Steel industry and steel trade

The requirements of customers in the steel industry and steel trade for on-time delivery and speed of delivery, especially of special materials, will continue to increase. The establishment of service and value-added solutions for customers is only just beginning and is creating new market opportunities.

Digitalization is becoming a competitive factor - holistic eCom strategies are in demand. Service centers and processing centers are the first steps toward greater integration in customer processes.

Supply chain excellence from procurement to delivery to the customer offers a wide range of opportunities for in-house optimization of the special logistical challenges (customer-specific production, small batch sizes, long technologically determined lead times, high information requirements and production constraints, and environmental and energy requirements).

: Development and moderation of a holistic optimization program to reduce logistics costs

Identification of change drivers through a logistic customer satisfaction analysis

Optimization of the value chain from goods receipt (coil) to delivery (cold strip)

Definition and moderation of the implementation of a logistics ATLAS incl. recording of all logistical and commercial key figures

Organizational concept for central supply chain planning (consolidation of procurement, production planning, shipping)

Establishment and implementation of working capital reduction
: Establishment and execution of an overall project management for the implementation of a holistic optimization program

Design and implementation of a new logistics center in steel service (with a high degree of automation in processing)

Optimization of production throughput times (definition and implementation of measures) - Forging operations and prefabrication

Project management - value stream management in production for a large steel manufacturer (hot section, cold section)

Establishment and implementation of a lean management program in production

Video-based setup analysis on focal plants in production

Program Management: Establishment and Implementation of Working Capital Reduction
: Digitization of sales processes in the steel trade with complex variant structures (block, bar, etc.)

Project management SAP C/4 implementation incl. connection SAP

SAP S/4 Hana Migration - Project management

Conception of digitization approaches along the value creation stages incl. KI-based work plan adaptation

Project management Planning and implementation of a highly automated logistics service center

Identification of optimization approaches to improve SAP APO PP/DS Planning

Video-based setup analysis as the basis for continuous setup optimization (eLearning module)
: Digitization of sales processes in the steel trade Sales and service management

Reorganization of the sales organization (Casting Group)

Reorganization of order processing (Schmiede Group)

Realignment of the national distribution and processing network for a steel manufacturer using simulation models (Center of Gravity)
: Reorganization of coil purchasing - introduction of MTS strategies for strategic material purchasing

Planning and implementation of measures to avoid inventory in the value chain (scrap handling, circulating inventory, finished goods inventory)

Identification of cost drivers in value creation, in particular purchasing, and measures to reduce them (traditional foundry)

Cost analysis purchasing (forging company)

Cost and contribution margin analysis purchasing coil - sheet metal processing plant

Establishment of material group management for raw material procurement (castings)

Planning and implementation of measures to optimize the purchase of scrap metal

Planning and implementation of measures to optimize the purchase of scrap metal
: Selection of an APS detailed planning system for cross-plant production planning (cold rolling mill)

Organizational concept central supply chain planning (consolidation of procurement, production planning, shipping)

Simulation of the value creation stages to determine optimal scheduling parameters and stages

Optimization of production lead times (definition and implementation of measures)

Designing Supply Net Planning and building an S&OP process (from campaign planning to sequencing).

IT architecture and vendor selection for S&OP planning
: Tendering and supervision of the award of an outsourcing solution

Project management Planning and implementation of a highly automated logistics service center

Warehouse planning steel trade incl. logistics processes

Optimization of logistics provider connection (service definition, tendering, awarding, implementation)
: Parameter Driven Disposition - Simulation Based Adjustment of SAP Disposition Parameters

Detailed concept for the construction of a new rolling center (incl. material supply and high-bay waste disposal)

Simulation, potential study for the optimization of the logistic performance for the material supply of the rolling units

Development and moderation of a holistic optimization program to reduce logistics costs

Simulation of goods delivery by rail and identification of capacity expansions in rail unloading

Simulation truck outgoing goods (with DOSIMIS-SDZ) and measures for optimization