A Selection of Reference Projects and Assignments that our consultants have carried through during their careers:
- EHS Due Diligence Phase I Site Assessment according to ASTM E1527 at a Swiss manufacturer of electronic access and identification systems
- Continuous EHS Consulting and Support for the Swiss offices of a major international software company, representing the client towards local authorities, improvement recommendations, training
- Support of a flat-glass factory in Germany in achieving CE marking, detailed Assessment of Compliance with the European Machinery Directive and other relevant European directives, improvement recommendations
- EHS Legal Compliance Risk Assessment and Gap Analysis, follow-up and continuous EHS support for the Swiss retail boutiques of a major international luxury-brand clothing, bag and perfume manufacturer
- EHS Legal Compliance Risk Assessment, follow-up, provision of Safety Induction and Fire Warden Training as well as continuous EHS support for the Swiss offices of a major international IT company
- Safety Leadership Program Operational Training at ALSTOM Germany
- Accident and Incident Analysis (ALSTOM)
- Establish H&S Procedures for factories (ALSTOM)
- Q, EHS Certifications of 50 sites around the world (ALSTOM)
- Establish a Management System including quality, health, safety and environment procedures for operation and maintenance of power stations (ALSTOM)
- Establish a Power Plant Operation & Maintenance Company (ALSTOM)
- Developing a Strategy for the thin sheet metal factory (Ascom)
- Develop of a Factory Layout Planning Tool, Layan (ABB)
- Investment Analysis of a new electronic factory (ABB)
- Investment Analysis of multifunctional machining tools (ABB)
- Buy or Make Investment Analysis for Reconditioning Workshop (ABB)
- Developing a Tool for Investment Analysis, Profan (ABB)
- Planning of an Office Furniture Factory in Thailand (Nobø)
- Developing of a new Office Furniture Line (Nobø)
- Cell Manufacturing with Robots – Parts selection, robot selection and programming of robots (Kongsberg)
- Automated Assembly of Electrical Heaters (Nobø)
- EHS Due Diligence Phase I Site Assessment according to ASTM E1527 at a manufacturer of engine heaters in Belgium
- EHS Due Diligence Phase I Site Assessment according to ASTM E1527 at a Swiss manufacturer of electronic access and identification systems
- Training of the 8D Improvement Process at several factories of a tier-1 Automobile engine components manufacturer in France
- Support of a flat-glass factory in Germany in achieving CE marking, detailed Assessment of Compliance with the European Machinery Directive and other relevant European directives, improvement recommendations
- EHS Legal Compliance Risk Assessment and Gap Analysis, follow-up and continuous EHS support for the Swiss retail boutiques of a major international luxury-brand clothing, bag and perfume manufacturer
- EHS Legal Compliance Risk Assessment, follow-up, provision of Safety Induction and Fire Warden Training as well as continuous EHS support for the Swiss offices of a major international IT company
- Definition and implementation of the Global Customer Feedback and Product Improvement Process including internal quantitative and qualitative management reporting and reporting towards the global sales and marketing offices on the status of product quality issues (IWC Schaffhausen)
- Development of several highly innovative new wristwatches, among which the most expensive and complicated IWC watch of the time (IWC Portuguese Grande Complication), the first IWC watch with a digital perpetual calendar movement (IWC Da Vinci Perpetual Calendar Digital Date-Month) and the first IWC watch with the movement embedded directly in the ceramic case middle (IWC Da Vinci Chronograph Ceramic) (IWC Schaffhausen)
- Global implementation of a highly innovative, multi-site, web-supported Innovation and Idea Management Process and Tool – see also publications (ALSTOM)
- Development and global implementation of an improved stage-gate Product Development Process (ALSTOM)
- Development of an Intellectual Property Rights Strategy tailored to the specific needs of the After-Sales Service business (ALSTOM)
- Reduction of the Duration of Power Plant Inspection Outages by 30 % through significant process redesign on all levels and highly improved professionalism, successfully validated by three full-scale implementations on outages in Malaysia – a three-year project that involved over 200 participants and yielded significant cost savings for the client (ALSTOM)
- Post-Merger Process Harmonization between two engineering units in different countries that were previously part of two different companies and had very diverging organizational structures and processes (ALSTOM)
- Business Plan for a New Manufacturing Venture in Nigeria for an indigenous service company to the petroleum industry (Global Energy Co.)
- Executive Manager for Von Roll foundries, Portugal, Germany: Responsibility for the overall function of the company. Build up new Sales Organization and Order Handling. New Certification of ISO9001: 2000 and Recertification of ISO14001. Significant reduction of scrap. Build-up teamwork with labors. New hand-molding products. Development of new infrastructure products for the Portuguese market. Implementation of NCRs (non-conformance-reports) handling. Implementation of a new Controlling- and Warehouse-System. (Von Roll)
- General Manager for Medium Voltage and Production Manager for Switchgears and Induction Furnaces. (BBC, Mexico)
- Project administrator for METROPOL substation project in Tehran, Iran: Import of material and installation of Gas insulated switchgears (GIS) and conventional installations for substations project. (BBC, Baden, Switzerland)
- Project and Site Manager for Automation of Gas Field in Hassi R’Mel, Algeria: Manage Site and Build up of site infrastructure, import and installation of all material for the automation of this project in the gas field of 3500 km2, including telephone system, commands for the wells and control of the gas field. (BBC, Baden, Switzerland)
- Project Manager for evaluation, purchasing and installation of new Machines, and preventive and corrective maintenance. (Imperial Eastman, NACOBRE, Mexico).
- Key Commodity Management On-Site Services: Defined and deployed Global Sourcing Strategy. Identified and selected Supplier Panel. Negotiated and implemented Global Frame Agreements. Managed business relationship with supply base. Built a Commodity Network to manage interfaces. Build-up Global Network for On-Site Servicesin Logistics, select Lead-Cost-Country Suppliers. (KCM Global on Site Services). (ALSTOM Switzerland)
- Plant Manager surface application and tube manufacturing (Lackierwerk Lenzhard AG, ARFA Röhrenfabrik AG, Switzerland)
- Department Manager and Deputy for heavy machines and compressors. (SLM, Swiss Locomotive and Machines Fabrics)
- Strategic Business Development for a pump company in Switzerland; Shift After-Sales Business from local to global arena. Set up Field Service Strategy and training in China. (Egger Pumps)
- Develop a five year strategy to develop and grow Service Business in Asia; Set up Service Centres for repair of rotating equipment in China, Indonesia, Australia; Develop Australian After-Market Business; Implement new Pricing Strategy for Spare Parts; Enter and develop New Markets. (Sulzer Pumps Asia Pacific)
- Set up and develop a Repair Centre for Oil and Gas Customers; Transfer of technology for repair of gas turbines. (MAN Turbo AG)
- Reduction of the Duration of Power Plant Inspection Outages by 30 % through significant process redesign on all levels and highly improved professionalism, successfully validated by three full-scale implementations on outages in Malaysia – a three-year project that involved over 200 participants and yielded significant cost savings for the client (ALSTOM)
- Several Power Plant Projects for Gas Turbines; Shut down planning and execution in various parts of the world. (ALSTOM)
- SCADA Network Control Project: 230 – 400 kV country wide network. (ABB)