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several issues derive from an extensive product assortment such as unfocused
assortments and high costs. Analysis show that about 80% of the Group’s sales
are generated by only 12% of the products, so there is a big potential in
cleaning up,” she says. That is why the Einstein project was started, and the results speak for themselves: thanks to the Einstein project ROCKWOOL Germany has managed to simplify its general building insulation assortment significantly and cut down the number of products by 30%. And ROCKWOOL Scandinavia has reduced its production costs by avoiding thousands of product changeovers the last two years, just to mention two examples. Create overview together “The main concept behind Einstein is to bring colleagues from Finance, Production, Logistics, Marketing and Sales together to discuss and make common decisions about the assortment. All parties have a unique knowledge about our products, and when we put this knowledge together we can make better decisions for our business,” says Dorthe Finne. The initiative has been implemented in Scandinavia, Germany, Poland and Benelux, and is well on its way in UK. Einstein is now anchored as a structured approach and a yearly event in the operating companies. So how have our customers reacted? One of our Product Managers in ROCKWOOL Germany and Einstein team member says: “Our customers welcome this clear product assortment with a clear and reliable delivery service. Over the years, the number of product groups and articles increased substantially. This resulted in increased handling and management of our stock, shorter production runs and an unclear product range in our customers’ perspective. Due to the general trend in general building insulation towards better thermal performance, we could skip many products with lambda 40-value and thereby create much better clarity for the customers.” This article is written by our Group Communications department. | |||
Hvad tiltrækker dig ved at arbejde med SCM?
Så afgjort at arbejde tværfunktionelt og holistisk med hele forretningen. Supply chain er ikke en funktion i traditionel forstand, men en proces man arbejder med. I vores arbejde i Group Supply Chain samler vi mange forskellige funktioner som finans, salg, produktion og planlægning, og får dem til at se med de samme briller på forretningen.
Der er stor lydhørhed i koncernledelsen om supply chain-aktiviteter og anerkendelse af, at vi kan opnå store gevinster ved at reducere kompleksitet. Da jeg sidste år præsenterede vores topledelse for det førnævnte Einstein-projekt, var der stor opbakning til at gennemføre projektet i alle vores europæiske datterselskaber.
I vores Group Supply Chain-team får medarbejderne mulighed for at køre nogle interessante projekter på egen hånd, der bringer dem i direkte kontakt med topledelserne i forretningen. For eksempel som projektledere af et af produktportefølje-optimeringsprojekterne, hvor de arbejder sammen med topledelsen i et af europæiske datterselskaber. At drive sådanne projekter og stå på mål for resultaterne, tror jeg på, er særdeles motiverende.











