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Progress speaks for itself. It isn’t sold – it becomes visible. With your personal contact at Forge & Seam.
From day one, we help you become more productive and more profitable. We analyse the potential in purchasing, production and sales, review your site strategy and implement concrete improvements together with your team – hands-on, measurable and honest.
Founder and Managing Director Dimitrij Vogel leads footprint, operations and purchasing on a global scale. His path took him from toolmaking – starting as an apprentice in 2001 – to an M.Eng. in Industrial Engineering in Esslingen. This combination of hands-on experience and sound expertise shapes our work. He is supported by a network of experienced senior experts who are used to working together, each bringing more than 20 years of industry experience.
Tailored to your industry – mainly in the DACH region
- Plastics processing industry
- Toolmaking
- Seal manufacturers
- Family-owned mid-sized companies
Our Philosophy
What holds strong, stays. What doesn’t yet work together, we join with gold.
We believe lasting improvement builds on what is already there. As in kintsugi, we join what is valuable and strengthen what doesn’t yet work together – for an industry that becomes more productive, more profitable and more future-proof.
Why Forge & Seam - our values
We bring an independent outside view and put strengths, weaknesses, risks and opportunities on the table objectively – including what often goes unseen or unsaid inside the company.
We don’t talk about references that aren’t ours. Ask us directly about comparable situations from our experience – or take a look at our sample reports.
We know where our expertise lies. Where more is needed, we bring the right specialists from our network into the team. So you get the expertise your situation calls for – and actions that deliver.
Your Day-1 Performance-Review
Getting Started
A 24-hour on-site diagnosis: your key figures from 7 analysis areas, measured against the industry benchmark for your segment. The result is a set of prioritised starting points – where you stand and where the biggest levers are. We then deepen and validate the results and, if you wish, move straight into implementation.
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Understand your situation
In an initial conversation, we listen, understand what you need and get an overview. We agree how your data will be protected and plan our on-site visit together with you.
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Identify potential on site
Shop-floor walk and interviews with the managing director, plant management, purchasing and sales; collection of key figures and findings.
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Results and next steps
We consolidate the findings into a traffic-light rating per checkpoint against the segment benchmark, quantify the EBIT levers and derive immediate actions. We close with an executive briefing for your management team.
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Your benefit
A clear picture: where you are strong, where the potential lies – always against your industry’s benchmark – and which steps pay off first.
Once we know what’s possible, we forge your future together – a seamless path to your success.
Example result for a fictitious company: plastic injection moulding, €48m revenue – EBIT margin 3.4% today, 14.0% potential
Score against the industry benchmark:
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Areas of analysis
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Immediate measures
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upon booking a follow-up service
Alternative deep-dive review
Day-1 Supplier Assessment
An independent look inside your supplier – in one day, benchmarked against the industry, with no audit effort on your side.
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