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In April 2020, a cooperation agreement was signed between SC&C Partner and Staufen AG. With this partnership we will further expand our services to the Czech Republic and Slovakia by benefiting from the synergies of the cooperation. SC&C Partner has a team with a lot of practical experience in applied Lean and Six Sigma as well as Statistical Data Processing at hand. Staufen contributes to the partnership especially with its experience and skills in Smart Manufacturing and Lean Leadership. Together we will offer our services to multinational and local companies across the region.

How do your employees withstand the pressure? On average, every employee is interrupted by an email or a call every 11 minutes. Neuroscientists say that the human brain can become addicted to such external stimuli. Focused communication within the company helps to create a concentrated, productive environment despite such interruptions. Short, daily meetings for consultation are efficient and focus processes on value-adding tasks. We use clear rules: Clear goals and procedures are communicated to prepare participants. Interruptions are consistently stopped. In addition, only people who can make a concrete contribution are invited. At the end, decisions and the next steps are recorded and agreed upon. As a result, decisions can be made more quickly.

Köngen – More than 50% of industrial companies want to increase the number of their suppliers in order to distribute potential risks. In addition, 40% are planning to implement greater control of their partners in the supply chain. The goal: Create greater stability and prevent future delivery failures. These are the results of the international study “Restart after Shutdown 2020.” Management consultancy Staufen interviewed more than 730 companies. Participants came from Germany, USA, China, Brazil, Mexico, Switzerland, Italy and Central Eastern Europe.

Köngen – Measures introduced around the world to contain the Covid-19 pandemic are developing into a long-term stress test for the industry. 56 percent of companies assume that they will not be able to resume work like before the shutdown until the end of the year at the earliest, or even over the course of next year. According to the current study “New start after the 2020 shutdown,” however, seven percent of companies fear they will not be able to hold out that long. Management consultancy Staufen interviewed more than 730 companies in April for the study. Participants came from Germany, USA, China, Brazil, Mexico, Switzerland, Italy, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Romania.

China is about six weeks ahead of Germany in the course of the corona pandemic. When the first serious restrictions were imposed here in mid-March, China began ramping up their factories again. From reactivating supply chains and stabilizing production lines to ensuring hygiene and safety distances when employees return to the plants – everything the German industry will soon encounter can already be observed there. German companies should take a close look and learn from these experiences, advises business consultancy Staufen.

“Lean is needed more than ever” Professor Netland, during the Corona pandemic many production sites came to a halt. Critics blame lean management for destroying supply chains. Is this justified? No, because a lot of critics, who make Lean an additional culprit to this crisis, associate Lean with the smallest possible storage. The concept is not about zero safety stocks and Lean definitively does not carry any blame for the pandemic outbreak…

Köngen – The coronavirus is changing how we live our daily lives. Many schools are not able to stay open and many can not go to work. Theaters, movies and stores are closed. Our previous life is put to the test.

Köngen – Business leaders are especially challenged at the moment. Crisis are times for change – crisis require conscious acting, clear decisions even if they have to be made while peering through the fog of uncertainty. It also require unambiguous communication, laying bare what is possible, at least for the moment. We, as Staufen, want to support you and lead you through the crisis.