Manufacturing Solution
Digital and Manufacturing Consulting
Supply Chain Optimization
The Change Management program was designed to increase profitability by rationalizing supply channels, redesigning the end to end supply chain process and increasing product standardization and quality.
It had a holistic focus and included 4 workstreams:
Hitachi Consulting* designed a sophisticated TCO model that included every component of total cost, from procurement of raw materials to processing and, as part of a comprehensive MCRS® to drive compliance and generate savings, installed and measured relevant KPIs at various levels.
A streamlined purchasing process also supported continuous improvement by driving supplier On-Time In-Full (OTIF) and quality and reducing inventory. In turn, the new Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) procedures impacted customer satisfaction by increasing OTIF and quality.
Egypt’s Kandil Steel is a genuine regional player, with over 21 years experience in steel manufacturing. Its ambition is to become a high quality, low cost producer, but it had not fully achieved this despite its strong technical capabilities and recent investment in a new service centre.
The steel sector was also at the bottom of the cycle, so a decision was made to launch a high-impact Change Management program that would re-instate Kandil Steel as a successful operator and Hitachi Consulting* was brought in to help drive it.
Management compliant operational KPIs were fully installed, short interval controls were implemented across different functions and a performance management system and a ‘can do’ attitude was fully embedded in the team.
*Project work implemented by Celerant Consulting
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TCO made us realize that we were buying the cheapest coils, but not necessarily the most profitable ones.
- Khalil Kandil, CEO