Insights: How to optimize production and logistics

Welcome to Insights, the blog of ifp consulting! The of our experts offer practical tools for operational excellence projects, supply chain optimization, digitization measures, and production planning providing recommendations from our consulting practice. You can also download our whitepapers with specific approaches for optimization measures in your company – free of charge.

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    Factory Planning,Supply Chain

    Sustainably Reduce Production Costs

    The Automotive Industry Under Cost Pressure: Three Leverage Points for Sustainable Efficiency Gains

  • A modern high-bay warehouse with pallets and automated warehouse logistics. ifp consulting supports companies in supply chain management—from demand planning and S&OP to the optimization of global supply and production networks—to achieve greater efficiency, transparency, and resilience.

    Supply Chain

    What is supply chain management?

    Definition, tasks and methods & examples Supply chain management and logistics are often mentioned in the same breath. Yet SCM is far more comprehensive. It is not just about [...]

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    Operational Excellence

    How to increase in overall equipment efficiency (OEE)

    Our projects reveal recurring patterns that limit system efficiency and this is precisely where our consulting services come in: We make losses visible, evaluate them economically and derive specific improvement measures from them.

  • Factory Planning,Operational Excellence

    Production site in India

    With the integrated "factory out of the box" approach, you can set up your production site in India quickly and with low risk.

  • Production and logistics planning

    8 key topics for manufacturing companies in 2026

    The 8 key topics are not theory - they are tried and tested fields of action from our projects that deliver measurable improvements.

  • ifp consulting berät Sie in allen Themen rund um Produktion und Logistik. So wird die Digitale Transformation erfolgreich: Digitalisierung muss nicht komplex sein. Unsere Experten erklären, wie Sie für die Digitale Transformation eine klare Strategie entwickeln.

    Digitalization

    Smart digitalization

    New, lean and quickly implementable strategies for digitalization are needed to ensure future viability - especially in the SME sector.

  • Operational Excellence

    Playbook for P&L-relevant efficiency enhancement

    In our playbook, you will find solutions that will enable your optimization measures to achieve the desired financial effect.

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    Operational Excellence

    Competitive production

    Operational excellence requires the continuous improvement of processes and structures and the successful integration of all stakeholders.

  • Production and logistics planning

    Increasing efficiency through insourcing in logistics

    To ensure customer satisfaction, companies must put their own value chain to the test.

  • Operational Excellence

    Successful with digital Shopfloor Management

    Our experts show the concrete benefits of digital shopfloor management and the success factors for implementation.

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Whitepaper

Our whitepapers offer concrete approaches for implementing improvement measures in production and logistics. You can download them here free of charge. You are also welcome to contact us for a non-binding initial consultation.

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Supply Chain Excellence

Effective supply chain management reduces costs, improves quality and increases customer satisfaction.

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integrated Cost Optimization program

How to successfully and sustainably reduce costs throughout all areas of your company.