The sales markets have shifted from a seller's market to a buyer's market; consequently, manufacturing processes must be adjusted. It is essential to respond quickly and flexibly to customer needs while also ensuring the economic viability of a company. Conventional organizational structures are overwhelmed: they incur higher costs with increased customer orientation, thereby questioning the viability of the company. However, to secure a company's existence in the market, the conditions of the buyer's market must be integrated into the processes, meaning that existing structures must be fundamentally changed: one must part ways with established tasks, which causes significant resistance within companies. Currently, hardly any company is able to fully exploit the potential achievable through this transformation. The Japanese industry.