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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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. 

Six of ten industrial suppliers are too dependent on their customers – with existence-threatening risks: too much specialisation on a few major customers leaves the mainly medium-sized companies vulnerable to negative developments in particular sectors. The trend towards regular changes in the award of orders further increases the risk of revenue losses. This has been shown in market observations by the Staufen AG business consultancy as well as the chamber of Schneider, Geiwitz & Partner.