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Hamburg - Europe's largest industrial conglomerate Siemens plans to cut hierarchy levels as part of its reorganization. One of the two senior levels of management, sectors and divisions will fall away with great certainty. The reported manager magazine in its new issue (publication date:. 21:03), citing Siemens Supervisory circuits. A decision had not been taken.
Siemens CEO Joe Kaeser wants early May present a new strategy to stop with Siemens for the loss of market share and the earnings gap to big rivals such as General Electric and ABB will close at the latest. For months the directors to Kaeser working on a new structure for the Group. Meanwhile, distinguished according to manager magazin first cornerstone of the new structure. Discussed is a denomination of the value chain in six to seven areas, from power generation to sectors such as building, industrial automation and medical technology. Debated Siemens sources said also about zuzusammenfassen the development of software platforms across all business in a cross-section function.
This would suit Kaeser statements at the AGM in January: The CEO announced that Siemens will focus "in its structure" on its value chain of electrification on automation and across all lines increasingly important digitization. A Siemens spokesman declined to comment.
Kaeser will flatter hierarchies
With flatter hierarchies Kaeser wants to ensure that executives back stronger to take responsibility and get problems on major projects previously on the board. In the past seven years, Siemens had € 700 million special charges per year verhagelt the income on average. In the autumn was in the regional organization already has a hierarchy level, the regional cluster, has been removed.
From the organization that once Kaeser predecessor Peter Löscher has created, so that not too much is expected to remain. Currently, the widely ramified Group is divided into the four sectors of energy, industry, infrastructure & cities and medical technology as well as 16 below it moved divisions.
Cromme provided as Chairman of the Trustees of the Glyptothek
Reportedly from Siemens circles on, Kaeser is expected to announce the beginning of May, no extensive sales program. The highly profitable medical stay in the group, including the once acquired laboratory diagnostics. Only for smaller businesses such as microbiology a buyer being sought.
Meanwhile, Siemens is chief inspector Gerhard Cromme prior to the acquisition of a new, reputierlichen post: Cromme wants to be elected in June as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Munich Glyptothek, a collection of ancient sculptures of the Free State of Bavaria. Cromme there would Karl-Hermann Baumann (78) follow. Baumann, who was until 2005 Siemens supervisory board chairman, gives the Board of Trustees chaired off after 15 years