About ifp consulting
ifp consulting was founded in 1986 as a spin-off of the iwb at the Technical University of Munich by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Joachim Milberg. With the goal of translating research ideas into practical applications, the company has evolved over the years into a well-established consulting firm specializing in production and logistics. To this day, ifp consulting remains 100% owned by its three shareholders—Anja Milberg, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Joachim Milberg, and Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Nowak.
Our Shareholders
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Joachim Milberg
Anja Milberg
Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Nowak
Our Employees
Denise Pohlig
Managing Director
Denise Pohlig is the Managing Director at ifp consulting. She has been with ifp consulting since 2016 and has cross-industry experience in the design and implementation of complex projects in the fields of production and logistics. Her clients include companies in the mechanical and plant engineering, pharmaceutical and medical technology, electronics, and transportation and logistics sectors, among others.
Denise Pohlig studied industrial engineering at RWTH Aachen University, specializing in production engineering.
Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Nowak
Managing Partner
Dr. Gerhard Nowak is a Managing Partner at ifp consulting. He has over 25 years of experience in industry and consulting. After working at ifp consulting from 1996 to 2000 as a doctoral candidate and technical consultant, he held leadership positions at industrial companies as well as at leading management consulting firms in Europe and China. After working at firms including Management Engineers and Strategy&, Dr. Nowak most recently served as a partner at Bain & Company, where he was part of the Performance Improvement Practice and worked with clients in the automotive, mechanical engineering, and steel industries, among others. His international career includes long-term assignments in Italy and China, as well as project experience in EMEA, the Americas, and APAC.
Dr. Nowak is a proven expert in the fields of production and logistics, as well as product development and cost optimization. This is complemented by his many years of experience in the digital transformation of companies and restructuring.
Dr. Nowak studied mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Munich and earned his doctorate at the Institute for Machine Tools and Industrial Management (iwb).
ifp consulting Team
ifp consulting is a technical management consulting firm with 30 motivated employees. With passion and expertise, we help make production and logistics successful! We rely on a young, dynamic team with expertise in various disciplines, such as mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, business administration, data science, and computer science.
With our team of consultants, project managers, and division heads, ifp consulting draws on industry and consulting experience, innovative consulting methods, and the use of state-of-the-art IT tools. To stay at the cutting edge, we continuously refine our methods and solutions through the ifp academy.
ifp Team
ifp consulting is a technical management consulting firm with 30 motivated employees. We use our passion and expertise to ensure the success of production and logistics. To do so, we rely on a young, dynamic team with expertise in various disciplines, such as mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, business administration, data science, and computer science.
With our team of consultants, project managers, and division heads, ifp consulting draws on industry and consulting experience, innovative consulting methods, and the use of state-of-the-art IT tools. To stay at the cutting edge, we continuously refine our methods and solutions through the ifp consulting academy.
Katharina Anders
Business Unit Manager
Katharina Anders is a business unit manager at ifp consulting. She advises her clients, drawing on her extensive expertise in factory planning and logistics.
Her clients include, among others, companies from the following industries:
- Mechanical and plant engineering
- Consumer Goods
- Elektronics
Katharina Anders holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from the TU Bergakademie Freiberg and a master’s degree in technology- and management-oriented business administration from the Technical University of Munich.
Dr.-Ing. Felix Frankenbach
Business Unit Manager
Dr. Felix Frankenbach is a business unit manager at ifp consulting and advises clients from various industries, with a focus on mechanical and plant engineering.
He has extensive experience with projects in the following areas:
- Production Planning
- Logistics Planning
- Operational Excellence
Dr. Felix Frankenbach earned his doctorate in the field of Production Management & Logistics at the Technical University of Munich (TU München) at the Institute for Machine Tools and Industrial Management (iwb).
Julian Beuerlein
Business Unit Manager
Julian Beuerlein is business unit manager at ifp consulting and has been with the company since 2021. His areas of expertise include:
- Factory Planning
- Plant structure planning
- Production Planning
- Logistics Planning
- Supply Chain
- Relocation
- Digitalization including BIM
With his international project experience and practical approach, he will take on responsibility as division manager for key issues facing manufacturing companies and help expand our service portfolio.
Julian Beuerlein is an industrial engineer with a Master of Engineering from the Rosenheim University of Applied Sciences.
Georgios-Max Kostopoulos
Business Unit Manager
Georgios-Max Kostopoulos is a business unit manager at ifp consulting and has extensive international industry and consulting experience across the entire value chain. In national and international transformation projects, he supports companies across a wide range of industries in increasing their performance, efficiency, and competitiveness.
His areas of expertise include:
- Operational Excellence
- Maintenance Excellence
- Digital Operations
- Supply Chain Management
- Change Management
Drawing on his many years of experience in industry and consulting, Georgios-Max Kostopoulos supports companies from strategic alignment through conceptual design to the sustainable implementation of improvement measures. His focus is on achieving measurable results that have a lasting impact on the P&L in production, the supply chain, and maintenance.
Georgios-Max Kostopoulos is an aerospace engineer (M.Sc., Technical University of Munich) and also holds an executive MBA.
