THE LATEST FROM STAUFEN
Read here about the things that move us and your industry. Our selection of news will keep you up to date about people, projects and the latest issues of interest.
IsUp Master StartUp
The project ISUP (Italian Start Up) grows in collaboration with the Associazione Industriale Bresciana – Gruppo Giovani. We decided to sponsor this project because we want to give support to companies set up by young people. Through this initiative have been selected business projects proposed by young people in order to promote the growth and development of Startup, providing concrete support in the start of the business through training initiatives aimed to create and strengthen the skills necessary to support the mentoring of young entrepreneurs and financial support.
Read moreLower Silesian Business Certificate 2013
We are very proud to announce that on 21 June 2013 Staufen Polska was again reworded with Dolnośląski Certyfikat Gospodarczy. As whole Staufen team we fell very satisfied that for the second time our company was able to fulfill criteria and was found as trustworthy and firm.
Read moreBestPractice Day 2013
Last 4th and 5th June 2013 in Darmstadt was held the most important Lean Congress Lean with the participation of the greatest exponents of Lean including Dr. Marcus Chao and Dr. Jeffrey K. Liker. Under the slogan “Being condemned to Top-Performance”. During the first day covered topics related to: Lean Thinking Day, Lean Leadership, Lean Experts, Lean Transformation, Lean Enterprise.
Read moreChina on the path towards a business location of innovation activities for German cooperations
The 2013 „Business Confidence Survey” of the German Chamber of Comerce in China is carried out in coperation with the Staufen AG. It focusses on current and future developments of innovation activities through German cooperations in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. If you are interessted in the survey, please contact Dr. Ulrich Frenzel
Read moreNew website
Starting from 24.06.2013 Staufen Polska has new layout of website. It was design to be more clear, understable and transparent and what is the most important, user-friendly. As team of Staufen Polska we hope, that new layout will help you find every needed information and will be good companion on your way to BestPractice.
Read moreExperts in lean principles warn top managers against remaining in their own comfort zone – Death zone of mediocrity
50% of executives still see lean management as nothing but a hawker’s tray of methods, from which to cherry-pick a few choice bits. This error can quickly take a company into the death zone of mediocrity; this was the central message of the Staufen AG “Best Practice Day 2013” in cooperation with the TU Darmstadt. National and international experts at Europe’s leading congress on lean management all agreed: a company wanting to reap the profits of a change-over to lean management cannot avoid the sometimes painful change and development of its management and leadership culture.
Read moreGerman engineering industry working on cutting development times in half
The shortening of development times is the number one issue in the R&D departments of the German engineering industry. The potential for doing so is enormous: project analyses by Staufen AG show that the time from product idea to market launch can be cut in half.
Read moreNew MDs in Hong Kong and Shanghai: Staufen AG sets the course for further growth in Asia
With Thorsten Amann as the new managing director of Staufen Asia located in Hong Kong and David Müller as the future managing director of Staufen Shanghai, Staufen business consultancy continues on its course for growth in Asia. The internationally active lean management consultancy established its Shanghai subsidiary and an office in Shenyang as early as 2005; both are used to support and advise European and Chinese customers with the complete range of services offered by Staufen AG.
Read moreGerman mechanical engineering companies face up to
In two-thirds of German mechanical engineering companies, restructuring their international business is one of their major concerns. The reason: new challenges have to be faced in the race to develop the rising economies of Asia and Latin America as sales markets. The task is to manage the change from the “extended workbench” to a sophisticated consumer market. The interaction between management in Germany and regional management in the target countries is a particular cause of problems in the positioning as global players. This has been shown in market observations by Staufen AG business consultancy and the Technical University Darmstadt.
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