TTP Group

We conducted a detailed company analysis as part of a performance program. In particular, this analysis closely examined the areas of indirect personnel, indirect costs, IT tools and software licenses. Internal and external benchmarks were set to determine the size of the profitability gap that separated the group from its competitors.

As part of its analysis of personnel, we identified the option of centralizing particular units and services as a key optimization lever. Workshops were held with the company’s managers for the purpose of jointly developing various scenarios for the reorganization and centralization potential. We also conducted activity analyses of selected employees and identified ways to modify wage costs by transferring employees to different locations. Other savings potential could be tapped by taking such steps as billing the end customer for the preparation of tenders.

We also presented a series of recommendations that the company could use to lower its indirect costs. These recommendations included harmonizing and centralizing selected processes and group-wide policies. It also recommended that employer branding should be strengthened, employee development and training optimized and marketing professionalized. In the area of IT & software licenses, we focused on weeding out substitutable licenses and applying the forward-looking IT strategy used by a subsidiary in other companies.