Metals & Mining : Facing rising competition and stricter regulation effectively

Based on your corporate strategy, your business model, and the operating model based on it, the steering concept or steering model describes which goals you want to achieve and how this is monitored. The management logic forms the core of the management model and answers the following questions:

• What form should performance management take? (Steering claim)
• What should be managed? (Steering objects)
• What tools should be used for performance management? (Steering KPIs and dimensions)

The management logic also forms the basis for the central performance management processes of planning, forecasting, reporting and actions.

The demand for sustainable materials is increasing, which means the European steel industry is facing the challenge of altering its products and processes to meet this trend. Energy-intensive processes, including those used in the metal industry, are responsible for a considerable proportion of greenhouse gas emissions. If the required targets are to be reached, investments in the billions will be necessary over the next few years: new environmental regulations continue to push this considerable transformation in industry. Europe has strict environmental regulations which require a high degree of emissions control and waste management.

Companies that successfully integrate sustainability into their strategy are more resilient, more credible and more successful in the long term. We use decarbonization roadmaps to demonstrate the technological options available and show how you can prioritize them. We analyze your business model and consider topics such as decarbonization and circularity, with a view to uncovering potential benefits and costs.

Because sales prices are determined by the markets, your industry focuses strongly on optimizing purchasing and production. On the purchasing side, negotiations with your global supplier network make a considerable contribution to margin increases. On the production side there is a continually growing pressure to be more efficient, with digitalization and predictive approaches creating increasingly automated production systems. Societal and technological changes are driving demand in the market for (recycled) metals and at the same time further increasing the pressure on margins. Our tailored solutions help you to not only make costs transparent, but even to structure your company so it is future fit.

Horváth strategy development is based on our tried-and-tested instruments, methods, and does not overlook one particular key element: Your business model. Our integrated strategy process offers you guidance on your way to adapting and increasing your performance.

The concept can be applied across all corporate levels and supports a uniform understanding of your strategy as well as the interlinking of all strategic initiatives. Applied in conjunction with our strong expertise in Metals & Mining, it equips our experts to support you in strategy development and operationalization.

While the laggards are struggling with large, sluggish and expensive IT infrastructure projects, digital leaders have understood that they already possess most of the ingredients for their data-driven business. They will find that there is an elegant way to make that quantum performance leap, and that all they need to do is use the right recipe, the right design for their digital business.