Together, you determine where your company stands today, where it should be in twelve months, and which decisions you need to make before they become expensive.
1 day on-site or remote
3 to 10 people
Roadmap by the next day
Many manufacturers now use AI. Very few know where it should lead and who decides.
You receive your roadmap in digital form no later than one day after the workshop.
A shared picture on five levels: strategy, organisation, QM & processes, technology & data, operations. Management and departments have agreed on it.
For each level: where do you want to be? Ambitious, but achievable.
Every step with the KPI it moves, an owner and a deadline. That makes it possible to budget and track.
What you need to decide before it gets expensive: AI policy, document format, make or buy, delivery formats in contracts. Each with a point in time.
On the Monday after, everyone knows what they are doing.
The red team looks for the gaps before you invest: missing levels, transitions without a decision, steps without an owner.
What departments may initiate themselves and what they need management for. That ends uncontrolled growth and standstill at the same time.
Because it developed the roadmap itself instead of having it handed over.
We have tested the method with manufacturers of different sizes and product types, most recently in the in-person finale of our AI Lab in October 2026.
| 1Experimenting | 2Piloting | 3Systematising | 4Integrating | 5AI-First | |
| Strategy | ● | ○ | |||
| Organisation | ● | ○ | |||
| QM & Processes | ● | ○ | |||
| Technology & Data | ● | ○ | |||
| Operations | ● | ○ |
● today ○ in twelve months · example of a fictitious manufacturer
From “experimenting” to “AI-First”, separated into strategy, organisation, QM & processes, technology & data, and operations. This shows you where your company is ahead and where it is stuck.
Before piloting, before rolling out, before building your own solutions, and with every contract. Decide before volume, contracts or investments make a decision expensive to reverse.
You choose initiatives by the KPI they move, such as lead time to submission or effort per review. Not by what is most annoying right now.
Groups review each other’s results. Is a level missing? Is there a transition without a decision, a step without an owner?
What you should require from development service providers, suppliers, test laboratories and AI vendors so that their deliveries arrive machine-readable.
What each person can initiate themselves, even if nothing comes from the top.
The work happens in the workshop. So that you work on your real case from the first minute, we prepare it with you.
| Before | After the Strategy Day |
| ✕Everyone has a different picture of where the company stands | ✓A shared starting point on five levels |
| ✕AI initiatives emerge by chance | ✓Initiatives selected and prioritised by KPI |
| ✕Decisions are made silently or not at all | ✓A list of decisions with deadlines |
| ✕Departments wait for management or act without it | ✓Clear rules on who initiates what |
| ✕Service providers deliver Word and PDF | ✓Requirements for structured deliveries in your contracts |
| ✕“We should do something with AI.” | ✓A 90-day plan with names and dates |
Established manufacturers are rebuilding. You can build it right from the start. That is an advantage, but only if you make the important decisions now and not on the side.
You work with experienced consultants of the Johner Institute. After the preliminary call, we select the person who knows your product type and your starting situation best.
In both formats, you develop your roadmap with the same method. On-site, the travel expense allowance is added.
More than 10 participants or several sites? Get in touch.
You are driving the topic, but someone else signs off? These documents help.
Terms of contract and the Johner Institute’s privacy policy (in German)
The decisions you make now determine how fast you will be in two years. Make them together and consciously.
Any questions? Get in touch. · All prices plus VAT.
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