Interim management. Restructuring. Transformation.

More performance. Less downtime. More competitiveness.

Interim management, restructuring and operational transformation for the industrial Mittelstand.

We help industrial companies cut costs, raise productivity, close leadership gaps and carry transformation through — with responsibility on time and a measurable effect on the result.

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of experience in industry: Over 20 yearsof experience in industry
of budget responsibility: €50mof budget responsibility
successful industrial mandates since 2022: 19+successful industrial mandates since 2022Interim · Restructuring · Transformation

Why companies need to act now

Pressure rises. Room to manoeuvre shrinks. Decisions count.

The industrial Mittelstand is under severe pressure: costs rise, margins fall, projects stall and experienced managers retire. Digitalisation, automation and AI add to the pressure to change.

Many know what would need doing. What is missing is the operational capacity to do it alongside daily business.

That is exactly where we take responsibility.

Cost and margin pressure
Rising costs hit the result and liquidity directly.
Productivity & manufacturing
Scrap, downtime and long lead times slow performance and profit.
Leadership gaps & succession
Experienced people leave, knowledge goes with them, key positions stay unfilled.
Project delays & control
Deadlines, risks and resources are not dependably steered.
Digitalisation, automation & AI
Technologies stay stuck in concepts instead of improving processes and delivering results.
Securing competitiveness
Speed, efficiency and adaptability decide the future.

Our promise

Responsibility on time. Impact that lasts.

We do not only advise. We take responsibility, lead through the change and deliver together with the teams inside the company — and enable the people who stay afterwards.

More productivity
Lower costs
Steadier projects
Faster decisions

Services

Six areas in which we take responsibility

We at Röhrig Industrie Consulting step in where cost, processes, projects or leadership have stalled — with diagnosis, delivery and a handover that holds.

We work for manufacturing mid-sized and family-owned companies across the German-speaking region — machinery, plant and special-purpose engineering, automotive suppliers, process industry, food and pharma.

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Typical triggers

When companies call us

If one of these situations applies, a conversation is worth it — even when the brief is not yet cut.

Demand is rising, output stays the same.
The orders are there, the capacity is not.
Manual workflows are capping the next step up in scale.
A new site or a new line has to reach performance quickly.
Restructuring, reorganisation or succession becomes necessary.
A manager has to be relieved or replaced at short notice.

Entry engagements

A defined start with a clear result

Every mandate starts with a bounded brief: fixed scope, fixed duration and a result you can decide on.

Performance Check
A fast diagnosis of costs, processes, leadership, project control and digital readiness.
1–2 weeks, fixed price or day rate
EBIT & Competitiveness Programme
Cut costs, raise productivity, reduce overheads and stabilise the result.
6–16 weeks of analysis and delivery
Interim COO / Transformation Lead
Close the leadership gap, take operational responsibility and drive the transformation through.
3–12 months, clearly mandated
PMO & Project Stabilisation
Project transparency, Q-gates, risk and change management, dashboards and escalation logic.
8–24 weeks or ongoing
Digitalisation & AI in Practice
Put digital tools, data and AI to work where they measurably improve decisions.
4–8 week pilot, rollout after
Knowledge Retention & Succession
Capture know-how, clarify roles, structure handovers and enable the successor.
4–12 weeks

See entry engagements

References

Mandates from practice

Automotive supplier · Drivetrain components
An OEE programme at an automotive supplier
A plant for drivetrain components was struggling with unplanned downtime and unstable processes.
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Automotive · E-mobility
An end-to-end digital thread for an electric-vehicle manufacturer
Design changes could not be traced without gaps from the first draft through to the plant.
Read the case

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Let us talk about your starting situation.

Tell us the starting situation, the timeframe and the target. We reply within one working day with an assessment and a proposal for the first conversation.