• Our interdisciplinary teams consist of highly qualified consultants with longterm professional experiences in Asia and central and Eastern Europe.
  
  
• Our professionals and experts have several years of industry experience in functional areas like sales, controlling, finance, purchasing and production and comprehensive know how in conception and implementation of market entry strategies, of procurement and supply chain strategies.
  
  
• GPS-Network consultants and experts  have distinctive intercultural competences and speak local languages.

Secure growth and competitive position by global
sales and global sourcing

• The market entry in Asia and Eastern Europe offers enterprises great chances, however, also entails risks:
  
  
• Through new sales offices, companies can generate a considerable increase in sales. By global sourcing and shift of production they can profit from the favourable production costs of Asia and Eastern Europe and thus reach a considerable cost reduction for the finishing in Western Europe or the USA.
  
  
• However the risks of such far-reaching decisions by individual functions like sales or purchasing for the entire enterprise are often not taken into account and prepared enough.
  
  
• A good knowledge of the local rules of the game, the cultural differences, the administrative processes and the authority system as well as the tax and legal possibilities and restrictions is decisive for a successful market entry.
  
  
• Together with you we work out an integrated company strategy for the Emerging Markets, which is coordinated with all necessary functional areas and is documented in a business plan with project plan and measure list. Our industry experts and managers accompany you until the individual projects are realized successfully.

• Market entry strategy Asia / Eastern Europe and answer the following questions:
  
  • which products and price levels?
  • which market segments and which target customers?
  • what is the best business model for this market?
  • what are the most efficient sales and distribution channels?
  • how can risks be minimised and success optimized?
  • what are the best locations?
  • how is Asia in the comparison with Eastern Europe etc?
    
    
• Company set up
  
  • Greenfield set up or M & A (search and assessment of potential partners)
  • Legal form
  • Tax and others promotional programmes
    
    
• Business planning with project plan and measure list
  
  • Marketing & sales strategy
  • Purchase strategy
  • Production strategy
  • Logistics conception
  • etc.

• Because of permanently growing competitive pressure, the opening up of new markets with a promising future and the "purification" of the value and supply chain is necessary to safeguard yields, to lower costs and to minimise entrepreneurial risks. For this companies need a Globalisation Partner.
  
  
• Therefore GPS Network Global Professional Services has specialised on management services around globalisation like opening up of new markets, global sourcing and production set up, to support customers as globalisation full service management partner around the world, but primarily in Asia and Central and Eastern Europe.
  
  
• We support western enterprises, which are already located in Asia or Eastern Europe or intend to expand there, but also help Asian companies to enter the European market.
  
  
• A team of over 30 internationally experienced consultants and experts in a network support our customers in the competence areas of strategy, market entry, design and optimization of processes as well as in the functional areas purchasing & sourcing, sales, controlling, production, logistics, service and HR.
  
  
• As experienced project and interim managers we also take over implementation responsibility and support our customers in the operative business on all executive levels. 
  
  
• Delivering high quality and high value results to our customers, based on understanding of Asian and western economy structures and on a longterm operative management and consulting experience of our professionals, is our mission. A modern project oriented procedure, open communication, a systematic approach and confidentiality are indispensable components of our work.