Issue 4 (January 2007)

News

The world of shopping

The reputable Swiss chain of department stores, Globus, made a huge investment to convert its flagship store in Zürich into a world of discovery for all the senses. Together with Porsche Consulting, the company then introduced a lean-retail project to further optimize the customer service.

Ritter - innovative chocolate specialists

Outside the gates of Stuttgart, the vision of “chocolate perfection” is keeping successful chocolate connoisseurs on their toes: in order to conquer new markets, Ritter Sport is trusting the know-how of Porsche Consulting for the crucial introduction of more flexible production methods.

Service must be profitable

Porsche Consulting has now been commissioned by fifteen hospitals to analyze and optimize the procedures and processes in the relevant clinics according to the role model of an automotive factory.

Living rooms of the skies

There is constantly growing demand for deluxe versions of private jets. Luxury conversions of business jets gradually emerge at the Completion Center of Lufthansa Technik in Hamburg. In order to raise the product development process to a luxury level, too, Porsche Consulting set up a new system of rules in the hangar.

Elevator to Mount Everest

Promoting value added and reducing waste at the same time – this approach, which yields significant improvements in complex work processes, can also make those products successful that fall short of market expectations. With their product cost optimization, the consultants of Porsche Consulting have been relying on a method that corrects or eliminates undesirable developments from the very beginning.

Targa in top form

Its widest rear ever. The new generation of the legendary Porsche 911 Targa 4 is characterized in part by its strongly curved rear wing. In order to guarantee the ideal production of such complicated components at an early stage, Porsche developed a new method with Porsche Consulting. This tool management system even guarantees the quality of the highly complex tools required for these components as early as the development phase.

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