Annual Report 2001 - Carlsberg Group

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Corporate Supply Chain
Corporate Supply Chain, the Environment, etc.
Corporate Supply Chain
In connection with the reorganisation in the
autumn of 2001, all technical activities were organised
in a department called Corporate Supply
Chain, which includes Operational Control, Innovation,
Quality Assurance as well as Process and
Quality Audit.
As previously, the main tasks of this organisation
are to ensure and continuously improve the
quality of the Group’s two main brands Carlsberg
and Tuborg through auditing of breweries and
suppliers, development of quality management
tools and continued development of process
demands based on targeted research in close cooperation
with the Carlsberg Research Center.
Other high priority issues will be the Group’s efforts
to expand its environmental activities and, to
a larger extent than before, follow up on the subsidiaries’
operational key figures.
Operations control
Carlsberg Breweries wishes to ensure efficient
production through close cooperation with its
subsidiaries. This is achieved by expanding the
Group’s existing benchmarking system so that the
data collected can be used actively to optimise
the activities of the individual breweries.
The global control system that ensures the high
quality of Carlsberg Breweries’ products consists
of a comprehensive set of tools.
The intensified focus on Group company investments
continued in 2001 with a view to ensuring
optimum use of the investment funds and
the existence of long-term investment programmes
for the individual breweries.
Quality
Product quality assurance is a key task for the new
Supply Chain organisation. The quality of raw materials
and production is ensured through various
QI
The global control system that ensures the high
quality of Carlsberg Breweries’ products consists
of a comprehensive set of tools.
CILAS
Brewery XXX, YYY, ZZZ
@
Analytical quality package
Internal Network
Firewall
SAP
OTM
QC/SPC
QC/SPC:
QI:
OTM:
CILAS:
Quality Control/Statistical
Process Control
Quality Index
On-line Technical Manual
Carlsberg Inter Laboratory
Analysis Scheme