Case-Studies

Europe-Logistic and ERP-Solution: Cosmetic & Health-Care

• Concept: consolidation of European national warehouse locations into one European Distribution Centre (EDC); ERP-System provided by logistic service provider as ASP-Solution (application service provider)
• Implementation: European distribution centre in Germany; satellite warehouse in UK, Italy; evaluation and implementation of an ERP-System (NAVISION) for European ASP utilisation; management and reporting functions for European headquarter in Swiss and headquarter in Tokyo; final mile distribution in Germany and France; national and European distributor; replenishment fulfilment for satellite warehouse

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Internal Project Management: Implementation SAP R/3 FI, CO, AM, SD, MM

• Company-Type: Japanese corporation (headquarter Germany + eastern Europe)
• Market segment: printer, scanner, high-end robotics
• Scope: steering team member together with executive board and external consultant; management of the business-process-reengineering team and the technical implementation

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Europe-Logistic Industrial-Automation

• Concept: evaluation of EDC location, cargo flow production/procurement à warehouse, value-added-services and distribution logistics in Europe
• Implementation: main EDC northern Europe (Germany); distribution services: direct customer, direct installation site, national and European distributor

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Interim Management: General Management Operation

• Company-Type: Japanese logistic service provider (headquarter Germany + 4 branch offices)
• Scope: managerial responsibility for entire German logistic operation; direct reporting to Japanese managing director Germany, European headquarter London and headquarter Tokyo

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Internal Project Management: Implementation of TQM (Total Quality Management)

• Company-Type: US corporation (headquarter Germany + decentralised regional sales units)
• Market segment: medical technology (anaesthesia, contrast media, radiology)
• Scope: full implementation of a TQM-System from VISION – MISSION – TARGETS up to training in methods and documentation

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External Project Management: Relocation of a multi-user Logistic Facility & Implementation of a new Warehouse Management Software

• Company-Type: Japanese logistic service provider (headquarter Germany)
• Scope: technical and operational development of a logistic facility at target destination; process-evaluation and optimisation; definition of target specification; software evaluation process; implementation (technical + operational); interfaces with customer ERP (SAP R/3); physical move of the entire internal IT department including computer centre

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External Core-Team-Member: European Software Evaluation Warehouse Management System

• Company-Type: Japanese logistic service provider (European management headquarter & technical headquarter Rotterdam)
• Scope: process-evaluation, -harmonisation, and –optimisation (11 national organisations); define target specification; software evaluation process

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Automotive Logistics Processes

• TOYOTA-Cross-Dock for production supply operation
• implementation of interfaces in automotive segment
  • Hitachi <-> Ford
  • Mitsubishi Motors <-> Daimler Chrysler

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Interim Management: IT

• Company-Type: Japanese logistic service provider (headquarter Germany)
• Scope: managerial responsibility of headquarter IT department; stabilisation and extension of services; direct reporting towards Japanese managing director; expansion of national IT services for all 4 national branch offices

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Europe-Logistic CBU Complete Build-up Unit

• concept development together with customer and competitors (south Europe)
  • European CBU (motorcycle, scooter, ATV, marine equipment); 4 warehouses in Europe; dealer distribution
• Implementation
  • warehouse construction (green field) in Hamburg (30.000m²)
    • production facilities (racking, fork lift trucks, etc.)
    • technical facilities (W-LAN, paperless operation equipment, etc.)
  • recruitment, start of operation, seasonal fine-tuning
  • evaluation and operational connexion of a satellite warehouse north of Stockholm

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New Logistic Entities in Central Europe

• management-support in foundation and implementation of subsidiaries in Hungary, Poland and Czech
• active market measures to implement central European groupage freight services

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Technical Project Management: Introduction of an Enterprise Resource Management System (ERP)

• Company-Type: US corporation (headquarter Germany)
• Market segment: medical technology (anaesthesia, contrast media, radiology)
• Scope: software evaluation process; implementation; training (sales, warehouse, management, IT)

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External Project Management: High-Bay Warehouse Optimisation

• Company-Type: Japanese logistic service provider (headquarter Germany)
• Scope: stabilisation and optimisation within an existing high-bay warehouse system (Mannesmann Dematic) for a Japanese customer (consumer electronics); integration of additional customer into the existing operational steering mechanism

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External Project Management: Evaluation and Implementation of a Freight Forwarding Software

• Company-Type: logistic service provider (headquarter Germany + 3 branches)
• Scope: process evaluation and optimisation; user requirements specification; software evaluation; implementation (technical, operational); operational and technical interfaces towards port-systems Hamburg and Bremen

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Europe Logistics: Consumer Electronics

• concept and implementation: European EDC; final mile distribution Germany; distribution west- and east-Europe

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