Key challenges
Suppliers must remain competitive in a rapidly evolving value chain while driving innovation and cost efficiency.
Legacy architectures slow down transformation
Fragmented systems and inconsistent data flows limit transparency, scalability, and integration with OEM platforms and digital services.
Operational resilience meets global pressure
Suppliers must balance cost efficiency, sustainability targets, and ever-increasing quality requirements—while managing complex international logistics.
Innovation without alignment stalls
New capabilities—whether digital services, predictive maintenance, or new business models—require cross-functional collaboration and cultural alignment to scale.
From workforce to capability engine
Teams need upskilling in digital tools, process thinking, and data-driven collaboration to unlock transformation at every level.
Automotive suppliers don’t just need to keep up — they need to stay ahead. With the right customer focus, aligned teams, and scalable processes, transformation becomes a source of lasting competitive advantage.
Jan Schemuth, Senior Partner Automotive Supplier
Approach
rpc connects operational excellence with customer-centric transformation. We help suppliers digitize processes, elevate service quality, and strengthen commercial performance—while keeping cost efficiency and compliance in focus. By co-developing solutions, building capabilities, and enabling teams, we make transformation tangible.
Think – We focus on your customer first
- Map customer and partner journeys along the supply chain
- Identify friction points in service, delivery, and collaboration
- Analyze data for performance drivers and supplier-OEM interaction quality
- Translate insights into actionable improvement levers
Explore – We measure and optimize performance potential
- Evaluate sales, service, and operations performance with KPIs
- Identify cross-selling opportunities for value-added services
- Benchmark touchpoints and operational processes end-to-end
- Define quick wins and long-term growth enablers
Act – We build new capabilities
- Develop training to boost sales, service, and operational excellence
- Implement performance programs, playbooks, and collaboration tools
- Strengthen leadership alignment and change readiness
- Embed customer-centric, data-driven ways of working
Transform – End-to-end implementation
- Translate strategy into rollout roadmaps across plants and regions
- Pilot, test, and scale solutions with measurable results
- Support transformation with agile governance and transparent KPIs
- Ensure adoption, tracking, and continuous improvement after go-live
In a nutshell: What we bring to the table
We help organizations transform by focusing on what really matters:
- Co-creation from day one – We work side by side with your teams to design solutions that truly fit.
- People, processes, data – Our transformation triangle ensures a balanced, holistic approach.
- From strategy to execution – We connect every step of the journey to drive real results.
- Cross-industry perspective – Fresh thinking from retail and automotive sparks innovation.
- Empowered teams – We build capabilities that make change stick and deliver measurable impact.
Work
Behind every shift lies a decision: to challenge the status quo and shape something better. That’s where our work begins – alongside the people who dare to move first.
AUTOMOTIVE SUPPLIER
Shifting sales volumes
to digital channels
Establishing a direct end-customer access while avoiding cannibalization within the current business-to-business sales structures in 7 new identified, designed and financially assessed channels.
AUTOMOTIVE SUPPLIER
Defining the Digital Future
for Automotive Manufacturing
Group-wide digital target picture developed through tier-1 benchmarking and stakeholder alignment, establishing unified operating model with defined capabilities, KPI framework, and change management roadmap across divisions.
Fuel for transformation
Fresh ideas for those shaping change
Experts
Our team brings decades of combined experience from leadership roles and consulting. They know the sector’s nuances and are passionate about enabling your teams to succeed – whether it’s through strategy workshops, on-the-ground coaching, or full-scale program management.
