Your Expert Cluster developed an optimization concept for managing industry and corporate standards within the CLAAS Group. The project team first performed an as-is analysis at several European manufacturing sites and then used a detailed SWOT process to derive measures for improving the management of standards. Core results were the organization of a central administration unit along business needs and the integration of its services into the various manufacturing sites.

CLAAS, with corporate headquarters in Harsewinkel, Germany, is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of agricultural engineering equipment, including being the European market leader in combine harvesters. The CLAAS product portfolio also includes state-of-the-art farming information technology. CLAAS employs 11,500 workers worldwide and reported a turnover of 3.8 billion euros in the financial year of 2015.