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Future-proof your logistics with modern supply chain management!

Supply Chain Excellence in Operation

Ensuring efficiency, shaping the future

Today, manufacturing companies are under immense cost pressure, have to cope with supply chain disruptions, and at the same time meet increasing sustainability requirements. Those who excel in supply chain management not only reduce logistics costs but also increase the resilience of the entire value creation network. Only by mastering logistics processes can companies react flexibly and quickly to changing conditions.

Our promise: We will support you in systematically establishing and sustainably securing operational excellence along the entire supply chain – from your suppliers to your end customers.

Our Consulting Services for Supply Chain Excellence in Operation

Your supply chain perfectly coordinated

Your challenges:

  • Volatile markets and high manual effort in creating forecasts
  • Lack of synchronization between sales, production, and finance
  • Efficiency losses in operational processing

UNITY solution approach:

  • Maturity analysis to identify areas requiring action and potential for optimization
  • Development of integrated, end-to-end planning processes and appropriate organizational and IT structures
  • Transformation of the planning chain, including system integration and piloting for sustainable success
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Greater profitability through smart inventory optimization

Your challenges:

  • High inventory levels and tied-up capital
  • Losses due to spoilage or obsolescence
  • Supply bottlenecks due to insufficient inventory

UNITY solution approach:

  • Precise inventory planning thanks to optimized demand forecasts
  • Introduction of modern inventory management systems for full transparency and control
  • Development and implementation of inventory reservations, just-in-time deliveries, and vendor-managed inventory to secure important customer orders
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Proactive management instead of merely reacting

Your challenges:

  • Delayed responses to deviations and disruptions in the supply chain
  • Lack of or insufficient use of leading indicators for forward-looking management
  • Operational management is too focused on day-to-day business and does not act strategically enough

UNITY solution approach:

  • Introduction of effective leading indicators for the early detection of bottlenecks and disruptions
  • Development of a powerful KPI and performance management system with relevant key figures along the entire end-to-end supply chain
  • Establishment of clear roles, routines, and responsibilities for efficient and proactive operational control
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Emerging from the crisis as a winner

Your challenges:

  • Crises reveal weaknesses in existing organizational structures.
  • Fast, effective action in a crisis is crucial.
  • There is a lack of leaders who are willing to take responsibility.

UNITY solution approach:

  • Creation of a practical crisis manual with clear roles and rules for immediate activation
  • Professional management of task forces for maximum performance in crisis mode
  • Provision of experienced interim managers who temporarily take on key positions with operational responsibility and ensure rapid implementation
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Unlock potential through transparency and efficiency in your supply chain

Your challenges:

  • Risks due to delivery interruptions, insufficient product quality, and price increases
  • Failure to meet delivery deadlines, customer service, and flexibility requirements

UNITY solution approach:

  • Development of a customized supplier management playbook to harmonize your supplier processes
  • Identification and expansion of strategic partnerships through targeted supplier segmentation and evaluation
  • Conducting supplier audits and defining sustainable development measures to increase performance and quality
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Discover the optimal path with our assistance

Your challenges:

  • High costs for inbound, intercompany, and outbound transport
  • Low utilization of your vehicle fleet
  • Increasing demands for sustainable transport solutions

UNITY solution approach

  • Requirement analysis: Type and quantity of goods to be transported, delivery dates, delivery locations, transport modes, and special requirements
  • Data collection: Holistic view of transport planning data, from purchasing to sales, including material data
  • Route and capacity planning: Selection of optimal transport routes and assignment of means of transport to the planned routes
  • Implementation and monitoring of transport planning
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Outsource transport and logistics activities efficiently and cost-effectively

Your challenges: 

  • Complex supply chains with numerous players, different modes of transport, and international requirements
  • Limited resources such as a lack of transport fleets, storage capacity, or specialized expertise

UNITY solution approach:

  • Precise needs analysis: Determination of your requirements in terms of transport types, volume, and geographical coverage
  • Systematic identification of suitable service providers and obtaining appropriate quotes
  • Objective evaluation based on clearly defined criteria for informed decision-making
  • Creation of a guide for successful contract negotiations
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Project stories in Supply Chain Management
  • Logo Wago
    Resource-efficient logistics: Sustainability and efficiency along the supply chain
  • Logo von Alfa Laval
    Master planning concept for efficient sales and production planning for a plant in China
  • Logo Lufthansa Technik
    Merging of two workshops
  • Logo Waldemar Link
    Quick-Check OPEX @ Waldemar Link
  • Logo Mettler Toledo
    Digital Factory Planning
  • Logo Mettler Toledo
    Logistics concept at site Nänikon
  • Logo Inficon
    Re-design of Cleanroom Production and the Logistics System
  • 设备规划及实施 (仅提供英文版本)
  • Logo Lufthansa Technik
    Digital Reference Architecture LHT
  • Logo Diebold Nixdorf
    Restructuring of the Diebold Nixdorf site in Paderborn
  • Bobst Logo
    Process standardization across all sites
  • Logo V-Zug
    V-ZUG 33 – Logistics concept for a vertical factory
  • Logo Schott
    Implementation support for a new factory
  • Produktion Optimizing with Lean Production
  • Logo Lufthansa Technik
    Industrial reorientation of maintenance
  • Logo thyssenkrupp
    Support of digitalization pilots
  • Logo St. Claraspital
    Resource efficiency through Supply Cart System
  • Logo Schott
    Market Leadership in Smart Manufacturing
  • Logo Schott
    Detailed planning of new production site
  • Logo Mondi
    Detailed planning of a strategic location development
  • Logo Mettler Toledo
    Standardization of Packaging Material
  • Logo Mettler Toledo
    Sound planning basis for all business units
  • Logo Lufthansa Technik
    Development of Roadmap 2020
  • Logo IWN
    Long-term increase in production efficiency
  • Logo Dürkopp Adler
    Innovative sewing and assistance system
  • EMAG
    新工厂的精益管理辅导 (仅提供英文版本)
  • Logo Deutsche Bahn
    Increasing efficiency and lead times
  • Logo Viessmann
    Clear methodology in the planning process
  • Logo thyssenkrupp
    Realizing digital customer journey
  • Design of Inbound, Inner-Plant and Outbound Logistics
  • 资源管理 (仅提供英文版本)
  • Logo Heroal
    Creating added value for customers and company
  • Logo der Bayer AG
    Clear roles and responsibilities for IT and OT
  • Concept creation of a digital process platform

Our experts for Supply Chain Excellence in Operation

Manuel Kumle

Business Area Lead

Stuttgart, Germany
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Dr. Michael Herbst

Partner, Business Area Team Lead

Cologne, Germany
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Katharina Pierschalik

Partner, Business Area Lead

Paderborn, Germany
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Martin Ramm

Business Area Lead

Hamburg, Germany
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Jan Weirich

Head of SCM & Logistics

Cologne, Germany
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