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Better All Round - Making the difference with a revolutionary consumer product Related videos SECTORS Automotive Shifting gears in the automotive industry Consumer products Innovating consumer products in the real world Industrial engineering Driving profitability in engineering SERVICES PA perfect cost grid Identifying product cost-savings worth hundreds of millions in automotive Procurement and supply chain Securing value from effective procurement Performance excellence Achieving best-in-class global manufacturing through performance excellence Manufacturing process development Re-inventing manufacturing to deliver innovative new products Product design and development Developing products from concepts, through design and development and into manufacture Technology and innovation consulting Creating commercial advantage from technology CLIENT STORIES Rapidly scaling a business to reflect market changes – Siemens Energy We helped Siemens Energy execute a fast, decisive response to change in renewable energy markets. Reducing inventory by 17% – IMI We made it easier for IMI to manufacture valves by improving order management processes and reducing inventory by 17%. Reducing inventory levels by 11% – EUROCELL We improved Eurocell's sales and operations planning, delivered an 11% inventory reduction and identified additional savings of 90% in transit and 25% in holding inventory. Establishing a new factory for electric switchgear - Siemens The knowledge transfer between PA and client team enabled Siemens to implement its plans successfully, both ahead of schedule and with a saving estimated at €1 million. FEATURED LATEST INSIGHT Are you ready for the next industrial revolution – redesigning your business to benefit from Industry 4.0 The fourth industrial revolution has already begun. Industry 4.0 – where the virtual and real worlds meet to completely change the way value is created in manufacturing – will allow a leap in productivity and generate substantial revenue for businesses. Innovation as unusual Our research, spanning 15 countries and nine sectors, shows that organisations are losing money and missing out on valuable opportunities. Our survey reveals five 'innovation killers' that senior executives must address to stop their great ideas from leaking through the cracks. Deconstructing the myths of business simplicity Download our report on balancing the competing demands of organisational complexity and simplicity Innovation event 2014 - mind versus machine More than 100 guests attended PA's tenth annual innovation event, held at the National Portrait Gallery in London. The event explored 'Mind versus machine: are we overlooking human factors in the race for innovation?' and looked in detail at how technology is changing the way we understand, interpret and experience the world around us. LATEST MEDIA ARD - 'Story im Ersten': The fairy tale of electro mobility, 10 August 2015 PA Consulting Group's Thomas Goettle, an automotive expert, has been interviewed by ARD 'Story im Ersten' discussing the progress being made by the top carmakers in Europe to meet EU carbon emissions targets. Berlingske Tidende - An innovation strategy will prevent great ideas from failing in Danish companies, 4 August 2015 PA innovation expert, Mads Kjøller Damkjær, discusses the preliminary results of PA's global innovation research. Financial Times - Car prototyping moves from workshop to digital simulation, 23 July 2015 PA's Daniel Hirsch, a manufacturing expert discusses digital simulation models in automotive prototyping. manager magazin online - Controlled failure is part of innovation, 20 July 2015 PA's Thomas Brand has had a byline published in which he talks about PA's innovation report. 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