Dipl.-Ing. Michael Burkard (MBA)

Serving clients in the area of carve-outs, operational due diligence (ODD), post-merger integration (PMI) and value creation projects.

implementing a new Logistic concept for the European production facilities considering customer & supplier requirements; (yearly volume ~2 Mio €)

developing a new Change Mgmt. approach (ECR, ECN) with interface to the new Product Development; (responsible for a team of seven engineers)

planning responsible within a special Supply Chain task force; Mission: immediately decrease the overdue confirmed deliveries to customers (value > 400k€) and create a new concept of purchasing, production planning and internal logistics

relocate production from China to Vietnam incl. implementing a KPI structure for operations at the Vietnamese workbench; starting point: 35% efficiency compared to CN and 13% scrap rate – one year later: 85% efficiency level and 3% scrap rate

optimize the product portfolio for the North American market

International Business Diploma Thesis: "Active customer integration in the early phases of the innovation process"

Facility: Technical School of Kulmbach, Vocation College Kronach, Robert Bosch GmbH Bamberg;