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Processing Industries
The processing industries are complex, defined by aluminium, chemicals, petrochemicals, paper, pharmaceuticals, steel and cement producing companies. This industrial branch is of great importance for Germany, whereby the chemical industry is the fourth largest industry in the country, measured by its turnover. What they all have in common is an interlinked, machine intense, supply chain that usually links various locations and in many cases also connects various geographies and cultures. This creates a number of questions and challenges that must be tested and evaluated from time to time.
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Key Questions in the Processing Industries:
- How consequently do I manage my total cost of supply chain with regard to typically high production costs?
- What strategies and concepts to I use in order to segment and organise my supply chain by customer and product types, as well as by delivery dates, service levels and distribution networks?
- Do my strategies for make-to-order and make-to-stock interlink between production plant and service centre?
- Does my technical service really need 30.000 spare parts on stock or would 6.000 perhaps be sufficient, with regard to production machine availability?
- How actively am I managing the cost of warehouse and logistics with regard to my working capital throughout production plants and sites?
- Where are the hidden risks in my supply chain and what type of mitigation concept do I have, also in regard to compliance aspects?
