Reference
Everything my team and I have delivered so far.
The everyday problems are the way in. This is the toolbox behind them – so you can check whether your topic is covered. If it is not, I will tell you on the phone.
Processes and my own tools
- Process mapping on site (with the people who do the work)
- ERP building blocks: orders, stock, invoices, suppliers
- Receipt capture and handover to the accountants
- Quote and order processing without double entry
- Newsletter automation
- Chatbot with its own knowledge base
- Search Console and Analytics reporting
- Task management and standard operating procedures
- Handover and documentation for your team
Start here: Process optimisation →
Own channel, sales and visibility
- Web shop set-up (Shopify and others) and integrations
- B2B ordering portal and price lists
- Amazon: calculating whether and how it pays
- Setting up sales channels and funnels
- Choosing marketing channels, online marketing
- Search engine optimisation and content system
- Social media – benefit, channels, efficient execution
- Brand communication, graphic and media design
- Video production
- Trade fairs
- Logistics, warehousing, shipping, fulfilment
- Legal basics of online retail
Start here: E-commerce →
Product development and suppliers
- Product design – further or new development
- CAD design (SolidWorks, Fusion 360)
- Prototyping, 3D printing, technical textiles
- Structured methods for design contradictions
- Material research and material tests
- Minimum viable product and pre-series
- Manufacturing and production instructions
- Supplier search and supplier management, on site in Asia
- Series production, quality control, import
- Functional tests, load tests, certification (TÜV, SGS)
Start here: Modern product development →
Preparation, planning and protection
- Strategy and project planning, milestones
- Market analysis: is there demand?
- Competitor analysis and positioning
- Target group definition and early customer tests
- Trademark and patent research
- Protecting ideas: patent, utility model, design, alternatives
- Financing: bootstrapping, grants, crowdfunding, business angels
- Business and financial plan
- Company valuation
Start here: Modern product development →
From idea to business
The phases I have been working in for years.
The journey in detail: From idea to product →
- 01Validate and refine the idea2–3 weeks
- 02Build prototype & MVP1–3 months
- 03Test sales1–3 months
- 04Create marketing & design2–3 months
- 05Business & financial plan2–3 weeks
- 06Start production4–5 months
- 07Launch the project2–12 months
- 08Automate processesongoing
- 09Company valuation6–8 months
Let’s talk for 20 minutes.
Three questions, and you know whether the Test Bench makes sense for you. Munich · Rosenheim · Traunstein · Salzburg.