Fast, faster Korch – Part 2

A system for everything

The entire Production including Breakdown also runs via the new ERP system: This includes the management of cutting lists, the determination of cutting yield through actual weighing, the calculation of material price and production costs, the actual recipe weighing across all production stages including the QA inspection plans as well as the calculation of nutritional values, allergens and ingredients in compliance with the QUID regulations. In winweb-food, packaging is also planned on an order-related basis and with direct reference to the respective packaging lines. Batch traceability and finished goods packaging control round off the range. All production data can be evaluated quickly and flexibly. “This involves specific questions such as: How much waste is there in packaging when a new roll of film is inserted?”, explains Pascal Eckerscham. At present, Dirk Oswald and his team are still checking reality in very concrete terms directly in production. The result flows into the manufacturing cost calculation in order to be able to calculate again in a new and even more accurate way.

For many major customers, with the Winweb's own EDIConverter the entry of customer orders, electronic delivery and forwarding order messages as well as invoice transmission implemented - which now makes it significantly more efficient and less prone to errors. Picking is largely carried out using scanners: “This also reduces errors and ensures faster picking”, says Eckerscham. After successful loading control, the forwarding orders are transmitted to the forwarding company in winweb-food via the EDIIFTMIN interface and the required NVE labels are printed directly from the ERP system. Via the management information system, the entire sales volume can be analyzed at the click of a mouse, for example. The calculation of sales prices taking into account all conditions and downstream costs such as annual rebates also takes place in the system.

Paperless orders

In addition, in the 21 company-ownedBranches around Radeberg and from Dresden to Zittau all store systems connected. Relevant master data such as item information, prices or promotions are maintained at headquarters and transferred to the store systems of the branches. Using time and item-controlled order templates, each branch then orders its goods from headquarters paperlessly. All orders are transferred automatically and control production planning and order picking. After checkout closing, the receipt and TSE data from each branch are transferred automatically, processed for the evaluation of sales, revenue and shrinkage and transferred preposted to financial accounting.

In the document management system, all documents are ultimately collected: all incoming invoices that are posted via winweb-food, cost invoices, supplier certificates and article passports, proofs or delivery notes. Everything is automatically assigned to the appropriate process via barcode recognition.

Costing under control

“Now we have costing completely under control”, says Controller Dirk Oswald happily. “We immediately see where we have leeway, where there is pressure, at which points do production losses occur?” Felix Alber also says that all the effort was worth it: “We now have the certainty that we are calculating reality. We can analyze different dimensions, create a pivot table with just one click of the mouse, which makes analyzing the ongoing processes much easier for us. And finally we have one hundred percen- t consistency in merchandise management.” There is now only a single system that can be updated: “No special customizations have to be programmed, with winweb-food I get everything from one source”, says Alber.

Of course, not everything was always perfect, says the manager. It has happened that a product extension for mapping individual processes had to be adjusted once again. “But the whole thing is also highly complex and an ongoing process that is never finished,” Alber knows.

And Pascal Eckerscham adds: “Of course, there were already minor delays on both sides.” However, that is to be expected with a project of this size and is taken into account in advance during project planning. “Ultimately, there were no major problems during the transition”, both sides agree.

Consumption analysis is on the agenda

Next, among other things, a consumption analysis of the branches is planned and the calculation of ingredients and nutritional values via the recipes. One of his heartfelt concerns can also soon be realized: “So far, a physical inventory has been carried out every month”, Alber explains. As a result, he only has the financial activity on his desk on the 10th of the following month.

“Once inventory is represented one hundred percent in winweb-food and the bridge to financial accounting is in place at the end of the month, all you have to do is press the button to immediately have the profit and loss of the month that has just ended on the screen.” One of its most important key figures – kilos per labor hour – Alber can already retrieve continuously today: “This helps us constantly optimize processes in order to become faster and more effective.”

Radeberger Fleisch- und Wurstwaren Korch GmbH, founded in 1991 and originating from a butcher's shop in Silesia, processes and sells 140 tons of ham and sausage products per week with around 400 employees. Annual turnover amounts to around 50 million euros. The products are offered nationwide under the brand “Original Radeberger” on self-service shelves, but are also sold at fresh food counters in regional retail and in the company's own branch network. “Original Radeberger” has a high brand awareness of up to 90 percent in the eastern federal states.

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