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Building scenarios at
Roland Berger Strategy Consultants
August 2013
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Contents
A. Strategy development today
Why scenario planning is important now
B. The Roland Berger-HHL scenario approach
Our approach to building scenarios
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DOW JONES
[index value]1)
5.3 5.4
Highest
value
14,165
Oct 2007
5.1
15,542
Highest
value
Apr 2008
3.9
1.46
3.2
1.60
1.50 1.48
2.8
1.34
1.32
1.32
10,718
-7,618
1.27
-0.7
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Lowest value
Mar 2009
Dec 2005
6,547
1.18
Jul 2013
Dec 2006
1.23 1.23
Lowest value
Jan 2006
Jul 2013
1) All values (except highest, lowest and latest) are end-of-month based; highest and lowest values are on daily basis
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3.0
2.8
2.5
2.2
1.9
1.7
Aug 10
SOURCE Consensus
Dec 11
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STRATEGIC
PLANNING
7-10
TRADITIONAL
ORGANIZATIONAL
STRUCTURE
7 years
MEDIUM-TERM
PLANNING
3.2
3-5 years
OPERATIONAL
PLANNING
1
2000
2012
SOURCE IMF
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volatility
can't cope with complexity
don't consider different views
fail to reflect
ANSOFF MATRIX
GENERIC COMPEEXPERIENCE
TITIVE STRATEGIES CURVE
FIVE FORCES
PORTFOLIO
ANALYSIS
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TODAY
Counteraction
SCENARIO
I
SCENARIO
II
considers numerous
influence factors to cope
with complexity
SCENARIO
III
Disruption
FUTURE
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2
3
4
5
Reflecting
volatility
Coping with
complexity
through consideration of
numerous influence factors
Identifying
blind spots
Speed and
simplicity
Flexibility
concerning
planning
horizon
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BUILDING ON STRENGTHS
OVERCOMING LIMITATIONS
ROLAND
BERGER-HHL
APPROACH
to scenario-based
strategic planning
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We differentiate between
macro-, meso- and micro-scenarios
MACRO-LEVEL
CHARACTERISTICS
of our 3-TIERED APPROACH
Global scenarios
MESO-LEVEL
Regional and industry scenarios
MICRO-LEVEL
Company-specific scenarios
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EXAMPLES
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CLIENT
COUNTRY
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
UK
> Developed 2020 scenarios for Industrial and Marine business, and built up
organizational capabilities
Multinational insurance
company
UK
> Built scenarios in life insurance and pension to guide long-term strategy
development across 14 countries to guide pan-European strategy
USA
USA
> Described and quantified the potential impact of healthcare reform through
scenario planning
France
> Developed 2020 scenarios and action plans to enhance aftersales strategy
for Europe and China
Multinational, producing
construction and high
performance materials
France
> Created a scenario planning tool to model business impact of different market
conditions and to inform capacity investment decisions
Multinational automotive
manufacturer
Germany
> Developed global scenarios to plan manufacturing data and different sales
strategies according to the scenarios
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EXAMPLES
Emerging Market
Future Scenarios
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Definition of Scope
0.5 weeks1)
Task:
2
Perception
Analysis
3-4 weeks1)
3
Trend and
Uncertainty
Analysis
0.5 weeks1)
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Task:
Tool:
5
Deduct action plans for implementation
Tool:
Strategy Manual
Tool:
Impact-Uncertainty Grid
Monitoring
ongoing
Task:
Strategy
Definition
2 weeks1)
Scenario
Building
1 week1)
Task:
Tool:
Scenario Matrix
1) Average duration of the specific project phase of a Roland Berger scenario project
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1 DEFINITION OF SCOPE
A
B
C
D
E
TIME HORIZON
What time horizon is the planning process tailored
to (1,2,5 years or longer)?
PARTICIPANTS
How closely is top management involved in
the process? Which members of the respective
departments participate in the workshops?
