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Doing the right things right, a lot.

For profitable growth and resilience.
We ship operational excellence, both analog and digital.

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Saltcake

You can taste it now: Mr. Saltcake

“Mr. Saltcake” has a brief chat with you, makes operational improvement opportunities visible, and then sends you a clear summary by email.

And we are happy for this to serve directly as the free starting point for our future collaboration.

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Save time, money, and nerves through effective prioritization.

from analog to digital

Check list:
How good are you today already?

  • Are my company's priorities clear to me and everyone else in the team?
  • Do I know our cost and revenue drivers precisely?
  • Is my business data recorded in a structured manner and is directly usable?
  • Do I make my decisions based on data?
  • Is my project management goal-oriented, transparent, and reliable?
  • Are our processes standardized and automated where it makes sense?
  • Are waiting times and rework rare for us?
  • Are we ahead of our competition in the field of AI?

How often you have to answer with no?

Every single no costs you time, money, and nerves.

Step 1:

No pre-made strategies

but about 100 proven best-practice methods and tools from engineering and business.

8+
experts in the group
70+
external projects
100+
internal projects

 

The mindset matters.

We are entrepreneurs with two decades at the digital edge and enterprise–startup interface.
Experience is key, because there is no “off-the-shelf” solution for this space.

We have founded, scaled, and led digital companies, navigated in complex markets, and delivered results across research, manufacturing, IT, and digital platforms.
Our work is grounded in lean principles, operational excellence, and practical execution.

Our partners benefit not only from our experience, but also from our strong industry network.

We have gained our experience through projects with, among others, the following companies:

Focus, clarity and digital strength.
We get you there.

JBG sweet spot

Operational Excellence

Using proven methods from business and engineering (utility analysis, business model canvas, FMEA, bottleneck analysis, etc.), we capture your needs and potential in a structured and targeted manner.

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Business Intelligence

All value-creating initiatives are built on a clean data foundation. From data warehousing to data engineering, we support you in building scalable and secure structures.

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Automation & AI

We transform identified potential into robust, safe and reliable process automation, so that your team can focus on what machines cannot do.

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for large enterprises

  • You feel the pain of growing data complexity and operational intransparency.
  • You seek collaborations to explore new technologies and discover opportunities faster and to get inspired.
  • You want to increase your innovation power on a project basis.

solution space

  • Translate automation and AI into tangible top- and bottom-line results.
  • Increase organizational resilience through future-proof data savviness.
  • Access to external innovation beyond internal constraints.
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for small- & medium-sized enterprises

  • Capacities are unclear, waiting times are normal in daily business, and order planning is done by Sandra, but she is on vacation.
  • Project management... You have projects, but management currently has other priorities.
  • Your knowledge database is called Richard, the ERP system is called Sandra, and when Mike is sick, everyone can go on vacation.

solution space

  • Drive operational excellence through modern data utilization, accelerate decision-making, and increase customer satisfaction.
  • Develop automation and scalability, increase operational efficiency and build resilience.
  • Expand your operational tool-kit and prepare for the next growth phase of your business.
Reach out
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Pilot project to warm up

Do you already have a specific request or idea that you would like to test soon?

We will address this topic together in a clearly defined pilot project.

We would also be happy to advise you individually on the topics of data, AI and operational excellence.

Projektplan
Analysis - 30 min intro call

Assessment of your biggest potential in an initial consultation
Video call
30 min
Free

Analysis - Workshop

Workshop to analyze your current situation, needs, and goals
on-site
1 day
after commissioning

Project planning

Project planning and preparation
hybrid
1-2 weeks
after commissioning

Project work

Project management, technical and organizational implementation
hybrid
3-5 weeks
after commissioning

 
Please reach out

4 formats for our cooperation

Nothing here is off-the-shelf.
The partnership with us will be tailored to your situation and your goals.

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Workshop

For strategic challenges and analyses where you value an external perspective, but want to use your internal resources for implementation.

Advisory

A strategic collaboration at the management level, where we support you with our expertise and experience in planning and structuring processes.

Cooperation

Strategic and operational collaboration at entrepreneurial speed, where we complement your team so that solutions can be implemented in a targeted and timely manner.

Projects & Interim Management

We handle projects from start to finish for complex, strategic challenges, without requiring you to build up additional internal resources. If needed, we supplement your team with our resources until the task is successfully completed.

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No one-size-fits-all

our collaboration is tailored to your situation and objectives

  • Teamwork: We take on tough challenges with a solution-oriented focus and pragmatic execution.
  • Reliability: From problem definition to successful implementation, we are by your side.
  • Focus: We work part-time, but never half-heartedly.

 

We support you through focused workshops, executive advisory, hands-on project leadership, or full project ownership.
We integrate seamlessly into your organization, combining entrepreneurial mindset with senior execution experience.

 

workshop

for strategic challenges

advisory

on executive level

cooperation

at entrepreneurial speed

interim CxO

from A to Z

What we do, in a nutshell

We augment your executive and senior teams to level up your operational backbone for the next phase of your company.
Together we will drive initiatives and navigate effectively through transformation projects for higher resilience and new growth.

operational excellence for data-driven growth

Business
Operations & Strategy

Business & Decisison
Intelligence

Data & Cloud
Architecture

Workflow
(AI-)Automation

Solution Space
Discovery

Digital Excellence &
Data-driven Operations

Strategic & Data
Transformation Projects

Data-Warehouse
& BI Engineering

Organizational
Development
 

Contracting &
Deal-Making
(startups)

That's us

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Johannes Burgard

Managing Director JBG
Strategy, Operational Excellence, Project Management

He translates strategy into execution. Mechanical engineer turned entrepreneur, senior executive with 15+ years of experience in company building, strategic leadership, digital transformation, and process design at the intersection of large enterprises and startups. Co-founder CEO of an energy data company, scaled it to one of Europe’s leading platforms of its kind. Led the company through growth, turnarounds, and owned deal-making workflows.

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Anne

Anne Rodenburg

Freelancer
Data & Business Intelligence Engineering

Freelance data engineer with 6+ years of experience designing scalable data architecture, efficient pipelines, and cloud-based analytics solutions. Background in molecular biology and molecular medicine, combining scientific rigor and curiosity with hands-on data engineering. Works as advisor and hands-on in focus projects or within an existing team with a preference for sustainability and life-science driven environments.

Linkedin   //   Website

ChrisThanisch

Christopher Thanisch

Managing Director Ultra Smashed
Software & Process Automation Engineering

Managing Director of the agency “Ultra Smashed” and a full-stack software developer for over 15 years. His focus is on process automation and resolving systematic organizational bottlenecks in companies, which can be systematically solved through software solutions. With a focus on process intelligence, AI execution engines, scaling & optimization, he provides support in both independently managed projects and within the framework of a service contract.

Linkedin   //   Website

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Event: Operational excellence with AI, Salzkuchen and beer

12. Mai 2026, 6pm - 9pm
Westfälischer Industrieklub, Dortmund

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