ABOUT DIETER ELTSCHKNER
AN EXECUTIVE PERSPECTIVE BUILT IN INDUSTRY.
BUILT IN INDUSTRY.
PROVEN IN TRANSFORMATION.
ONE INTEGRATED VIEW
SEE THE SYSTEM. NOT ISOLATED FUNCTIONS.
Complex organizations rarely fail because one function is fundamentally broken.
The real challenge often lies in the connections between functions.
I look at the enterprise as one interconnected system — from customer requirements and strategy through product development, engineering, operations and supply chain to service and financial performance.
The question is not only what is happening.
It is how the system creates — or destroys — performance.
HOW I SEE THE ENTERPRISE
END-TO-END EXPERIENCE
FROM STRATEGY TO EXECUTION ACROSS THE ENTIRE VALUE CHAIN.
My experience spans the complete business system:
SALES · R&D · PRODUCT MANAGEMENT · ENGINEERING · OPERATIONS · SUPPLY CHAIN · PROCUREMENT · ERP · SERVICE · FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
Dann darunter eine horizontale Verbindung:
CUSTOMER
→ STRATEGY
→ PRODUCT
→ ENGINEERING
→ OPERATIONS
→ SUPPLY CHAIN
→ SERVICE
→ PERFORMANCE
ONE SYSTEM. ONE VALUE CHAIN. ONE PERFORMANCE PERSPECTIVE.
OPERATOR, NOT OBSERVER
TRANSFORMATION LED FROM WITHIN THE BUSINESS.
Transformation is not a theory I advise on.
I've been on the transformation side of the table — leading it, executing it and delivering results.
For more than three decades, I have held responsibility for organizations, operations, business performance and transformation in industrial environments.
I have led from the inside — with accountability for decisions, execution and results.
RESPONSIBILITY CHANGES THE PERSPECTIVE.
BUILT THROUGH RESPONSIBILITY
30+ YEARS ON THE TRANSFORMATION SIDE OF INDUSTRY
My perspective was built through more than three decades of hands-on leadership in machinery and plant engineering — from operations and general management to engineering, operational excellence, technology and enterprise transformation.
I have led organizations and cross-functional responsibilities across the entire value chain, from customer requirements and engineering to operations, supply chain, technology and business performance.
FROM FUNCTIONAL LEADERSHIP TO ENTERPRISE TRANSFORMATION
Operations · General Management · Engineering · R&D · Operational Excellence · Technology · Enterprise Transformation
EXECUTIVE EXPERIENCE
30+ YEARS OF INDUSTRIAL & GLOBAL LEADERSHIP
From leading global operations and engineering organizations to enterprise transformation.
TODAY
Transformation & Operational Excellence Leader
OPEX4ROI Management Consulting
Enterprise Transformation · EPTS · OPEX4ROI · AI-Enabled Transformation
2020–2021
Vice President Operational Excellence – IAS Division
Atlas Copco
Global Operational Excellence · Transformation · Performance
2016–2020
Vice President Operations & Engineering – Business Line ADH
Atlas Copco
Global Operations · Engineering · R&D · Supply Chain · Transformation
2014–2019
Managing Director – Atlas Copco IAS GmbH
Parallel global executive roles;
2014–2015 · General Manager & Global Manager Projects & Application Center
2016–2019 · Vice President Operations & Engineering – Business Line ADH
General Management · Operations · Business Performance
EARLIER EXECUTIVE & OPERATIONAL LEADERSHIP
Global Manager Project / Application Center · Plant Management · Operations & Production Leadership
SCA Schucker · Felsomat · Haffner
GLOBAL EXECUTIVE RESPONSIBILITY
OPERATIONS · ENGINEERING & R&D · OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE · SUPPLY CHAIN · TRANSFORMATION
Germany · USA · China
TECHNOLOGY AS AN ENABLER
TECHNOLOGY FOLLOWS THE BUSINESS NEED — NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
Technology was never the transformation itself.
The business and process requirements come first.
Technology — including ERP/SAP systems, IT solutions and digital capabilities — becomes the enabler for better processes, transparency, decision-making and performance.
ENTERPRISE TRANSFORMATION
BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER
Enterprise Transformation is not a separate discipline.
It is the ability to see the entire enterprise as one interconnected system — understanding how strategy, organization, processes, technology and operations influence each other and ultimately determine business performance.
My experience across the value chain has shaped this perspective:
CUSTOMER · STRATEGY · PRODUCT · ENGINEERING · OPERATIONS · SUPPLY CHAIN · TECHNOLOGY · SERVICE · PERFORMANCE
Transformation creates value when these elements are aligned, connected and continuously translated into execution.
SEE THE WHOLE.
UNDERSTAND THE CONNECTIONS.
TRANSFORM WHAT MATTERS.
FROM EXPERIENCE TO METHOD
TURNING EXPERIENCE INTO A STRUCTURED APPROACH.
ETMF — the Enterprise Transformation Management Framework — emerged from more than three decades of hands-on experience in leading organizations, operations and transformation.
It brings together the principles, perspectives and practical experience required to understand complex organizations, identify what matters most and translate transformation into measurable business impact.
ETMF connects enterprise capability with targeted transformation — and transformation with performance.
