Germans show how to tackle the puzzle of productivity

By Business Editor Sarah Gordon

“Our lead times are four to 12 working days. If we are not able to meet these, we will no longer be competitive, because the competition does not sleep.”
Carina Schneppenheim is the HR director — and managing director-in-waiting — of a manufacturing and design company founded by her grandfather nearly 50 years ago in Pulheim, between Cologne and Düsseldorf.