executed, how risk is arena like product-development.
managed, how the development team is Coaching and Mentoring, accurate and
loaded. timely Documentation combined with
Continuous Improvement and Innovation
are key to success.
 Performance Measurement and
Management:
To drive an organization towards the right  Support/Enabling Processes:
performance, you need to have clear Lasting Engineering Excellence is only
performance expectations for both the possible with ‘highly motivated staff’.
organisation as well as staff involved. You need to setup your organization in the
These expectations have to be linked to the right way, roles and responsibilities clearly
overall organization’s targets and defined and outlined, and the right
performance. measurements and recognitions defined and
At EnEx-Consult, we will help your in place.
organization set the right performance- EnEx-Consult can help your organization to
targets and define and implement practical setup supporting and enabling functions
measures to achieve these targets and which are determination factors for long-
performance. term success of any Product-Development
Organization.
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7. Voice of the Customer
Dr. Peter Weigand, GRACE SVP Sales, Marketing & Services
To Whom It May Concern:
I engaged Michael Tiefenbacher for about one year as Interim Manager to manage
Grace's Design Services department located in Shanghai.
Besides the day-to-day management activities Michael conceptualized and
implemented a standardized mile-stone system, project- and resource-planning,
accounting and reporting tools and an online IP-Management system. This effort
lead to significant improvements in the team's performance and ultimately to
improved services toward Grace's customers.
Michael is highly experienced and professional in setting up systems and
business-processes to improve performance and achieve lasting results. Michael is
also very strong in people management and knows how to create a work
environment where people can develop to their full potential and contribute their
very best to the benefit of the company.
Grace has been very satisfied and happy with Michael's services, and I highly
recommend you talk to Michael if you are interested in management services to
bring your R&D and engineering organization to peak performance.
June 17th 2011, Dr. Peter Weigand (weigand.peter@gmail.com)
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8. Our services
 We offer:
– Management Consulting and Interim Management
– Trainings based on your specific requirements and needs
– Conduct Internal Audits and provide support with Certification
– Tools and templates for planning, reporting etc.
 We know that every customer is unique and every need is
different. Customization is the key to providing efficient
solutions and to Your and Our success.
 Please contact us for an non-obligatory discussion and to work
out a setup suitable for your organization. We will
accommodate your needs to your utmost satisfaction.
Thank You!
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