Over 19 years of consulting and training, more than 50 companies supported, training participants from more than 200 organisations. Here is a selection of our clients whom we are permitted to name — with industry, location and the concrete programmes we have delivered.
Based on 20 selected clients. Almost half of our engagements lie in the Hi-Tech sector — semiconductors, sensor technology and photonics — Markus Pralle's professional home and Q+ Consulting's core focus. The remaining clusters show the applicability of the methods in adjacent industries.
A relationship as old as Markus Pralle's self-employment: since 2007 he has personally supported IST AG, and since 2015 under the Q+ Consulting brand. Over this time we have not only delivered training but also taken on lasting operational responsibility.
Personal support across several quality disciplines: numerous Six Sigma Green Belt trainings, building the advance quality planning, taking over part of the internal audits, training on DFMEA and PFMEA — and ongoing moderation of FMEA sessions. This breadth shows what becomes possible when consulting does not stop at the end of training but moves permanently into operational roles.
Sorted alphabetically. The pillar tags show in which Q-area we worked with each client — Q for classical quality methods, Q+ for Lean Six Sigma, Q++ for quality culture.
Six Sigma, FMEA and quality method training for engineers developing actuators and valve gearboxes.
Training on Design of Experiments (DoE) and descriptive and exploratory statistics for development and manufacturing teams in microsystems technology.
Six Sigma training for a team of semiconductor and solar technology specialists — embedded in the demanding quality requirements of the space industry.
Training and coaching on Quality Function Deployment (QFD) — methodical anchoring of customer requirements in development and product decisions.
Building a Lean Six Sigma organisation at the Reutlingen site — from programme design through Belt qualifications to lasting integration into the site structure.
Six Sigma training for the Aachen development and quality team.
Value stream analysis and Lean maturity assessment — strategic positioning as the basis for the next stage of Operational Excellence.
Training on descriptive statistics, process capability analysis and exploratory statistics — applied to the demanding manufacturing processes of high-quality sanitaryware.
Support in building an organisation-wide advance quality planning, training on process capability and Design of Experiments — plus a quality awareness assessment as cultural positioning.
Training on Measurement System Analysis (MSA) and process capability — applied to the measurement and manufacturing processes of an automotive supplier. Additional coaching on specific OEM customer enquiries to Hörmann.
Training and coaching on process capability, SPC (Statistical Process Control) and MSA (Measurement System Analysis) — embedded directly in ongoing manufacturing and improvement projects.
Quality awareness assessment and Operational Excellence maturity determination — strategic positioning for further developing the improvement culture.
Six Sigma training for interdisciplinary teams in a highly regulated pharmaceutical environment.
Training on Design for Six Sigma — applied to product and process development in the field of high-performance technical textiles.
Statistics and quality method training for the development and production team of an international sensor manufacturer.
Building an organisation-wide Quality Mindset with Repertory Grid diagnostics. Accompanied by Six Sigma project support, consulting and training in the QM environment. Programme piloted in one business unit, then rolled out internationally.
Training on advance quality planning and reliability management — applied to the development of precision hearing systems.
Six Sigma training at the Freiburg semiconductor site — an industry in which Markus Pralle started his own career.
Building methodological competence in development (QFD programmes, evaluation and decision processes in PLCP). Several internal Six Sigma Green Belt trainings. Effect reaching all the way into automotive audits with OEM customers.
Training on the 8D process — structured problem-solving for an internationally operating medical technology company with high regulatory requirements.
It was wonderful to experience the professionalism and persuasiveness with which Markus inspired our engineers for the QFD methodology. His outstanding Excel tools can still be found in every project documentation today. I am simply impressed by the confidence and competence with which Markus conveys complex content — and the way he brings his semiconductor expertise to bear. Markus has helped us implement an improvement culture that works even in an agile organisation — all the way through to several automotive audits in which our top customers were convinced of our strengths.
Markus Pralle has been working for our company for almost 10 years now. In our strategic culture and change programme "Superior Quality Mindset", Markus and his team developed a programme scenario that we first piloted successfully in one business unit and are now gradually rolling out internationally. The Quality Mindset survey with the Repertory Grid methodology and his confident handling of the highly complex material particularly impressed us — with technical and non-technical staff alike. Through his high personal acceptance with management and employees ("able to meet people at eye level"), Markus has by now earned an excellent reputation across the group.
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