Project experience responsible for the efficiency improvement program of a newly acquired company in the US: results: reduction of cost of 21% in the first year. Proposal for a cell concept in manufacturing and assembly, support during implementation. review of the order handling process in an international company in the Netherlands and United Kingdom, evaluation of the improvement potential, adaptation of the organization in the UK. benchmarking and proposal for a new corporate headquarter structure. development of balanced scorecards several projects to optimize purchasing. Project management to improve global purchasing in several business units in global companies. development of a new, world-wide manufacturing concept for a leading company in the machinery industry. Management of the project with the target to reduce manufacturing cost, lead time and quality cost of defined key components by 50%. Involved countries: Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Spain, Mexico. Results: more than 30% improvements for many components within two years. improvement of the maintenance process in a Swiss railway company (narrow gauge). support of the internal auditing group during implementation of Business Excellence. Additional experience: evaluation and implementation of integrated finance and ERP software in several companies of different industries cost reduction projects (purchasing, general) reduction of current assets and lead time preparation of logistic concepts development of the IT strategy in a company of the media industry development of a spare part strategy in a global company, improvement of availability of parts on schedule audit of manufacturing and logistic concepts, and of IT projects improvement of profit in a company of the packaging industry