Andreas Dörken, Sr. Vice-President has over 25 years of experience working in industrial firms and consulting. He began his career in the petrochemical industry (British Petroleum, PdVSA), where he re-engineered the production processes of medium and heavy oil. He then started to implement lean manufacturing best practices in various process and discrete production environments, spreading from food processing and chemical to automotive suppliers, agricultural equipment, metalworking and industrial hardware. He was CEO of a lighting equipment manufacturer, before returning to consulting. He managed local and global footprint strategy developments and deployments. Furthermore, he co-leads the product innovation & value management practice at Argo. In that capacity he has led several long-term engagements related to value engineering and Lean Product Development in the valves, pumps, agriculture, automotive, electronic goods and chemical industries in Europe, as well as in US, and Asia. Andreas manages our European private equity portfolio, thus getting involved in numerous operations due diligences (ODD) across a wide industry spectrum every year.
Areas of Expertise
- Value Engineering (VaVe)
- Product Innovation & Value Management
- Operations Due Diligence
- Supply Chain Management
- Footprint Optimization
- Lean Manufacturing
Published Work
“Doing More With Less – In the face of change, operational improvement is key to freeing up capital”, IndustryWeek, September 2018
“Innovate current products – Bring sexy back to your base with value engineering”, Canadian Metalworking, February 2018
“Boosting Performance Through Asset Redesign”, Uptime, Sept. 2017
“Merger Integration in the Chemical Industry: The Key to Producing Shareholder Value,” Argo Consulting, Feb 2017
“Three Key Steps to Reducing Material Cost for Top-line Growth,” Manufacturing Business Technology, Dec 2016
“M&A and the Importance of Acquisition Integration”, Argo Consulting, Nov. 2016
“Go Beyond Value Engineering: The benefits of looking at your entire portfolio holistically”, Argo Consulting, October 2016
“What’s Old Is New Again: The Many Benefits Of Redesigning Your Existing Products”, www.mbtmag.com, October 2016
“Three Key Steps To Reducing Material Costs For Top-Line Growth”, Manufacturing.Net, August 2013
Education and Languages
Andreas has a five-year Business and Economics degree from the University of Fribourg/Switzerland and is a Harvard Business School graduate of the Executive Training Program on Leading Product Innovation (LPI) and Leading Professional Services Firms (LPSF). He speaks German, English, French, and Spanish.