The 2016 winners

Market Research

1st place

1st place Market Research WTT YLA 2016

Kundennutzen im Fokus (PPR2)

Client: Oertli Instrumente AG, Berneck
Fabienne Kast, Product Manager Anterior

Project team
Marco Otti, St.Gallen, Project leader 
Manuel Bayer, Degersheim 
Ramon Beerli, St.Gallen  
Matthias Nideröst, St.Gallen 
Raffaele Vignacastrisi, Abtwil  

Project coach: Dr. Benjamin von Walter  
Language coach: Ulrike Rosenbaum
Statistics coach: Prof. Heinz Bleiker 

2nd place

2nd place Market Research 2016

Market Analysis for Novel TDBL Fasteners in the U.S. (JMCFE)

Client: SFS intec Inc., Wyomissing / USA
Andy Lee, Product and Key Account Manager

Project team
Selina Steiger, St.Gallen, Project Leader 
Rafael Manetsch, Siat  
Christian Schiegg, Appenzell  
Babson College:    Yana Bliznakova, Boston 
Aryan Jain, Boston, Project Leader
Lana Le, Boston

Project coach FHS: Dr. Franziska Weis
Project coach (Babson): George Lee

3rd place

3rd place Market Research 2016

Schicht um Schicht erfolgreich wachsen (PPR2)

Client: De Martin AG, Wängi
Thomas De Martin, CEO 

Project team
Nicole Bischof, Wittenbach, Project leader
Philipp Gemperle, Waldkirch 
Lorena Lütscher, Domat/Ems  
Ramona Sigron, Chur  
Marco Solenthaler, Heiden

Project coach: Dr. Christian Heumann  
Language coach: Maria Nänny

Management Design

1st place

1st place Management Design 2016

Betriebsspezifisch, Reaktionsschnell, Systematisch - den Kosten auf der Spur (PPR3)

Client: Büchler Reinli + Spitzli AG, Flawil
Andreas Scherrer, Inhaber und Geschäftsführer

Project team
Johannes Grob, Herisau, Project leader  
Nicolas Gorlero, Uerikon 
Luca Pieli, Stein 
Fabian Ritter, Gais  
Philipp Sutter, Sonnental

Project coach: Prof. Andreas Löhrer  

2nd place

2nd place Management Design 2016

Wachstum durch innovativen Vertrieb von Investitionsgütern (PPR3)

Client: Leica Geosystems AG, Heerbrugg
Katherine Broder, Vice President Tools 

Project team
Daniel Bänziger, Trogen, Project leader  
Roman Büchler, Hauptwil 
Timo Koller, Herisau  
Lino Schindler, Heiden  
Simon Stoffel, Sitterdorf  

Project coach: Dr. Pius Küng  

3rd place

3rd place Management Design 2016

Kennzahlen-Koffer – Aufbau eines KPI-Dashboards für das Produktionscontrolling (PPR3)

Client: PLASTON AG, Widnau
Martin Schegg, Head of Global Operations

Project team
Ramon Hilber, Gossau SG, Project leader  
Leoni Bleisch, St.Gallen 
Lia Canal, Buchs SG  
Nico Heiniger, St.Gallen 

Project coach: Dr. Lothar Natau