News: Siemens to centralise supply chain modelling for improved efficiency
As part of its long term strategy to improve efficiencies in the
supply chain, Siemens has selected Barloworld Supply Chain Software
for supply chain modelling, network design and optimisation.
Siemens has over 500 distribution centres globally and has
optimised in the past its supply chain on a regional or national
basis. An implementation process will enable Siemens to further
optimise planning of the supply chain on a global scale, reducing
complexity and cost and improving service.
Barloworld Supply Chain Software will implement its CAST
software for Siemens Industry globally; a powerful desktop based
application to evaluate and identify different supply chain
strategies, leading to cost savings and service improvements.
Karl-Heinz Butz, Head of Network Development (Global Warehouse
Network) explains, "The Siemens supply chain is multi-layered and
complex. Following a discovery project last year, we took the
decision to invest in a system which would help us to simplify our
supply chain, carry out feasibility checks and model new parts of
the network we were proposing."
"We believe that CAST will enable us to harmonise our processes
by centralising the design of our supply chain and providing us
with a roadmap to reduce cost and improve our service."
Ewan French, Chief Operating Officer at Barloworld Supply Chain
Software, adds, "The ability for Siemens to model its supply chain
centrally will offer the opportunity to simplify what is an
extremely complex network - and in doing so reduce cost. Businesses
using CAST typically achieve a 10-15% saving on their supply chain
costs through the application of network optimisation."
During the selection process CAST software was considered
alongside a number of competitor products. The feasibility study
after the initial CAST project began in January 2010. This is a
part of a long term optimisation run until 2014.