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Dear Readers,
 Nowadays, the words 'climate change'
are on everyones' tongues. In the truest sense of the word, with its new 'Superwurst', Ökoland has launched the world's first
'climate-neutral' sausage. Whether climate neutrality is realistic for
sausages or aircraft journeys remains to be seen. It's for sure that the
trend to ever greater sustainability represents a serious challenge for
companies. According to a recent survey, 44% of consumers favour brands
that have introduced measures to reduce their emissions of carbon
dioxide. Read the column written by Thomas Perry, managing director of
the respected Sinus Sociovision research institute, and one will gain an
insight into how consumers view the subject of sustainability.
Working together with the DGMF (German Management Research Association),
J&M Management Consulting is currently surveying consumer goods
manufacturers about economic and environmental sustainability. The
research will provide conclusions at the end of the year about corporate
strategies and the degree of practical implementation. Read on in this
issue to find out more about Green Supply Chain Management (Green SCM).
Sustainability also has an economic component. Given the uncertain
economic circumstances, efficiency is gaining importance once again. Read
more about how Heidelberger Druck, T-Systems and Sulzer Metco have
optimised their order management/financial accounting.
I hope you enjoy reading the latest publication.
Andreas
Müller
CEO
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TOPICS
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CONSULTING PROJECTS
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Heidelberger Druck takes integrated
approach to order management
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG has restructured its order management
department to enable it to deal with customer orders in a more fluid
way, and has also made key investments in employee training. The
result: Heidelberger Druck can now manage individual customer orders
promptly and precisely and, at the same time, has lowered its costs.
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Adaptive accounting at T-Systems
T-Systems is one of the first major German IT companies introducing the
new SAP general ledger, enabling it to achieve an increase in
flexibility and efficiency in its financial accounting. In future,
financial and profit centre accounting will be working with the same
dataset, ensuring consistency throughout each month. Accounting and
controlling reconciliation requirements will be reduced and the
balancing process accelerated. For the first time, T-Systems will also
be in a position to establish balances at segment level which will make
the calculation of KPIs on a profit centre basis possible.
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Sulzer Metco: secure foreign trade
Sulzer Metco uses an SAP solution to synchronize security and
efficiency in foreign trade. The SAP Global Trade Services solution
inspects client contracts and orders, and synchronises them with
current sanctions list. Order processing is immediately stopped as soon
as the system finds a correlating discrepancy. Responsible staff
members now only have to control the process in exceptional cases.
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FEATURED TOPICS
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COLUMN: Lohas – who they are and where
they live
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For over two years now, 'Lohas' ('Lifestyle of Health and
Sustainability') have been livening up the marketing and environmental
scene as a new kind of consumer. They provide the material for many
debates in marketing and politics. There are good reasons for that,
given that they seem to be the constructive response to the dilemmas of
a world in search of new orientation between climate change, the cult
of the body and the consumer society.
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SPECIAL FEATURE:
‘LEAN and Green’ – the Supply Chain of the Future
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As an industry, logistics is not immune to climate change. Consumers,
environmental authorities and trading partners are increasingly looking
for information about how much greenhouse gas is created in the
production and distribution of a product. Increasingly, too, they are
demanding measures that protect the climate. Companies wanting to make
a strategic response to this requirement can now take advantage of
J&M's Green SCM Scan.
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EXPERT
INTERVIEW: Real-time product performance management
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According to a recent Gartner report, manufacturing companies
increasingly need to take real-time decisions in complex supply chain
processes. The solution they need to enable them to meet that challenge
is product performance management. Lars Eickmann, partner of J&M,
explains what it earns and how it works.
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NEWS AND EVENTS
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 SAP
Forum: Production in the automotive and manufacturing industry
This SAP forum, to be held in Stuttgart, Germany on 25th September
2008, will set out the advantages of LEAN manufacturing for the
automotive and manufacturing industry.
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 SAP Automotive
Symposium 2008 on 4th and 5th November in Stuttgart, Germany
The SAP Automotive Symposium 2008 will have 'Open to innovation - networks
deliver success' as its topic. Alongside live demonstrations, practical
customer presentations featuring SAP solutions will provide visitors to
the symposium with inspiration and interesting insights into trends in
the automotive industry.
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 SAP information
day, warehouse and transport management, 26th November in Mannheim,
Germany
How can companies increase supply capability and service levels?
Answers to these and other interesting questions regarding warehouse
logistics will be given at this SAP information day.
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 Only one out of
20 European automobile companies are truly LEAN
The LEAN Enterprise Study 2008, carried out by J&M Management
Consulting, revealed that only about five percent of all the companies
in the automotive industry operate ideal business processes from the
perspective of LEAN manufacturing. Although on paper, the sector
deploys carefully conceived and detailed processes - incorporating TS16949
and other ISO certifications - very few companies actually apply these
standards to their own organisation.
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 J&M awarded
the 'Top Swiss Employer' seal of approval
Having recently been named 'Germany's Best Employer 2008', its Swiss
office J&M has now gained the accolade of 'Top Swiss Employer
2008'. Built around sustainability and reasonableness, the company's HR
concept is clearly bearing fruit.
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 J&M enters
into partnership with SmartOps
J&M Management Consulting has entered into a strategic partnership
with software provider SmartOps with a view to consolidating its consulting
expertise in the field of inventory optimisation. SmartOps Multistage
Inventory Planning and Optimization (MIPO) is a standalone solution
that enhances advanced planning systems (APS) by closing persistent
loopholes in inventory management and service level optimisation.
Thanks to SmartOps MIPO, J&M can assist in reducing inventories by
up to 40 percent and raising a company's working capital productivity
for the long term.
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