ARE CON Consulting - partner for manufacturer
In consulting ARE CON’s focus is on identifying potentials for improvement in purchasing and sales processes, preparation of detailed guidelines and the implementation of relevant processes within the customer’s organization. We are connecting carefully selected partners of our network and customers to generate long term relations contributing to the sustainable success of all parties involved.
Consulting for Governmental Solutions
Based on a network of independent industry experts ARE CON offers comprehensive expertise for governmental and industrial Identification Solutions. Focus of our competence is on conception of the design and implementation of identification schemes, like electronic ID-cards, electronic passports, electronic driver license, electronic health cards and the corresponding infrastructure. Together with selected partners within the smart card and semiconductors industry we support you in identifying the appropriate base materials, suitable semiconductors and operating system and in designing the appropriate security architecture and data capturing concept for individual solutions.
We help you in customizing the right physical security features and support you in optimizing the complete value chain and manufacturing process. Your purchasing procedure can be soundly facilitated from selecting the right supply partner to developing and assessing the RFIs and RFQs and finally in contract conception and implementation.
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Optimizing Purchasing Processes
ARE CON will organize a workshop to analyze customer’s BOM (Bill of Materials) together with the employees involved. Prices and conditions will be compared to best practice in the industry. The result will be a report describing the status quo and potentials for improvement.
ARE CON will coach the process of improvement, starting from systematically analyzing the international marketplace, issuing of requests for proposals, organizing the qualification process up to developing and negotiation of supply contracts
Optimizing Sales Processes
For companies outside the region or outside the smart card industry, ARE CON offers support in analyzing and developing the market of smart card manufacturers in EMEA. We are developing a market analysis defining the target customer group and develop a portfolio reflecting the needs of a EMEA card manufacturer.
ARE CON opens the door to the world of smart card manufacturers significantly faster and more efficient than sales professionals from outside the industry. We train your sales team and sales managers in workshops or directly on the job.
Project and Interims-Management
The ARE CON Team was educated as engineers and has experienced and mastered a wide variety of challenges within the production environment for contact based and contactless smart cards. Companies with limited experiences in chip cards, aiming to address the market for microcontroller cards, contactless chip cards or high end ID-cards, can trust in ARE CON as a reliable partner providing security concepts, polymer film expertise and process know how for the fast and efficient start into new market segments, card materials or production technologies.
