Advisor to the world market leaders

Innovation cycles are becoming shorter and shorter for companies in industry - especially when it comes to digital innovations. Company growth and new market requirements mean that global players have to change constantly. Established structures, processes and IT systems need to be constantly optimized. They can only survive in international competition if they work with an agile consulting partner who understands their process world and can quickly develop and roll out suitable solutions with added value.

At eye level

cbs has consciously embraced the high-performance culture of the world market leaders - and has done so from the very beginning, since its foundation in 1995. "It is easier to work together productively on ambitious strategic projects if you have the same level of ambition"says CEO Rainer Wittwen. Long-term strategic focus on a defined target market. A clear compass. Absolute customer and performance orientation. High innovative strength, technical excellence, the ambition of a quality leader. A strong corporate culture that promotes and demands entrepreneurial thinking, open communication, responsibility and trust in individual creative power. These are the characteristics that cbs associates with its customers. 

Around 70 percent of European global market leaders in the manufacturing industry are cbs customers. They come from the mechanical and plant engineering, automotive, chemical, pharmaceutical, life science and medical technology sectors. These include well-known global players such as Claas, Roche, Schott, MAN, ZF Friedrichshafen, Mann und Hummel, Salzgitter, thyssenkrupp, dormakaba, Trumpf, B. Braun, Krones and Hella. 

"The relationships are always based on partnership, have often grown over years and go beyond individual projects"explains Wittwen. What the companies appreciate is the unique portfolio of solutions that comprehensively addresses the challenges faced by customers in terms of processes and business management, digitalization and technologies. 

"We always meet at eye level. This means that we make the customer's challenges our own task. This creates a special closeness. The focus is not on achieving our own economic goals in the short term"cbs Managing Director Holger Scheel explains. Industrial customers recognize that the aim is not simply to complete projects, but to make a difference and achieve sustainable improvements.

However, this in turn requires particular flexibility and a willingness to innovate. According to Scheel, this is exactly what has always characterized cbs and this also applies to the world market leaders: "New ideas are consistently implemented. Business processes are not set in stone and are quickly and easily improved or outsourced as required. Thanks to flat hierarchies, there is a lively exchange of information and knowledge so that all of our consultants have access to cbs' complete know-how. Every employee contributes to the success of the company."