20 SCS:THE EUROPEAN SUPPLY CHAIN EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2008 DECEMBER 2008 SUPPLY CHAIN STANDARD
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Winner
Nokia Siemens Networks
Shortlisted
Belron
Mondi
Nokia Siemens Networks
Nokia Siemens Networks
has followed a radical
transformational strategy.
The Overall Winner Award is the most highly coveted
supply chain award in Europe. Over the 12 years of the
European Supply Chain Excellence Awards there has
been a succession of truly excellent winners, companies and
organisations that have led the field for their innovative
strategies, dedicated leadership, team engagement and
exemplary execution. This year is no exception; the outright
winner of the 2008 Awards demonstrates all the characteristics
and attributes of a world-leading supply chain. In the words of
the judges: “With this model they are going to be a leader in
the transformation of their industry.” Who are they talking
about? Well, let’s go through the process of filtering through
the top contenders first.
All of the industry sector winners were of course reviewed
for the Overall Winner Award and by definition, they all
displayed excellence in at least parts of their supply chain
operations. The industry sector winners were: Kimberly-Clark,
Belron, Nokia Siemens Networks, Mondi, and Electrabel.
The judges liked Kimberly-Clark’s highly customer focused
approach, its collaborative engagements and the application
of its connected enterprise system. Electrabel impressed the
judges with its transition from a cost-plus operating model to
one based on availability. But there were closer contenders for
the top award.
Network optimisation
Coming third overall was Belron. The judges say, “no one has
done what they have in the industry in managing glass in this
way. They have an extensive range of windscreens – there are
issues around transportability, around availability – and they
have a need to get to the scene very quickly. The way they
manage, store and secure glass and offer the product variety
that they do without actually carrying lots of inventory is
pretty clever.” This project involved the optimisation of its
whole network, from order through to delivery to the
customer, and in the judges’ view, “this was all about providing
outstanding customer service”.
Nokia Siemens Networks operates in
a highly competitive global market
place where low-cost manufacturers
from the Far East are driving western
telecoms network equipment
providers to consider significant and
far reaching strategic change.
International paper and packaging company, Mondi,
demonstrated to the judges that it had transformed its
organisation to create a truly end-to-end supply chain. The
solution included an intelligent strategy, sound process
architecture and a new IT system that supports the new
strategy. Its primary focus was on increasing the transparency
and visibility along the supply chain and it was evident that
the company had clearly achieved this. The judges recognised
that Mondi’s supply chain was customer focused, involved
deep collaborative planning with customers, was a multi-year
transformation and worked across all five core disciplines.
Indeed, “Mondi has done all the things you would hope and
expect to see in a supply chain improvement programme.”
But for the judges there was only one clear winner. Second
place then went to Mondi.
Nokia Siemens Networks operates in a highly competitive
global market place where low-cost manufacturers from the
Far East are driving western telecoms network equipment
providers to consider significant and far reaching strategic
change. In fact the company is the result of a merger between
Nokia and Siemens’ network businesses, created to compete
in this fierce market.
NSN has followed a radical transformational strategy where
new processes were defined and implemented, new facilities
established, and major SAP changes undertaken – all
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