We enable decision makers to consistently drive their strategy and future transformation – across all sectors. With excellence in performance management, HR, sales, technology, digital innovation and compliance.We guide organizations through their transitions: safely, precisely and sustainably with a measurable impact on overall performance.
We enable publicly traded corporations, large companies as well as owner managed companies and public organizations to ensure a sustainable future. We would like to let them speak for themselves. On this page you will find a selection of our clients and their opinions, exciting case studies and deep insights into our cross-sector work as a management consultancy.
What some of our more than 540 customers say about 4C
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"With its HR expertise, pragmatism and know-how on HR trend topics, 4C convinces me and my whole team time and again. Thanks to their support, we were able to achieve successes in a very short time, which still have a lasting effect on our organisation today and have brought our HR department a long way forward. From the development of the HR strategy to the implementation of measures and process optimization. The cooperation is always absolutely professional and trusting."
Thomas Kruer, Head of Personnel, Lebensversicherung von 1871 a. G. München
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"With the IBM platform we have created a solution with which we have integrated and automated consolidation, forecasting, planning and reporting. The 4C GROUP supported us fully from the conception to the implementation and rollout. At the same time, an internal team was set up and trained so that we are able to carry out further developments ourselves as far as possible and use Planning Analytics as our "performance hub"."
Oliver Markert, Head of Accounting / Financial Reporting / Planning / Controlling / Tax bei UTA UNION TANK Eckstein GmbH & Co. KG
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"The participants' assessment of the workshops was extremely positive, because it provided clarity in many areas about what changes with SAP S/4HANA compared to SAP R/3. It is also useful for the participants to know which steps need to be taken now and before the changeover to S/4HANA and how S/4HANA will affect their future working methods.
Dr. Volker Obermann, Global Head of Group Corporate Finance & Shared Service Areas Viessmann about S/4 HANA Discovery Workshops with 4C GROUP
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"The 4C GROUP pursues a consulting approach that is rarely found today. The combination of professional know-how, procedural expertise and technical competence offers considerable added value, especially in performance management. Concept and implementation go hand in hand and you get not only a presentation of options, but real consulting based on individual requirements".
Oliver Braun, Head of Corporate Development, BHS Corrugated
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"Working with the 4C GROUP as an external sparring partner, who not only talks about general topics on the surface, but also provides us with concrete approaches and methods for linking key figures, allows us to independently develop a transparent and meaningful management system. The mentoring is reflected positively and sustainably in our daily work".
Thorsten Celary, Director, University Hospital Duesseldorf
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"It is difficult to agree on uniform occupancy and treatment processes across all types of service. With the support of the 4C GROUP, we have managed to fundamentally reorient the cross-disciplinary and cross-functional cooperation throughout the entire hospital towards the patient."
Dr. Gunther Essinger, Director, zfp - Klinikum Nordschwarzwald
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"We did not want to delegate necessary restructuring within the group to external consultants, but rather to take it into our own hands. As mentors, the 4C consultants provided pragmatic support to responsible employees at the beginning of the change processes that were initially unfamiliar. In this way, the company's competence in project management was strengthened and can be called upon for future projects".
"The cooperation with Felix Hesse and his colleagues was extremely enriching for my team and me on several levels. The 4C GROUP combines very good methodology with a high degree of individualisation and adaptation to the needs of the client. The colleagues work very precisely, reliably and bindingly. The work results are very rich in content and consistent. They are very appreciative and accommodating, despite all their goal orientation, which makes the cooperation pleasant for all project participants. And decisive for their mission - they bring along knowledge, ideas and impulses, thus enriching the process of strategy design or the detailed preparation of a development project with important aspects of content."
Marta Steib, Leitung Workstream Kanzleimanagement at DATEV eG
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"The challenge of mapping an integrated business model of a global industrial group was big. Markus Noçon and his team masterfully implemented it and created a system that convinces through layout and usability. Despite the different business plans of the individual companies, from construction to production and service, it is thanks to the competence of the team that this has been implemented in Planning Analytics in a user-friendly way. By implementing Cognos Controller at the same time, an integrated system was created that maps the business processes from budgeting and planning to consolidation and reporting. The training of users at our locations in the USA and the Caribbean allows us to develop analyses and reports independently (cultural and language barriers were never an obstacle). Schedule and budget were always adhered to. 4C has repeatedly provided us with valuable ideas and impulses, and through professional methodology has created a system adapted to our specific needs."
Ulrich Wrabetz, Finance Director at Proman AG
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"My first experience with the 4C GROUP was in 2014 in the context of the 'NextGeneration HR' reorganisation. Dr. Mauterer impressed me very much with his relevant wealth of experience, professional competence, methodology and personal commitment at that time. On the basis of this positive experience, I recruited Dr. Mauterer to work in the DIN standards committee 'Human Resources Management', where he is still an internationally sought-after expert and partner at DIN/ISO level with a current focus on 'Human Capital Reporting' (ISO30414). Dr. Mauterer has played a major role in shaping the core elements of this standard and has syndicated them in international committees."
