One ERP site is live. What must change before the next country starts?

A first ERP launch does not approve the next country. Check transferable lessons, local conditions and shared specialist capacity first.

The Czech plant needs a new supplier. German HQ controls the decision.

A Czech plant has a replacement supplier ready. German HQ controls the emergency sourcing manufacturing decision: who should approve it, and within what limits?

Supplier distress in Europe: what to verify while deliveries still arrive

Supplier financial distress can exist while deliveries still arrive on schedule. Learn which warning signs justify a closer continuity review before supply is disrupted.

Support the struggling supplier or switch? Make the decision before production stops

Distressed supplier management: compare continuity, replacement readiness and financial exposure before committing to either route.

Changing an automotive supplier when production cannot wait

A replacement supplier can quote before it holds supplier change approval. Separate commercial availability, technical acceptance and usable capacity.

A critical supplier has stopped delivering. How long can your Polish plant keep shipping?

A supplier stops delivering. A supplier failure contingency plan establishes which orders your plant can still fulfil and who owns that decision.

Closing a US plant from Germany: the interim site leader who got it done in six months

A German group had decided to close its US plant. The team on site could run it, but not close it. How an interim site leader with full authority closed the site in six months, with nothing left open.

One supplier serves several CEE plants. How should limited material be allocated?

Several plants need the same limited material. Create a group allocation decision based on customer commitments, alternatives and the consequence of delay.

Why a manufacturing cost target is not an operating model redesign

Manufacturing cost reduction vs operational restructuring: finance sets the saving, HR executes it, but neither redesigns how the plant runs afterwards.

Emergency sourcing for a Serbian plant: available stock is not a delivery plan

Replacement stock abroad is not yet usable supply in Serbia. Align dispatch, transit, documents and receiving readiness before promising a delivery date.