Production Management

Prof. Thomas Friedli

Our Vision

We support industrial organizations in multiple sectors and regions in their strategic planning and implementation of improvement initiatives.

Our Production Management offers industrial organizations both industry and functional expertise, consulting and benchmarking competencies, and academic research from a single source. In close cooperation with each client, our experienced team of managers, consultants, and academics produces tangible and positive results. Find out how you can benefit most from our services below and follow us on LinkedIn for updates.

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22 JUL 2019

New contributions in EurOMA ’19 conference proceedings

Two of our research associates took part at this year’s EurOMA conference in Helsinki. Christian Elbe presented the topic of “Manufacturing execution systems in international manufacturing networks” and Dominik Remling the topic of “Digital Technologies to coordinate manufacturing networks”.

18 JUL 2019

Unlock Procurement Synergies

During the last months we had the opportunity to work together with an aircraft component manufacturer. The aim was to strengthen the cooperation between 3 plants from different countries and to benefit from existing synergies.

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26 JUL 2019

Benchmarking: Digital Manufacturing Networks

We want to examine approaches to implement and operate Manufacturing Execution Systems for manufacturing operations management globally across plants in order to develop an agile and resilient manufacturing network based on digital technologies and Industry 4.0.

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24 JUN 2019

A Business Intelligence (BI) Approach to Operational Excellence (OPEX)

In collaboration with Harborview we attempted to debunk the myths preventing a widespread adoption of a BI approach in Pharma and demonstrated that a BI approach to complex data is possible already today and with freely available available BI tools.

Our Focus Areas

Global Production

Michael Wiech | Christian Elbe | Dominik Remling | Philipp Miedler | Ferdinand Deitermann

Managing global operations is not only a matter of optimising single sites, it is about unlocking the potentials of a manufacturing network. Our integrated approach to configure and coordinate global operations aligns business with manufacturing strategy. We offer approaches, solutions and the latest research results to your challenges in the field of global manufacturing.

Contact: Dominik Remling

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Smart Manufacturing & Services

Growing product commoditization, more complex customer needs and digitalization drive manufacturing companies to increasingly shift to service-oriented business models. Our research activities and industry collaborations provide new and actionable insights on how to leverage smart services that are based on digitalized products and production processes.

Contact: Moritz Classen

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Operational Excellence

Research and industry projects in over 10 years enabled us to build an extensive knowledge base on how to support companies on their journey to Operational Excellence. We have the world’s largest independent Operational Excellence Pharma benchmarking database. The close collaboration with our industry partners leads to customised solutions and actionable project outcomes. Join us at our workshops to get the latest insights or read about the results of our FDA Quality Metrics Research.

Contact: Stephan Köhler

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Swiss Manufacturing Survey

Prof. Dr. Thomas Friedli | Ferdinand Deitermann | Dominik Remling

The aim of the annual survey is to present the current situation of the manufacturing industry in Switzerland in a meaningful way and to reflect a possible structural change through its long-term orientation. The focus on manufacturing companies provides new information that is sometimes insufficiently collected by other surveys. This transparency enables companies, associations, scholars and politics to identify and analyse developments and trends and to act accordingly.

Contact: Ferdinand Deitermann

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St. Gallen Production Management Conference

Prof. Dr. Thomas Friedli | Dario Stähelin | Moritz Classen

Our 2019 conference focusses on "The 3^rd Industrial Divide - Paradigms of the Future in Production Management".

The target group of the conference are managing directors, plant and production managers as well as managers from production-related areas of industrial companies. The conference will take place on 22^nd and 23^rd October 2019 at the Hotel Einstein Congress in St. Gallen. Please note, the main conference language is German.

Contact: Dario Stähelin

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CAS Production Management

In the course of increasing digitalization, production faces new opportunities and challenges. New skills and methods must complement existing experience. This CAS (Certificate of Advanced Studies) transports the latest findings in the field of production management into operational practice. The course is held in collaboration with HSR Rapperswil. Course language is German.

Prof. Dr. Thomas Friedli

Professor of Production Management

Director ITEM

Division Production Management

Manuela Landert

Personal Assistant to Prof. Dr. Thomas Friedli

Dr. Lukas Budde

Project Leader

Stephan Köhler

Project Leader & PhD Candidate