Expertise
We support asset management from idea to decommissioning.
In asset lifecycle management, companies face the challenge of managing their assets efficiently, safely, and sustainably throughout their total lifecycle. However, they often lack transparency about the condition, costs, and risks of the assets. This results in unplanned downtime and high maintenance costs. This is where we come in: We think holistically about asset lifecycle management. We show you how to balance availability, safety, and economic efficiency.
We know from many years of experience: Effective asset lifecycle management requires clear strategies, informed decisions, and clean implementation. This is precisely where our advice comes in: Together with you, we optimize processes and structures throughout the total lifecycle of your assets – from investment planning to operation and maintenance to decommissioning. In this way, we create transparency about costs, risks, and performance, helping identify opportunities for improvement. Unplanned shutdowns of projects or entire facilities are a thing of the past. Instead, we increase efficiency and availability, and ensure your competitiveness in the long term.
In order to exploit the full potential, we at Horváth consider the total life cycle of your assets and know the relevant optimization levers in each phase. This allows us to work with you to customize a specific approach – from informed investment decisions to efficient maintenance strategies and sustainable decommissioning. Our consulting combines methodological excellence, deep industry knowledge, and proven best practices.
Below we show you how we add value at each stage of the asset lifecycle:
We support you in CAPEX investment planning and prioritization. With market and trend analyses, we create transparency and lay the foundation for future-oriented management of your asset portfolio.
We accompany you in feasibility studies and use design-to-X approaches for cost, sustainability, and quality. We also help you set the course for efficiency and risk minimization at this early stage of the asset lifecycle, for example through standardization and modularization.
We develop strategies for tendering and contracting. We are also at your side for ongoing contract administration and negotiation. This reduces risks and ensures sustainable supplier relationships.
We help you to systematically anchor cost and value management. This allows us to design technical solutions efficiently and align them with your company's strategic goals.
We support you during the implementation phase of assets in project management, as well as in logistics, contract management, and accounts receivable management. With professional supplier management, we reduce project risks in the construction and installation phase.
We support you in change management during the critical ramp-up phase. This ensures that new facilities are up and running smoothly and that you can reliably achieve your performance goals.
A predictive maintenance strategy is a prerequisite for limiting and controlling operational costs and failures. We help you manage warranty and fine management efficiently and optimize warehousing, inventory management, and maintenance. The result: lower costs and higher system availability.
In addition to the phase-specific optimization potentials along the asset lifecycle, there are overarching topics in which we specifically contribute our expertise to the sustainable improvement of your asset management:
Reduced CAPEX planning deviations through improved cost and deadline transparency
Reduced unplanned downtime through predictive maintenance and IoT monitoring
System availability through proactive spare parts planning
Holistic asset lifecycle management is the key to creating true corporate value from data insights, process efficiency, and infrastructure.
Michael Reinisch | Partner OPS R&D/Procurement