DEFINITION OF STAKEHOLDERS
Which key stakeholders shall be involved in the
360 Stakeholder Feedback?
1) The approaches and results shown here are only examples. They are not identical to the approaches and results of any specific project
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2 PERCEPTION ANALYSIS
INTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS
>
>
>
>
Top Management
Trend specialists
Macroeconomics specialists
Capacity planner
EXTERNAL SPECIALISTS
360
Stakeholder
Feedback
EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS
> Key customers
> Key suppliers
> Shareholder
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2 PERCEPTION ANALYSIS
1 Open question
2 Closed questions
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2 PERCEPTION ANALYSIS
Technological
Economic
Environmental
Political/Legal
Decrease of consumer
confidence
Development of alternative
powertrains
Duration of crisis
Climate change
Downsizing at customers
Improvements of traditional
powertrains
Tougher environmental
regulation, esp. CO2
Increasing environmental
consciousness of consumers
S
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P
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2 PERCEPTION ANALYSIS
THREEFOLD RESULT
ANALYSIS
BLIND SPOTS
Factors, which are deliberately or
unconsciously disregarded
WEAK SIGNALS
First indicators for important
developments and external changes
INFLUENCING FACTORS
Influencing factors for the scenario
development
Development of
alternative powertrains
Tougher environmental regulation
Competition from
new carmakers
Car's image as status
symbol declines
Longer period of
ownership
10,0
8,0
6,0
4,0
2,0
0,0
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Internal
Blind spot
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TRENDS
Growing environmental
consciousness of S
consumers
Growing economic
growth in emerging
markets
S
S
En
Improvements of
traditional power
trains
T
Ec
S
Potential
Impact
Ec
CRITICAL
UNCERTAINTIES
Decrease in
Duration of crisis Ec
Ec
consumer
P
S
confidence
Rising oil Decreasing
political
price
En
stability
Climate change Ec
Alternative T
Growing middle
powertrains
P
class in emerging
Competition from
Ec new carmakers
markets
En
S
Ec
Local content
regulations
En
Ec
SECONDARY ELEMENTS
Low
Low
High
Uncertainty
TRENDS (relatively secure developments) define the cornerstones of and remain the same in the different scenarios.
Based on our questionnaires we identified 15 trends along 5 categories (for example)
Economic
> Growing economic growth in
emerging markets
> Growing middle class in emerging
markets
>
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Social
Technological
Environmental
> Climate change
>
Social
> Increasing environmental consciousness of consumers
>
Political
> Continuing local content
regulation in emerging markets
>
Technological
> Improvements of traditional power trains
>
En Environmental
Ec Economic
Political
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4 SCENARIO BUILDING
Time
Duration of
crisis
Increasing environmental
consciousness
Decreasing
political stability
Decrease of consumer
confidence
Economic
development
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Climate
change
Competition of new
carmakers
Development of
alternative powertrains
Innovation
dynamics
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4 SCENARIO BUILDING
CHARACTERISTICS
-
INFLUENCING FACTORS
>
>
>
>
>
>
Duration of crisis
Decreasing political stability
Decrease of consumer confidence
Rising oil price
Competition of new car makers
Growing economic growth in
emerging markets
> Growing middle class in emerging
markets
> Climate change
> Increasing environmental
consciousness of consumers
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Forced
Technological
Evolution
Golden
Decade
High
economic
growth
Economic
stagnation
Industry
Decline
Dangerous
Saturation
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4 SCENARIO BUILDING
Scenario I
Scenario II
Scenario III
GDP growth I,
unemployment I,
inflation rate I, period
of owner-ship I,
(country-specific)
SIMULATION TOOL
Key points
It is important to understand exactly how the
simulation tool works so that any extraordinary
effects can be included
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New
registrations
I
New
registrations
II
New
registrations
III
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5 STRATEGY DEFINITION
Key points
Scenarios and action plans must be consistent
Creative solutions that work are the
answer to challenging scenarios
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Scenario I
Scenario II
Scenario III
Action plan I
Action plan II
>
>
>
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6 MONITORING
Key points
Indicator 1
Indicator 2
Indicator 3
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2
INTERACTIVELY BUILT
In the scenario team, clients and consultants work
together and internal and external experts are
consulted as required
1 Definition
of Scope
Perception
Analysis
Trend and
Uncertainty
Analysis
3
4
5
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HIGH SPEED
The scenarios are created within a few weeks, using
modern information and communication methods
SIMPLE COMMUNICATION
Monitoring
4
Scenario
Building
Strategy
Definition
DIRECTLY IMPLEMENTABLE
Detailed recommendations enable immediate
adjustment of business according to the scenarios
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CHAIRMAN
burkhard.schwenker@rolandberger.com
christian.krys@rolandberger.com
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