Industry Solutions
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Move from owning your manufacturing assets to using them (CapEx to OpEx). Production as a Service helps you to access innovative production technology in a time where uncertainty
is a factor in every investment decision.
Industries:
- Consumer (e.g., durables, apparel, food)
- Health care (e.g., equipment, pharmaceuticals)
- Industrials (e.g., automotive, aerospace)
- Information technology (e.g., hardware, chips)
- Materials (e.g., chemicals, metals)
FlexFactory’s contribution and value-add
START Determine status quo
- Assess flexibility of production
- Identify manufacturers for sharing
- Determine feasibility for external funding
PREPARE Design target picture
- Design flexible production concept
- Develop operating governance model
- Design pay-per-x commercialization concept
- Define business case and financial structure
- Approach investors and align term sheet
IMPLEMENT Realize externally funded production
- Set up legal structure of project company
- Leverage implementation partners
- Set up project management office
PaaS Assessment as your starting point
The assessment covers the following objectives:
- Flexible Production:
Assess flexibility of brownfield or planned production - Financial Transformation:
Assess financial attractiveness for third-party investors
The PaaS assessment comprises of two perspectives
Flexible Production
Our proprietary Flexible Production Assessment determines the degree of flexibility of your production.
Based on this assessment, we can derive specific measures to achieve the flexibility target state and enable sharing.
Dimensions:
- Production process flexibility (e.g., logistical flexibility)
- Digital efficiency enabler (e.g., preventive maintenance)
- Workforce flexibility (e.g., employee flexibility)
Financial Transformation
Our proprietary Financial Transformation Assessment indicates refinancings options for an externally funded production.
Based on this assessment, we can define project specific parameters that facilitate refinancing options and enable a tailored investor approach.
Dimensions:
- Industry attractiveness (e.g., industry outlook)
- Stakeholder attractiveness (e.g., credit-worthiness purchaser)
- Project attractiveness (e.g., customer base)
PaaS assessment & roadmap
Approach:
- PaaS assessment: Interviewed decision makers to define status quo along four work packages – production and digitization, financing, commercialization, and strategic fit
- Target picture: Defined option space with pros and cons for three relevant scenarios
- Proof of Concept: Designed roadmap along actual use case; including implications on KPIs and next steps
Result:
- Identified technical (OT and IT) and financial challenges as well as corresponding countermeasures
- Summarized all decision to be made yielding in three scenarios incl. operating models and high level pricing calculations
- Delivered roadmap and work package definitions to implement PoC use case with an actual customer
We want to be your production partner
The manufacturing industry is going through a period of massive transformation. Successfully mastering this period as a manufacturer requires a new mindset and approach.
