Services

Kontrapunkt Technology supports companies across five core areas — from organizational development to interim management.

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Organisation Development

Is our product development team reaching its full potential?

  • Evaluation of projects and portfolios: objective, organisation, cost, time-to-market, efficiency, innovation and risk
  • Auditing of R&D teams: organisation, mix of skill sets, methodology, tools, responsibilities, quality
  • Analysis of the product development process
  • Initialisation of measures to improve efficiency and innovation
  • Monitoring during the implementation of specific action items
  • Optimisation of product development and innovation processes
  • Improvement of collaboration between the R&D function and product management, marketing, sales, procurement, production and quality management
  • Technical due diligence prior to acquisitions or reorganisations
  • Post merger reorganisations
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Strategy Development

Is our technology strategy based on the corporate objectives?

  • 360°-analysis of the current situation within a company: business model, strategy, products, markets, technologies
  • Evaluation of strategic orientation and collaboration between the key functions: R&D, product management, sales, marketing, procurement, production
  • Analysis and assessment of the current technology strategy
  • Initiation and development of technology strategies and technology roadmaps
  • Conducting studies: trends, emerging technologies, disruptive innovation, competition
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Outsourcing & Collaboration

Do we have to accomplish all tasks on our own?

  • Analysis and assessment of the existing skill set
  • Initialisation of actions to establish and develop the core competencies
  • Development of outsourcing strategies
  • Identification of suitable partners to solve technical or operational problems
  • Identification of candidates to establish a strategic alliance
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Business Development

Can we create new markets based on the existing skill set?

  • Elaboration of growth strategies regarding markets, technologies and skills
  • Analysis of the value chain, taking into consideration suppliers, clients and partners
  • Analysis of the role of the competition
  • Elaboration of business plans
  • Monitoring of implementation
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Interim Management

What we need now is a strong leader at short notice.

  • Temporary management of product development, product management, and as COO
  • Development of the collaboration between the R&D function with product management, sales, procurement, marketing, production and quality assurance
  • Management of complex, time critical and strategically relevant projects
  • Turnaround management of international, multi-site, heterogeneous teams
  • Participation in innovation projects
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