HENDRIK SCHICKE
As a serial entrepreneur, Hendrik founded his first two startups (custom beverage presents and a consultancy for SMEs) while studying industrial engineering in Hannover. He completed his Master's at Tongji University in Shanghai and KEIO University in Tokyo, subsequently working in Berlin as a Supply Chain Consultant.
With a background in Supply Chain, Marketing, and an interest in new technology, he was one of the first to recognize the potential of Virtual Reality for Marketing. Hendrik founded MR.CARDBOARD and achieved worldwide market leadership in 2015 as a solo entrepreneur.
Since 2017, Hendrik has been living as a Digital Nomad, advising solo entrepreneurs, helping clients reflect on their relationships, traumas, and needs. He also pursues his passion for Freediving & Mindfulness.
Summary: Serial Entrepreneur, Private Equity Investor, Digital Nomad, SEO/UX/UI Nerd, Lean & Automation Geek, Brand Designer, Film Producer, Dungeon Master, Shadow Worker, Coffee & Bacon Creative, Shutterbug, Freediver & Windsurfer. Inspire and get inspired! đ
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
We specialize in crafting and seamlessly integrating custom solutions tailored to modern companies' challenges. Employing lean principles, our process optimization eliminates wasteful steps, reduces processes, and automates value-adding activities within existing workflows and software environments.
MR.CARDBOARD is a globally recognized market leader for custom-branded Virtual Reality Viewers made from cardboard material, also known as Google Cardboard. Some of its top clients include Google, Red Bull, Coca-Cola, Axel Springer, BMW, Lufthansa, Diageo, Vodafone, and more.
BaliDice is a brand focusing on high-quality custom resin dice made for TTRPGs such as Dungeons & Dragons and Pathfinder. Handcrafted in Bali, reflecting the unique culture, showing Rangda (demon queen in traditional Balinese mythology) and the gates of Lempuyang Temple on the dice faces.
âEndgegnerâ shares the poignant story of depression, heartbreak, and perseverance. Christopher Miller, after enduring an excruciatingly painful breakup that almost cost him his life, embarks on a journey of self-healing. Turning to the only avenue that has consistently provided the best medicine for him in the pastârock climbing.
The Hilo brand specializes in crafting and delivering High Protein - Low Calorie snacks and treats directly to consumers. Our products are available through our online shop, catering services, or subscription options for business clients. We exclusively market our offerings through social media, events, and direct sales.
THE BEFORE
Qualitative and quantitative analysis of supply chain opportunities of a modular product structure from supplier to assembly line.
Results
- Cost transparency and decision-making basis for make-or-buy created & evaluated
- 22 opportunities identified and quantified
- Potential reduction of transport costs by 36% and inventory by 74% through procure-to-order-
- Implementation roadmap defined including core processes and system & organisational prerequisites
Client
Worldâs leading supplier of machinery and services to packaging manufacturers in the folding carton, corrugated board and flexible material industries.
Benchmarking of current maturity level or organisation and production sites
Results
- Benchmarking of client's global production sites to industry leader
- Aggregation of immediate quick wins and short term implementation plan
- Creation of 4 long term scenarios including in detail calculated business cases and implementation strategies
- Workshop with global supply chain decision makers
Client
American agricultural equipment manufacturer offering a line of tractors, combines, hay tools, sprayers, forage and tillage equipment, which are distributed through more than 3,100 independent dealers and distributors in more than 140 countries worldwide.
Goal
Identification of stock reduction opportunities, definition of roadmap including SAPÂ pilot.
Results
- Potential stock reduction by 27%
- Increase of service level to 98.3%
- Reduction of obsolete material by 47%
- Dashboard of stock relevant KPIs
- Reduction of workload with new material management processes by 18%
Client
Manufacturer of escalators and elevators world wide, producing, installing, maintaining and modernising elevators and escalators in many types of buildings including residential, commercial and high-rise buildings.
Change and project management while transfer form a centralised to a decentralised outbound organisation. Complete documentation of all processes, tasks, documents and best practices. Derivation of to-be process for quick implementation and further SAP roll out.
Results
- Immediate reduction of workload by 25% through quick win implementation
- Successful identification of synergies between departments (e.g. consolidation of finance related tasksâŠ)
Client
Worldâs leading supplier of machinery and services to packaging manufacturers in the folding carton, corrugated board and flexible material industries.
