Lean Supply Chain

The globalisation of the sales markets, production sites and purchasing markets is causing the network of parties involved in the value-creation process to become ever more complicated. Machines now delivered to a customer in Saudi Arabia consist of components and parts from all over the world. For example, the cast parts might come from Eastern Europe, the hydraulic parts from Scotland, the steel sheet components from Germany, electrical motors and other bought-in parts from Asia, production is taken over by a supplier on his own factory premises and final assembly is carried out independently. The one who has the best command of this complex value-creation network and manages the “customer to customer process“ (customer orders and customer receives the goods) professionally, i.e. provides the goods efficiently at the right time in the right place, has a significant advantage in competition.

We will assist you in the optimisation of these international value-creation networks. Regardless of whether we optimise logistics processes, improve warehousing structures and layouts, or lower materials costs, we stay focussed on achieving the optimum for the whole process. We aim at fast and lasting successes in pilot areas and thereby produce momentum for change for the optimisation of the overall process. Thanks to our international group of companies in Europe, Eastern Europe and Asia, we can implement customer and market-specific tasks on a global level, flexibly and fast.

The benefits to you

The throughput time of your supply chain is drastically shortened, delivery reliability is increased, the materials costs are significantly reduced and the efficiency of your processes is improved. You thereby increase the satisfaction of your customers and improve your position and ability to act on the market. Reductions of the warehouse and rotating stock are further effects of thorough supply chain optimisation. The supply chain has become established as a differentiating characteristic in international competition, the performance  of which is often decisive for success or failure in the contract-awarding decisions of your customers.

Our services

• Supply chain process – realising uninterrupted customer to customer process
• Supply chain network – optimising logistics structures and warehouse layouts
• Material group strategy – targeted tapping of potentials in purchasing
• Local content – identifying, analysing and developing local suppliers
• Task force supplier management – ensuring quality, capacity and deadline
• Purchasing organisation – implementing organisational excellence in international purchasing
• Management systems – introducing transparent and decision-oriented systems
• Compliance risk management – implementing reliable processes and standards (risk assessment and process – FMEA in purchasing)