IDM | Technology/IT
46 · 4-5 2017 | international-dairy.com
The Coppenrath & Wiese project at a glance
• Introduction of add*ONE Demand Planner at the Coppenrath
& Wiese food company
• Special challenges: seasonal fluctuations, shortages in production,
varying products for the German and the international
food markets, adequate controlling of international sales
• Results of the application:
- Multidimensional demand planning on a weekly basis
- Improved visualization and data transparency
- The software offers significant effort reduction and
extensive support for the employees
is now supporting sales planning at the logistics location of Osnabrück,
as well as at their site in Leeds, England. A few months after
the final acceptance, significant improvements in demand planning
already became obvious. INFORM's intelligent algorithms formed
the basis for using agile methods at Coppenrath & Wiese. The company
is now able to react quickly, flexibly and at all times to new
demands of the dynamic food market: fluctuations, especially during
holidays and seasonal peaks, can be recognized early and thus
shortages can be avoided. "The precise planning on a weekly basis
helps us tremendously. We used to view everything on a monthly
basis. This can lead to gaps in supply. We are now able to view the
exact schedules of promotions. This makes our lives a lot easier," as
Heinemann points out. The newly reached level of detail has proven
to bring great advantages: "With the added-value information, we
are now able to recognize effects on our stock planning process
and our procurement, so that we can use INFORM's software as
an integrated part of our overall planning process," as Heinemann
summarizes the accomplished goals. "We are very satisfied with
the current solution. We will go on optimizing our logistics with
INFORM, in order to continuously improve the entire planning process,"
Heinemann concludes.
Research into Work Based Learning (WBL)
AEDIL
The Association of European Dairy Industry Learning (AEDIL)
is a European network of key dairy stakeholders. These
include dairy schools, dairy universities, dairy companies
and associations. AEDIL was granted an EU wide dairy skills
project analyzing the skills needs and gaps, now and the future,
for the dairy industry. The Project is led by an EU wide
partnership and is composed of four major stages:
1. development of a framework for research of skills needs
and supply in the dair y sector;
2. research
3. analysis of the data
4. recommendations on how to close the gaps and even out
mismatches.
• The expected impact on dairy schools and universities –
upgrade and improve their curriculum.
• The expected impact on dairy enterprises – know which
educational institutions in Europe that educate graduates
with the skills they need.
As part of the initial stages AEDIL will need to understand
‘delivery mechanisms’ where one such method, Work Based
Learning (WBL), will be examined. The international trade
show drinktec 2017 in Munich will provide an outstanding
venue with many key stakeholders present which will be invited
to a Work Based Learning short conference. There
will be expert speakers and case studies of best practice.
The aim of this small conference is to gather best practice
and understand where the good and bad parts of WBL exist
and make sure AEDIL’s project delivers an exceptional and
achievable list of recommendations by November 2019.
AEDIL members, front row from left: Zuleyha Avsar | Turkey,
Torsten Sach | Germany, Metin Guldas | Turkey, Chris Edwards
| UK; second row from left: Thierry Michelet | France, Marie
Pritzkow | Germany, Lis Korsbjerg | Denmark, Anne-Sofi Christiansen
| Denmark