Hilger Pothmann, Berlin Personalleiter und Mitglied der Regionalen Geschäftsleitungen (Nord und Ost) at Deutsche Bank AG
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„The Banking industry is already following strong compliance and regulatory standards, however compliance management systems are yet not so established in other industry sectors. Dr. Heiko Mauterer and Daniel Lovric from 4C GROUP AG joined my team to give us a presentation on the recent market developments and covered the German Corporate Liability Act. The draft law will regulate the offenses by companies in a new way, allowing adjusted and significantly higher penalties regarding to the size of companies. On the other hand it takes penalty mitigation through effective Compliance Management Systems and internal investigations into account, offering the opportunity to make professional Compliance Management a real asset [...].“ LinkedIn Beitrag
Anna Issel Head Anti-Financial Crime International Private Bank at Deutsche Bank
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"4C GROUP and the digital business team around Felix Hesse supported us in developing new growth areas in the shortest possible time and preparing them "investor-friendly". What I really appreciate about the collaboration is their intuition for new technologies and trends as well as the derivation of customer-centric use cases, paired with pragmatic implementation competence - which is especially crucial for us as a startup. In addition, 4C acts as a strategic partner for us in the expansion of the API platform. Here we benefit greatly from their innovative character and implementation excellence in the corporate environment."
Werner Kräutlein, CEO and founder WechselGott GmbH
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Learn more about the framework of demographic change and its implications for you as a decision maker.
This white paper does not claim to cover all aspects for all companies, sectors and situations.Rather, the paper aims to illustrate the approach with examples and invite discussion.
4C Whitepaper: Grid Smartifizierung and Smart Meter Rollout
What is the status quo of grid smartification in Germany and what insights from other European countries can be used for the smart meter rollout in Germany. Experts from European distribution grid operators shared their experiences with us.
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What's the problem?
4C Solutions-Navigator - take the right tool in your hand!
Whitepaper Target Operating Model - Preparation for CFO 4.0: Without a clear target image of the future finance organization, the CFO area will become the company's dinosaur!
How can the new available data be integrated into the reporting?
What does reporting and control look like under industry 4.0 sign?
What effect will the relocation of CRM systems to the cloud have on the CFO?
Is the old paradigm that every number in the company must come from the CFO area losing its validity?
Can one trust the promises of the manufacturers who once again promise integration?
When can reporting and planning finally become part of general corporate management and not a controlling event?
Successful implementation of corporate goals through active management of the project portfolio: Focusing scarce resources on business-critical projects
CSR Reporting - legal duty and marketing dumb or meaningful control?
Since 2014, certain companies have been obliged to publish non-financial information on corporate social responsibility. We provide an overview of CSR reporting:
Challenges in CSR Reporting
Implementation of Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting
Innovation Management - Laying the foundation for tomorrow's business: Not the generation of ideas, but their structured implementation to market maturity differentiates the champions from the competition
Innovation as one of the essential success factors of a company
Top management reporting: Focusing corporate management on real key performance indicators - Powerful control concepts are the prerequisite for effective management cockpits
Need for effective and transparent control information as a starting point for the introduction of a Management Cockpit
4C approach to developing an effective management cockpit
Case Study - on the way to digital transformation with innovative services for the digital further development of the existing business model
Insight into the digitalization in a German retail bank: Development & implementation of a personal finance management application as well as business model definition & anchoring
4C Study: "Success Factors of Customer Centricity"
What distinguishes customer-centric companies? How can they successfully focus on their customers and thus be more successful than the competition? As part of the study, we developed a success model and the key success factors with leading CSOs.
What do customer-centric companies do differently and how do they succeed in rigorously focusing on the customer in order to be more successful in the long term?
We have answered this question in a study conducted together with the CBS International School in Mainz. The study is based on scientific findings and topic-related expertise. The development of the success model and the key success factors are based on the experience of leading CSOs, which we collected in interviews.
Initial observations and research from "lab practice" show that there are significant differences in key practices between innovation labs/digital hubs & co. The aim of the study was to work out which factors lead to increased chances of success in innovation labs.
Content overview & pain points
Competing orders and unclear positioning
Proof and measurement of own performance
Handover of projects to implementation
Cultural tensions with management & organisation
Collaboration with start-ups
Thank you for understanding that we can currently only offer our studies in german. For more information feel free to contact us directly.
The fine line between separating and connecting innovation departments - successfully organising cross-departmental collaboration
Various studies show that there are always difficulties in the co-operation between innovation and specialist departments. We have therefore investigated the following research question in collaboration with Münster University of Applied Sciences: How can a balance be achieved between the freedom and creativity of innovation departments and successful collaboration with specialist departments from the core business?
Thank you for understanding that we can currently only offer our studies in german. For more information feel free to contact us directly.
Infineon Technologies AG was one of the first companies in the world to undergo the worldwide to undergo the ISO certification "Human Capital Reporting".
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Digital Business Transformation in HR - Career Planning in 5 Minutes
The “Digital Prototype Career Management” can be seen as an example for an increasingly stronger spreading Digital Business Transformation, representing the digital change of all sectors of modern economy.
Women in salary negotiations - "Tell me what to earn!"
The problem of the gender pay gap is well known. But why is it that women with the same qualifications often earn less than men? Claudia Irsfeld has conducted a number of job interviews and salary interviews and has found answers and solutions that go beyond what the literature provides.
4C FOOTSTEPS FOUNDATION - Flyer about the foundation
The foundation's goal is to identify promising projects in early childhood education in socially disadvantaged areas and to support them sustainably financially and with the personal commitment of our employees. Support the 4C FOOTSTEPS STIFTUNG!
