The P3 Group GmbH is a management consultancy with headquarters in Stuttgart,

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. Based on the company's data, more than 1450 employees work for the company, generating a revenue of about 115 million euros. The P3 Group draws its clients primarily from the automotive, energy and public sector. In 1996 the company was founded as P3 - Ingenieurgesellschaft für Management und Organisation. In 2019, the company split into umlaut AG, still headquartered in Aachen, and P3 Global GmbH, situated in Stuttgart. In 2020, P3 Global became P3 Group again. In 2022, P3 Group was named as one of the "World's Best Management Consulting Firms" by

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Formation

The company was found in 1996 by Thomas Prefi, Christoph Theis and Thomas Weingarten as a spin-off company of the (IPT) in Aachen, Germany. The founding resulted from the successful development of a quality management concept for the former

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Subsidiaries and international development

In order to specialize in specific industries, the company established subsidiaries, which together form the P3 group: * P3 Automotive GmbH since 2006 with head office in Stuttgart,

. Their focal points are: Technology and management consulting, project management, electric mobility, operations and supply chain *P3 Digital Services GmbH since 2016 with head office

Düsseldorf Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in ...

. Their focal points are: App &

software development Software development is the process of conceiving, specifying, designing, programming, documenting, testing, and bug fixing involved in creating and maintaining applications, frameworks, or other software components. Software development inv ...

, android automotive, IT consulting & IT architecture, rollout & operation *P3 Security Consulting GmbH since 2018 with head office in Stuttgart. Their focal points are: Security framework and consulting in the fields of ISO 27001, DSGVO, UN/ECE & IoT Security Furthermore, the whole enterprise includes more international country subsidiaries: * P3 Mexico (P-Tres Group, S.A.P.I. DE C.V.) with head office in Mexico-City &

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, since 2013 * P3 China (P3 Technical and Management Consulting (Shanghai) Co., Ltd - 德咨技术管理咨询（上海）有限公司) with head office in

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and offices in

Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...

and

Shenzhen Shenzhen (; ; ; ), also historically known as Sham Chun, is a major Sub-provincial division, sub-provincial city and one of the Special economic zones of China, special economic zones of China. The city is located on the east bank of the Pea ...

, since 2014 * P3 France (P3 France SARL) with head office in

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. ...

and office in

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, since 2019 * P3 USA (P3 USA Inc.) with head office in Greenville and offices in

Detroit Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at ...

and

Dallas Dallas () is the List of municipalities in Texas, third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of metropolitan statistical areas, fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 ...

, since 2019 * P3 Group (Thailand) Limited with head office in

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, since 2020. * P3 Korea with head office in

Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the Capital city, capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the North Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea ...

, since 2021. * P3 Colombia with head office in

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. * P3 Greece with head office in

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. * P3 Bulgaria with head office in

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. * P3 Denmark with head office in

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. * P3 Czech Republic with head office in

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

. P3 also maintains nearshore technology locations: * P3 Romania (P3 digital services SRL) with head office in

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, since 2016 * P3 Serbia (P3 RS d.o.o.) with head office in Belgrade and office in

Subotica Subotica ( sr-cyrl, Суботица, ; hu, Szabadka) is a city and the administrative center of the North Bačka District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. Formerly the largest city of Vojvodina region, contemporary Subotica is ...

, since 2019

Services and products

* Management consulting: Technology consulting, management consulting, faulty management, digitalization * Management support: strategy and process management, project management, configuration management, cost management, complexity management *

Software development Software development is the process of conceiving, specifying, designing, programming, documenting, testing, and bug fixing involved in creating and maintaining applications, frameworks, or other software components. Software development inv ...

* Android Automotive * RPA *

Cybersecurity Computer security, cybersecurity (cyber security), or information technology security (IT security) is the protection of computer systems and networks from attack by malicious actors that may result in unauthorized information disclosure, th ...

consulting

References

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External links

Homepage of the P3 group
Consulting firms established in 1996 Engineering consulting firms Companies based in Stuttgart 1996 establishments in Germany