Consulting engineering firm for efficiency, process and leadership development in SMEs of the skilled trades and manufacturing sector
Ingenieurbüro UPW GbR
Eutiner Straße 16, 26160 Bad ZwischenahnNew on Amplifa
About the engineering firm UPW
The engineering firm UPW GbR was founded in 2006 by Wolfgang Wrobel and is based in Bad Zwischenahn. The name stands for Implementing in Processes for Value Preservation and Further Development. The consulting offer is aimed at small and medium-sized enterprises from the skilled trades and the manufacturing sector. Focus areas are the transformation and further development of companies, optimization of the core order throughput process, material efficiency and sustainability, leadership development as well as restructuring and turnaround consulting. In addition, the firm provides advice on funding programs through which government subsidies for business consulting can be used, and works as a speaker, among other things at the Oldenburg Chamber of Commerce (IHK). Several projects exist as award-winning projects of the German Material Efficiency Award; the owner has been honored multiple times by the BMWi and invited to the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs. Working and consulting languages are German and English.
- Site
- Bad Zwischenahn
- Processes
- Business consulting for SMEs and the Mittelstand, Transformation support, Efficiency and material efficiency consulting, Leadership development, Process optimization (order throughput), Restructuring/turnaround consulting, Funding program consulting, Speaker activities (e.g. IHK)
- Materials
- Material efficiency and efficiency consulting, Leadership development, Order throughput process optimization, Transformation support, Risk, crisis, restructuring and turnaround, Funding program consulting
- Certificates
- Listing/certification for funding programs (BMWK), Funding program consulting (BMWK) listed/certified
- Founded
- 2006
- Industries
- Skilled trades, Manufacturing sector, SMEs/Mittelstand, manufacturing sector
- 01
Analysis of internal value creation and order throughput
- 02
Identification of stumbling blocks, bottlenecks and waste
- 03
Design of lean and effective core processes through organization
- 04
Implementation support for specialists and managers
- 05
Digitalization and innovation of processes
- 06
Support in utilizing funding programs
Core Services and Methodology
Material efficiency and efficiency consulting
Reduction of material and goods usage as well as time requirements in the internal value creation process of SMEs.
Leadership development
Teaching effective leadership behavior, leadership tasks and leadership tools for managers on site.
Order throughput process optimization
Low-effort design of the core order throughput process to ensure quality performance.
Transformation support
Accompanying corporate change for value preservation and further development in times of change.
Risk, crisis, restructuring and turnaround
Consulting by a certified manager (HTWD) for risk, crisis, restructuring and turnaround cases.
Funding program consulting
Use of government subsidies for consultations of small and medium-sized enterprises; listed and certified as a consultant.
Location
Bad Zwischenahn
DEEngineering firm and consulting office
Inside the production
Industries
Additional services
Quality and Awards
The work is listed and certified as a consultant for funding programs. Several consulting projects were awarded as prize winners of the German Material Efficiency Award, and the owner has been honored multiple times by the BMWi.
| Evidence | Bad Zwischenahn |
|---|---|
| Funding program consulting (BMWK) listed/certified |
History
- 2006
Founding of the engineering firm UPW GbR by Wolfgang Wrobel; since then consulting for companies with sustained efficiency improvements.
Several projects as prize winners of the German Material Efficiency Award; multiple awards by the BMWi and invitation to the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs.
- 2020
Publication of the article 'With efficiency and sustainability against profit erosion' (23.11.2020).
- 2025
IHK lecture 'Leadership in Change – Facing the Future with Sound Judgment' at the Oldenburg Chamber of Commerce (September 2025).