WHO I AM
MY SUITCASE
I've built a «personal database» of real business cases and a network of relationships which to rely on for advice or help when needed.
I have collected tangible results and recognition from the field.
I am determined, generous, rigorous, full of energy and curiosity.
MY VALUE AND MY VALUES
I do what I promise, making my knowledge available to my Clients in a transparent and unreserved manner.
I believe in intellectual honesty, in the ability to question myself, and I would like to give back to others what I was taught during my working life.
MY VISION
My guidance will be carried out «from the inside», as part of the team that I will push and challenge in the best way, sharing my experience and my knowledge.
I will make my Clients feel safe and in good hands; they will live this partnership as a value added experience.
MY VALUE PROPOSAL
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Developing your products in the best way
Developing your products in the best way
It is not true that «it is enough to do it at the lowest cost and as soon as possible, and that's all».
- setting feasible and optimized plans, but be ready to modify them if challenged by external events, while still securing the results
- taking advantage of the expertise of those who have already coped with similar situations, to understand how to make the right choice
- assessing ourselves continuously and compare to others; there's always something to learn
- setting a development plan that could be consistent with the product and with the size and structure of your company
- supporting top management in the creation of product initiatives, both from the technical and economic side
- promoting a correct product target setting, identifying primary targets and transforming them in measurable technical targets as project basics
- identifying a set of key performance indicators (technical and economic) to be monitored through the development, in order to guarantee timing, costs, investments, quality and performance
- if needed, managing compromises between performances and evaluate any waiver, seeking the best solution for the company and for the success of the product
- conceiving detailed planning of activities, analyzing the possibility of stretching and parallelization, whether it is necessary to recover from unexpected or to anticipate
- managing the product also in the production manteinance phase, through the creation of product improvement and costs reduction plans
QUALITY MANAGEMENT
Improving the quality of your products and processes
Improving the quality of your products and processes
It is not true that quality is a cost.
- gaining your client's fidelity, either final customer or company, reaching a competitive product and a significant market share
- increasing your business accordingly, letting the market preferring you over less reliable competitors
- making your products speak in your place, thus reducing the effort and expense of advertising your business
- identifying measurable quality indicators, internal or external to the company (linked to the performance of the product as contributor to customer's overall performance) and use them to set action priorities
- using the indicators reactively (to eliminate problems) or proactively (to prevent the potential criticality and avoid them to arise), in order to reduce the costs linked to «missing quality»
- making diagnosis on problems, identifying the root cause and the related corrective actions to be quickly implemented in order to limit scrap and rework losses
- on high-rate or high-complexity processes, if a non-conformity has been identified, implementing containment actions and identifying specific controls that could reduce the need of scrap or rework and the risks in customer perception
- support the company in the implementation of quality control standards or qualification of products/processes required by their customers (i.e. APQP, PPAP)
- provide technical support to the company customer service in the management of complaints, and product liability department in the preliminaries of field actions (service / recall campaign) and legal claims
WHAT «CONSULTING» MEANS TO ME
ACT AS A MENTOR
- drive the team
- drive on new paths
- be organized
- share the expertise
- keep mental alertness
- get appropriate tools
- spread energy and trust
- manage timings and plannings
- support decisions
FIND A SOLUTION
- frame issues
- make critical evaluations
- react to unexpected
- remove causes
- set up recovery plans
- assess risks
- assess ourselves
- guarantee over time
- prevent falling back
RECOMMEND A STRATEGY
- move from vision to action
- being resolute
- apply concreteness
- identify alternatives
- share straightforward
- compare with others
- be openminded and curious
- stimulate flexibility
- grow the Client
Where I come from
NOT ONLY AUTOMOTIVE….
DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS
The difference lies in how explicit are some procedures and in the number of people involved in each process (often we are speaking of a few people); in any case, well organized processes are essential for a winning company.
DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW
Someone told «to get different results you have to do different things»: being helped by someone who push us to see things from a new point of view, can stimulate us in the search for new paths; eventually , it will make us see and reach the finish line… it was just in front of us, but hidden from our view.
DIFFERENT EXPERTISE
This happens independently on the productive sector in which we work and makes it much more difficult to gain the expected results.
Sharing the experience and discussing openly is always an opportunity for personal growth, while the company will also increase its value.