River Logic and Staufen: Optimizing value chains together
June 13, 2024
Holistic approach: Optimized supply chains through Staufen and River Logic
Köngen, June 10th, 2024 — The consulting company Staufen a Lean Management consulting service and academy, has joined the partner program of River Logic, a global innovator in network design and optimization. With the introduction of the Digital Planning Twin™ and River Logic’s Value Chain Optimization Solution, Staufen is opening up new opportunities to offer its customers optimized supply chain functionalities to support their business goals.
Staufen is taking over the representation and integration of an innovative solution for optimizing the value chain. The solution developed by River Logic offers customers enormous potential for improvement in their supply chain.
Staufen offers consulting services and management work strategies with focus on operational excellence based on lean philosophy to prevent waste, increase organizational productivity, and improve product quality. Additionally, Staufen helps managers and employees to establish sustainable change process coupled with continuous development with intuitive strategies and methods through empowerment and a teachable corporate culture.
After his master studies in Industrial Engineering and Management at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, he gained 8 years of consulting experience in supporting companies on their way to Lean Transformation. Furthermore he has international project experience in other European countries and experienced the management of projects for medium-sized customers and takeover of sub-projects for corporate groups. In reference projects he knows about the holistic OEE improvements in plant-intensive industries, introduction of Shop Floor Management, as well as coaching of executives in Shop Floor Management from team leader to managing director. Furthermore the introduction of a synchronized stand assembly incl. logistics connection in plant construction and factory planning projects (brownfield and greenfield). Complementary the design of cross-plant value streams and the optimization and design of assembly lines incl. connection to logistics.
Consulting services for operational excellence and lean philosophy
With River Logic as a reliable technology and business partner who has extensive experience in the consulting industry as well as expertise in solving complex supply chain challenges, Staufen will support companies to improve their supply chain network performance and increase the resiliens, robustness and responsiveness.
“As specialists in operational excellence and supply chain network management, our experts work with state-of-the-art tools to better meet the needs of our customers. Working with River Logic ideally supports our holistic approach to making the entire supply chain, including individual partners, more responsive, robust and efficient,”
We look forward to the partnership and the innovative capabilities that River Logic’s optimization models and ad hoc analytics will provide.
Principal Staufen, Christian Ullrich
Optimizing supply chain networks: increasing efficiency and profitability
“While evaluating joint opportunities with Staufen’s excellent team of consultative professionals, we will provide prospective clients with supply chain network optimization solutions that will allow them to solve for strategic, financial and operational needs,” said Carlos Centurion, President of River Logic. “Our Value Chain Optimization solution, combining end-to-end supply chain scenario management, including financial modeling, sustainability, and utilization of AI, will help streamline processes for better returns on investment. Together with Staufen, we will focus on providing increased efficiencies for all involved, while maintaining Staufen’s market reputation as a continued leader and reference for operational excellence.”
About River Logic
Founded in 2000, River Logic is a global leader in supply chain strategy and planning, helping companies across a wide range of industries resolve complex, cross-functional trade-off decisions while optimizing key objectives like growth, margin, service levels and more. The foundation of River Logic’s technology is a Digital Planning Twin™, which helps companies easily, quickly and thoroughly assess a truly end-to-end set of scenarios, not only including Network Design Optimization, but full value chain that extends to product portfolio, sustainability targets and the financial impact in terms of profitability and the ability to finance the operation. www.riverlogic.com.
The network of parties involved in the value creation process is becoming increasingly complex – especially due to the globalization of sales markets, production sites and procurement markets. Those who best master this complex value network and professionally manage the “customer-to-customer process,” i.e., make the goods available efficiently at the right time and in the right place, have a significant competitive edge.
