The next analysis was in a little town in west Germany, about 75 mins away from Düsseldorf airport and I think in the middle of the "Bergisches Land". The town, the factory, the hotel, to name it with one word, it was a dump, a major dump. And the company was a mess, a super major mess.
This was the worst of the 3 business reviews we took part in. I think within that 1st week I probably got about 10 hours of sleep all together. There were not enough consultants on the job, hence the few of us had to do it all.
So yes, the analysis took 2 weeks, and it was converted into a project. I was one of the consultants and responsible for production and logistics. Needless to say, I did not really have any experience in production at all, neither did I in logistics. And all I learned a few years in my ice-cream project was sort of forgotten by then.
I think we have reached the year 2000 now and the project lasted from February/March till late summer.
Showing posts with label logistics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label logistics. Show all posts
Thursday, 12 March 2009
Monday, 9 February 2009
Austrian Logistics
My other project in Austria was a multilocation one based in Vienna with subsidiaries also in Linz and Innsbruck. The project focus was logistics as it was a freight company that needed sorting out their internal efficiencies.
For this project I developed the training approach and also gave the actual training and coaching.
Meetings with the top-client in Vienna were not always easy as he used to scream and swear his lungs out. Some of his staff was scared, some did not care anymore as they knew they'd get screamed at anyway.
I don't remember too well what happened in those early projects, but I have the slight feeling that they ran out of money and it could not be finished. But that was after the training.
From the Innsbruck site I got a reference. I translated a bit of it and pasted it onto my website. In case anybody is interested.
I remember that training there was fun. At least more fun than in the other Austrian project. Did people finally change their behaviour? I am not so sure about the Viennese managers, as they did not seem to get get out of their firefighting mode, but the Innsbruck site was a very successful installation indeed.
Again, I was a junior consultant then; today I would approach these difficult situations of either Austrian project differently.
For this project I developed the training approach and also gave the actual training and coaching.
Meetings with the top-client in Vienna were not always easy as he used to scream and swear his lungs out. Some of his staff was scared, some did not care anymore as they knew they'd get screamed at anyway.
I don't remember too well what happened in those early projects, but I have the slight feeling that they ran out of money and it could not be finished. But that was after the training.
From the Innsbruck site I got a reference. I translated a bit of it and pasted it onto my website. In case anybody is interested.
I remember that training there was fun. At least more fun than in the other Austrian project. Did people finally change their behaviour? I am not so sure about the Viennese managers, as they did not seem to get get out of their firefighting mode, but the Innsbruck site was a very successful installation indeed.
Again, I was a junior consultant then; today I would approach these difficult situations of either Austrian project differently.
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