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The nibs in Montblanc's expensive fountain pens are truly handcrafted.

But even in the noble manufactory, production processes must be optimized and made fit for the future.

In addition to reducing throughput times, a team of experts also reduced inventories and adjusted the flow of materials.

Sihl achieves significant reduction in net working capital with logistics simulation.

The growth and technological progress of the products led Sihl to the point of analyzing how to improve the supply chain processes and the decisive competitive advantage "delivery time".

This was triggered on the one hand by different, country-specific ERP systems and the associated friction losses.

Optimization of the supply chain:

Supplier integration via Kanban.
The changeover initially took place in a clearly defined, manageable pilot area.

Organizational tools are being applied as well as the possibilities in SAP.

By cadences, aircraft manufacturers mean production plans and forecasts that extend far into the future.

One might think that this foresight would also provide suppliers with planning security, but often the opposite is the case. In order to always manufacture in line with the customer's requirements, suppliers therefore often have no choice but to use a supporting analysis/planning application.

The consultants of A&K achieved complete long-term forecasts and an automation of sales planning according to the requirements of the aerospace industry.

Together with the experts from Abels & Kemmner, the management redesigned the logistics business model and built a market-synchronized value chain.

As a result, Driescher increased throughput and at the same time improved on-time delivery of customer orders.

With suitable short-term measures that target the strongest inventory drivers, large inventory reduction effects can be achieved very quickly.

However, to ensure that these quick wins do not fizzle out again just as quickly, additional sustainable measures must be taken to achieve permanently optimally aligned inventory structures.

Together with Abels & Kemmner, GAH Alberts has succeeded in drastically reducing inventories, starting with short-term measures. Subsequently, an optimized planning and scheduling system developed in parallel led to permanently low inventories.