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Publications

You will find a variety of publications that you can read here. We regularly publish case examples from our daily consulting work and implementation examples of our hpo methodology. You will also find study reports and articles published in the media. We hope you will enjoy reading them. If you have any questions or would like to talk to us, we look forward to hearing from you.

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04/2023 – Spotlight

With momentum through the economic trough?

For many companies, maintaining or even sustainably strengthening their competitive position in an economic downturn ...

03/2023 – Spotlight

What makes companies agile?

If you stand still, you lose. "Agility" is traded in the business world as an imperative for sustainable success in a ...

08/2022 – Practical Case

How can insurance companies meet the digitalisation and successfully make use of automation potential?

The insurance industry is undergoing change. Digitalisation represents the newcompetitive field. However, it is not ...

07/2022 – Practical Case

How can the performance of procurement and logistics of a hospital group be sustainably increased?

The main task of a hospital is the continuous and safe supply of patients with medical services. Purchasing and ...

07/2022 – Practical Case

How do systematic business cases guide decisions for major IT investments?

Whether a new ERP solution, a modern manufacturing execution system, or a firm-wide office solution: Manufacturing ...

06/2022 – Article

High Performance Supply Chain Management

Supply chains are under pressure. The pandemic has highlighted the limits of traditional SCM processes and exposed the ...

02/2022 – Practical Case

How can a rail infrastructure equipment provider expand its market share by identifying the most profitable target markets?

Switzerland is a showcase country for rail-based transport, both in terms of the number of annual train journeys per ...

10/2021 – Article

Are you ready for the Future?

Navigating a business in uncertain times is a challenging but not impossible feat. Turning today’s challenges into ...

03/2021 – Webinar/Webcast

What are the benefits of an integrated approach to enterprise and digital core design?

A successful transformation to a high-performance organisation requires the seamless integration of the Digital Core ...

03/2021 – Article

Structure matters: Inclusion needs strategic enterprise design

01/2021 – Practical Case

How can the transparency of strategic decisions be increased?

Since 2005, the number of passenger kilometers traveled by rail in Switzerland each year has increased by 13 percent to ...

12/2020 – Insights

How to overcome the challenges of a crisis?

The current economic downturn is posing significant challenges for manycompanies. The road back to the pre-crisis level ...

10/2020 – Webinar/Webcast

How important is the emotional level in hpo transformation projects?

Two aspects are essential for transformations to be successfulthe target image itself must be coherentthe time schedule, ...

10/2020 – Practical Case

How can companies prepare for the mobility of the future?

Mobility is undergoing significant changes worldwide: Customers’ changing mobility needs, increased traffic volumes due ...

09/2020 – Spotlight

How does Customer Intelligence change customer service in retail banking?

Retail banking is changing. Digitization is paving the way for the development of new channels, products are becoming ...

06/2020 – Webinar/Webcast

How does a company restore optimal performance during economic fluctuations?

The relationship between resource input and output of a company is called the "operating point". Each company has its ...

05/2020 – Practical Case

How can retail banking sales be made marketable for the future?

Over the past ten years, the interest margin of Swiss retail banks has dropped by over a third. This is eroding one of ...

04/2020 – News

Coronavirus 2020

The corona virus hit us all unprepared. Managers have to adapt quickly to the new circumstances. It is important to show ...

03/2020 – Spotlight

What is the best way for companies to react to economic fluctuations?

All companies are subject to economic fluctuations. However, they tend to find it easier to tackle the challenges of an ...

02/2020 – Practical Case

How to create differentiation in customer interaction?

Products are becoming increasingly interchangeable during their life cycle. This makes it increasingly difficult for ...

02/2020 – Podcast

Podcast2Go

Learn more about hpo management consulting ag, our enterprise design, the company culture and how you can make your ...

09/2019 – Insights

Are you prepared for the economic downturn?

The signs of an upcoming economic downturn are intensifying, leading to increased uncertainty. This is why company ...

08/2019 – Practical Case

How to identify growth levers?

About three years before the cooperation with hpo, a financial service provider was taken over by a ...

08/2019 – Spotlight

How to make companies more efficient?

Experts are increasingly warning of a future economic downturn. Corporate managers are, therefore, strongly advised to ...

07/2019 – Practical Case

How to increase quality and efficiency?

During our consulting activities, we repeatedly encounter organizations with historically grown structures. The same ...

01/2018 – Insights

Is enterprise design a prerequisite for the digital transformation?

Digitisation has two aspects: firstly it permits entirely new business models, and secondly it forms the basis for the ...

05/2017 – Event

Executive Panel 2017

The hpo Executive Breakfast Event took place on 30 May 2017 at the Widder Hotel in Zurich. The panel participants Daniel ...

04/2017 – Insights

How does customer experience become your greatest asset?

The way customers inform themselves about products, how they communicate, get advice, and make purchase decisions has ...

03/2017 – Insights

Is your organisation fit for the future?

Many insurance companies continuously optimize their processes with lean approaches. All too often, however, the real ...

02/2017 – Insights

How can we consistently think from the customer’s perspective in banking?

Banks increase their future viability if they put their customers back at the center of their activities – without ifs ...

01/2017 – Insights

Lean hospital – a cure-all?

The Swiss healthcare system is facing major challenges. “Lean hospital” was long considered a cure-all, but it did not ...

04/2016 – Event

Event Sustainability 2016

On 6 April 2016, speakers and panelists discussed with business, political and scientific representatives how win-win ...

02/2016 – Insights

How can banks inspire their customers for their services?

The digitization of the financial industry is not only about supplementing the distribution channels, but mainly about ...

01/2016 – Insights

How can internationally active companies increase their innovative ability?

Exploiting synergies between several business units and locations, making consistent and strategy-based innovation ...

02/2015 – Insights

Is your financial institution ready for the digital revolution?

Digitization is in the process of completely and permanently changing customer behavior and business models of financial ...