henrik thomsen
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Consultant companies in the supply chain
Henrik Thomsen, Project Sales Manager,
Prevas A/S
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Characteristics of the consultant business
Order production – non-repeatable, but...
Dealing with humans...
Vague descriptions of ”commodity” – but necessary
Living off- knowledge, competencies in specialized fields- ability to perform- availability- on/off flexibility- knowing the ”future”- ability to grasp customers situation
- technically, economically and social- and trust...
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An example consultant company
- Approx. 500 employees- Geographically distributed
Sweden, Denmark, Norway- Looking further out Dubai, UAE and Bangalore, India- Close to customers
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Electronics/SW
Mechanics Design
Customer
Electronics/SW
Mechanics Design
Customer
Place in supply chain
Typically placed as single specialist
Either having the enterprise Or being sub-supplier
to enterprise holder
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Future demands...
SoftwareEmbedded
Mechanics
MechDesign
Customer
ElectronicsHardware
SoftwareApplication
MechDesign
InterfaceDesign
MechanicsOff shore development
ModuleSupplier
Free lanceSub contractor
Customer CustomerCustomerCustomer- Diffuse customer network- Fast time to market- Greater product flexibility- Greater production flexibility
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Future solutions – platforms
Increased demands for: - cost optimization - time to market- flexibility during and after the development proces
Move toward making standard products of services - Hardware platforms - Operating system platforms- Template application programming- Open source- Smart offerings – ultra fast offerings based on known products
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Future solutions – flexibility
Increased demands for: - Specialized competences - Ultra fast availability – on/off availability- Deep knowledge of customer
Move toward making standard products of services - Agreements linking customers and suppliers- Universal development and documentation tools- Universal norms- The ability to take on the role of deep knowing buyer rather than developer.- Smart offerings – ultra fast offerings based on known products- Financing
Sandra Claesson, Prevas
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A sample consultant company tomorrow
Networking, networking, networking…- Customers- Partners- Sub-suppliers
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Technology in the supply chain - tracing
From RFID tags to microprocessor based:- Monitoring- Tracing- Testing
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Technology in the supply chain - robotics
Automated robotics:- Monitoring- Movement-Testing
Requires:- Positioning- Power management- Real time feed back
- Vision, Ultrasound, radar, laser- Ultra fast dsp on gadget level
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Questions...