About me
Klaus Elser
Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing.
Career
Since 2018 Independent Consultant for Industrial Excellence
2006 - 2018 Consultant and Managing Partner TMG Technologie Management Gruppe, Karlsruhe
1985 - 2006 Consultant and Managing Partner TMG Technologie Management Gruppe, Stuttgart
1983 - 1985 Research Associate at Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO, Stuttgart
Areas of expertise
- Integrated design of product and production process
- Make or buy strategies, in- and outsourcing
- Design and management of global development, distribution, production and supplier networks
- Search and selection of production locations worldwide
- Global sourcing concepts, search / assessment and qualification of suppliers
- Design and organization of production units and factories
- Design of organizational processes and structures in industrial companies
- Interim management to start-up and ramp-up new production units and suppliers
- Interim management to ramp-down and close factories and companies
Industries
- Automotive
- Plant and machinery
- Technical consumer goods
- Electronic, electrical, electromechanical, mechanical components
- Engineering
International Experience
- Western- / Southern Europe: D, A, CH, DK, UK, B, NL, F, E, P, I, GR, TR
- Eastern Europe: RUS, PL, CZ, SK, SLO, H, BG
- Americas: USA, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Peru
- Asia: Japan, China, South-Korea, Malaysia, India, Australia, Singapore
- Africa: South-Africa, UAE, Tunisia