Horváth & Partner is an international operating management consulting firm with core competences in the fields of Corporate Performance Management and Performance Optimization. One of their long lasting client relations is Krones AG, who was mainly supported in financial and controlling questions. For a technical project - the optimisation of the existing Qualty Gate approach - foliofive has been asked to support with their industrial expertise. The performed analysis led to suggestions how the application of the Quality Gate system can be improved.