CANADA program to make sure everything we do is lean and agile . We reduce our internal costs and improve our competitiveness . That then translates down to the business entity levels to specific action plans , so each function will have an ambition boost transformation plan each year which is then acted upon and driven down into our annual objectives . Everyone gets an annual objective based on the business plans within the company .”
In procurement specifically , this improves the competency and capability of staff , and how the warehousing is managed more effectively . Some of this is achieved internally and some by using 3PL , in other words , outsourcing to third party logistics services .
“ We make sure we ’ re using contemporary tools and processes as well , instead of just sitting back on our laurels and accepting what we ’ ve got is good ,” White says . He explains there is a large focus on improvement , and while it used to be the case that each part of the business would have had its own plan , with the new Ambition 10 program they all work seamlessly together . “ If I ’ ve got a savings or competitiveness target to achieve this year that ’ s also now linked to engineering , because the only way we can really do it now is with value engineering or design to cost . We ’ re now starting to link the plans together which was not done before .”
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