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On the verge of spring term 2015, INTEGRA is looking for new ambitious members willing to support the team and their clients. Are you interested in gaining experience through consulting projects with real clients? Are you looking for a challenge that allows you to use your knowledge from university in a real business environment?

INTEGRA is constantly looking for extraordinary and proactive personalities from all fields of study who have strong analytical skills and are innovative. Founded in 1990, INTEGRA is the student consultancy at the University of Mannheim and may look back on a staggering number of over 200 consulting projects. In order to bring a breath of fresh air into their clients' businesses they provide dedicated highly client-oriented project teams that deliver the latest research findings directly from the auditorium into the business. With preparatory training and workshops with well-respected partners you will be prepared to succeed in internal and external projects. Please note that fluency in German is cumpulsory for all applicants.

INTEGRA represents excellence, passion and originality. Do you want to be a part of all that? Visit INTEGRA ́s homepage for more information www.integra-ev.de or simply join the information meeting.

Information meeting

Tue. February 17 – O 142 – 7 pm

On the verge of fall term 2014, INTEGRA is looking for new ambitious members willing to support the team and their clients. Are you interested in gaining experience through consulting projects with real clients? Are you looking for a challenge that allows you to use your knowledge from university in a real business environment? INTEGRA is constantly looking for extraordinary and proactive personalities from all fields of study who have strong analytical skills and are innovative.

Founded in 1990, INTEGRA is the student consultancy at the University of Mannheim and may look back on a staggering number of over 200 consulting projects. In order to bring a breath of fresh air into their clients' businesses they provide dedicated highly client-oriented project teams that deliver the latest research findings directly from the auditorium into the business. With preparatory training and workshops with well-respected partners you will be prepared to succeed in internal and external projects. Please note that fluency in German is cumpulsory for all applicants.

INTEGRA represents excellence, passion and originality. Do you want to be a part of all that? Visit INTEGRA ́s homepage for more information www.integra-ev.de or simply join one of the following information meetings.

Information meetings

Tue. September 09 – EO 145 – 7 pm

Tue. September 09 – M 003 – 7 pm >> Focus on IT

Wed. September 10 – O 135 – 7 pm

To support young startups and give students a chance to leverage their skills, we created “Inside the Venture” – a format where students act as consultants and solve pressing issues for early stage ventures. Concerning this offering, we owe a lot to the student consultancy INTEGRA e.V. They have conducted several consulting projects at young ventures by now, which always turned out as great successes and helped the involved startups a lot. Here is a report about on our first co-operative project, which evaluated the market chances of a new product released by the Mannheim-based tech startup OPASCA.

A multidisciplinary team led by Christian Irlbeck reviewed the market potential in Germany, Austria and Switzlerland for medXguard, which is a personal security system for radiotherapy facilities. To do that, they firstly analyzed the needs and demand for the product, amongst other things by interviewing experts. In further steps, they assessed the legal framework for radiation therapy in the respective regions and the product range of dedicated competitors. They also detected trends, chances and risks associated with OPASCA’s business model and derived alternative applications for medX to advance it.

The whole team worked on a high level of professionalism and with a lot of dedication. Each member invested more than 100 hours into the 2-month project – a sum that seems even more impressive if one remembers that they also simultaneously managed their INTEGRA e.V. obligations and regular student workload!

The project was conducted in Spring Term 2013.

INTEGRA student consultants assisted the Mannheim Pharma & Diagnostics GmbH in refining der business model and adapting their pricing strategy. They developed a highly sophisticated and responsive pricing model.

The Mannheim Pharma & Diagnostics GmbH is developing innovative test patches which can make the detection of kidney and liver dysfunctions much cheaper and easier than before. The technology was initially designed for human application but the Mannheim Pharma started to consider animal health as a highly lucrative market with less barriers to entry.

An INTEGRA team consisting of Tobias Regele (project manager), Andreas Schumacher and Franz Joseph Hinzen came in to evaluate the market chances for animal diagnostic patches. To do that, they analyzed the German and US markets for animal health and interviewed a sample of potential clients and veterinarians about their willingness to pay for the product. They also compared the pricing strategies of relevant competitors. At the end, the team created a quantitative pricing model and sensitivity analysis with different scenarios and drew concrete action recommendations for refining the business.

Thanks to the project team for the remarkable results of the project! The high intrinsic motivation and great professionalism of its members should not go unnoticed. Our special thanks goes to INTEGRA for making such great projects possible and to the team for pulling all these all-nighters to be able to come up with this great due diligence and results in such a short period of time.

The project was conducted in Fall Term 2013.

In an “Inside the Venture” project in cooperation with the student consultancy INTEGRA e.V., a highly skilled and motivated team of 5 students consultants has conducted the project “Financial Optimization and Competitor Analysis for CM3P“. CM3P is a spin-off from the University of Applied Sciences Mannheim. It develops advanced customized software solutions with a focus on medical technology applications.

During the assessment of the startup’s needs, it became clear that an optimization of the cash flow management and liquidity planning would be highly valuable to the young venture. Thus, Nina Haarkötter (project leader), Anton Reindl, Stephan Ebert, Philipp Emert and Marius Hepp designed and programmed a liquidity planning tool, validated the underlying assumptions, conducted an implementation workshop and furthermore analyzed different scenarios to obtain implications for the financial planning of C3MP. As a second part, the project also included a profound competitor analysis based on competitive intelligence- surveys, which were analyzed using an extra developed scoring system.

The performance of the consultant team was of a remarkable standard and to the highest satisfaction of the startup . The dedication they showed is very impressive – despite of the project being free of charge, each team member put more than 80 hours of hard effort into it! Thus, we and CM3P thank them very much and wish them all the best for their future careers, which surely will be amazing! We also thank INTEGRA e.V. for making such fruitful projects possible. We can give INTEGRA e.V. the highest possible recommendation. 

The project was conducted in Fall Term 2013.

On the verge of fall term 2013, INTEGRA is looking for new ambitious members willing to support the team and their clients.

Formed in 1990, INTEGRA serves its clients by developing unique solutions for their specific problems. With over 250 projects since its foundation (conducted for a wide range of businesses from start-ups to DAX-listed companies), INTEGRA boasts a wealth of experience and expertise.

INTEGRA is looking for passionate indivduals from all fields of study – Sociology, Business Administration, Law or Economics. You should be ambitious and eager to engage with real-life businesses and genuine projects. You will be offered internal training programs supported by the consulting industry’s most acknowledged and respected representatives.

For further information, visit integra-ev.de or simply join one of INTEGRA's information meetings. You can also directly contact Moritz Blum, the student initiative's current chairman, via our internal network.

Please note that fluency in German is cumpulsory for all applicants.

Information meetings

Tue. September 10 – M 003 – 7 pm

Tue. September 10 – O 131 – 7 pm >> Focus on IT

Wed. September 11 – SN 163 – 7 pm