FOREWORD W elcome to the January edition of Supply Chain Digital ! Our cover feature this month zones in on Coca-Cola Amatil as we speak with Simon Robinson , Head of Supply Chain , to discuss the supply chain growth achieved at the organisation . “ A lot of the growth came through the improvement of what we call OEE , which is the plant efficiency ,” says Robinson . “ Basically we can sell every case we can make , so sales are not an issue . Every 1 % improvement in operational efficiency went straight to volume and straight to revenue . Improving the efficiency of those lines was the major driver of the growth in 2019 .
This month ’ s leadership column hears from Corinne Goldberg , Manager at Deloitte , to discuss the impact of digitisation in the supply chain space .
Elsewhere in the magazine , Nic Walden , UK procurement programme leader at The Hackett Group , talks digital transformation in procurement and Georgia Wilson travels to Germany to speak with DHL and tour the company ’ s Innovation Center .
You also won ’ t want to miss in-depth features with Five Guys Enterprises , McPherson ’ s Consumer Products , OCS Group UK , G4S and Sensient Technologies Corporation .
Finally , this issue ’ s Top 10 takes a closer look at the industry ’ s leading procurement executives .
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