Cost reduction of inbound transportation after merger and acquisition
Results
- 12.6% annual savings on inbound transportation costs for an american agricultural equipment manufacturer.
Client
American agricultural equipment manufacturer offering a line of tractors, combines, hay tools, sprayers, forage and tillage equipment, which are distributed through more than 3,100 independent dealers and distributors in more than 140 countries worldwide.
Reducing of lead time of warehouse and final assembly process.
Results
- Relayout of warehouse and and final assembly area increase effective area by 25%.
- Implementation of Kanban and direct line feed reducing total processing time in final assembly by (33%) and distribution center (50%).
Client
International operating illuminated signware manufacturer for Petrol, Automotive and Quick Service Restaurants.
Documentation, optimisation and decentralisation of order management.
Results
- Standardization of order fulfillment process
- Implementaion of one folder per order to centralise and track all order information
- Implementaion web apps (Trello) to manage customer orders
- Weekly CIP meetings
Client
Medium-sized craft business in building industry with 35 employees.
Conduct of a visitor survey for the IdeenExpo 2011.
Result
- Questionnaire designed
- Technical environment via Wifi, 3G and iPad tablets implemented
- Training of interviewers
- Data analysis and documentation
Client
Biyearly hands-on and experience fair for for children, teenagers and young adults
Total cost calculation method implemented in existing ERP system
Result
- Implementation for ERP supported product calculation methods
- Enabling a detailed cost overview on a dashboard
- Acceleration and increase of precision of make-or-buy decisions.
Client
International operating illuminated signware manufacturer for Petrol, Automotive and Quick Service Restaurants.
At the virtual VR Meetup on November 30th, the Institute for Digital Transformation and the InnoSĂD sub-project "Virtual and Augmented Digital Transformation" of the Neu-Ulm University of Applied Sciences offer interested parties the opportunity to experience application ideas for the new technologies.
Speaker Startup Struggles
11/2021
Hendrik Schicke is speaker for the Startup Struggle Community as well as running the local Startup Struggle Table, where starting or advanced entrepreneurs find professional and most importantly personal guidance. The Startup Struggle is your safe space, non-competitive community to connect with fellow solo entrepreneurs going through the same struggle as we all do!
Hendrik Schicke was originally employed as a management consultant. But that should change quickly. How Hendrik build an fully automated business and archived financial freedom, just with a piece of Cardboard, is what we will talk about in this episode.
Speaker of the night
VRBLN
02/2017
The Berlin community for all Virtual Reality enthusiasts who want to share and create new possibilities with the next wave of consumer HMDs. Developers, artists, gamers, entrepreneurs - if you have a VR HMD or are about to receive one - come and join a reality of the future!
Workshop at NEXT Conference
10/2016
As a speaker on the NEXT Conference, Hendrik Schicke hold the workshop "Mass Virtual Reality Marketing is no Rocket Science" showing the state of the art, examples, best practices and future trends focused on mass virtual reality marketing with the Google Cardboard. Charge your phones and get ready!
Interview Startup TV
10/2016
StartupTV is the leading video-news-platform in the ecosystem and produces snackable journalistic content about startups, innovation and the digital transformation
HORIZONT Digital Marketing Days 2016
06/2016
Keynote on how Virtual Reality opens a new way to market products & services right into the customers hands. The Marketing Days are your guide through the newest trends, biggest buzzwords and marketing jungle in general.
Workshop at Games Academy Berlin
03/2016
Since 2000 the Games Academy Berlin is leading in the education of the next generation game designers and developers. How VR shapes the future and how to bridge as a developer between marketing agencies and gamers, was core of this workshop held.
Interview N24 on IFA
09/2015
IFA host JĂĄnos Joskowitz with Hendrik Schicke about MR.CARDBOARD - What can you do with a VR Viewer made from Cardboard?
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Tokyo, Japan
05/2012 - 04/2013
Research Semester and Graduation Thesis at Department of System Design EngineeringÂ
Topic: Application of an Electrorheological Gel-based Transport System, GPA 4.0
ćæ”ć€§ćŠ Tongji University,
Shanghai, China
01/2012 - 04/2012
Research Semester at Sino-German University of Applied Sciences
Leibniz University,
Hannover, Germany
10/2007 - 04/2013
Study of Master of Science (M.Sc.), Industrial Engineering (Engineering Management), GPA 3.86
Major: Production Engineering, Finance