Concurrent CI Sessions in Germany and Saudi Arabia
Sehnde, Germany, 10/10/2004
V-LINE Europe GmbH and customer SABIC, the giant Saudi multinational petrochemicals, fertilizers and metals group, have successfully completed their first ever concurrent CI (continuous improvement) sessions. Continuous improvement in performance and cost is an important aspect of the cross border MRO supply service that V-LINE provides to SABIC plants.
The sessions were held simultaneously at the companies’ headquarters in Germany and Saudi Arabia respectively. While V-LINE key accounts manager Matthias Spannuth was arriving at Jubail to lead the 3rd Quarter continuous improvement session with procurement and operations managers from the participating plants there, Jassim A Al Sayegh and Sami Al Jamil and their SABIC logistics delegation were landing at Hannover Airport near Sehnde.
“The personal exchange of information about bottlenecks, shut down schedules and pending clarifications is of very high value, specially in difficult times“ said Matthias Spannuth “and suggestions coming out of each Jubail visit add guidance and motivation for my entire V-LINE staff .”
The visiting SABIC logistics delegation inspected all service-related functions at V-LINE EUROPE. “This is my 3rd visit here“ said Jassim A Al Sayegh, current leader of the FANAR implementation team and the assigned head of transactional procurement and logistics. “My first visit was 15 years ago and for all this time V-LINE has held the number one position in foreign MRO procurement. Looking ahead, we discussed our new IT environment at SABIC which will further extend real time data exchange and possibly include bar code labelling at V-LINE warehouses” he said. “And we found the new V-LINE proposal to lead a service quality improvement circle for other SABIC suppliers a very interesting suggestion.”
About SABIC
Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC), a Saudi Arabian Joint Stock Company, was established in l976 CE (1396 AH) to produce and market worldwide superior quality petrochemicals, fertilisers and metals. More than two-thirds of production is exported. SABIC is one of the largest fertiliser export companies in the world. The SABIC companies at Al-Juabail Industrial City represent the largest accumulation of advanced commodity chemical technology in the world, 16 basic, downstream and support industries.
The Sabic Group has achieved dynamic growth via an outward looking strategy that focuses on high quality products suitable for international markets. It employees a joint venture model that has proven successful in both marketing and production. Products are sold in 80 countries via a global marketing network offering full service customer support. Most plants are ISO 9002 certified. R & D and acquisition of advanced technology are principal elements of the Group’s growth strategy.
About V-LINE
The V-LINE Group of Companies headquartered in Sehnde nr Hanover, Germany was founded In l979 to provide capital intensive industrial plants in the Middle East with services aimed at reducing the total procurement costs of cross border (foreign-made) spare parts. Today, from two buying / warehousing / logistics operations in Japan and the United States and its main operations and administrative hub in Germany, it serves a global customer base of large organizations on every continent. For further information, please visit website www.v-line.com or contact by phone: country code +49 5138/7008-0 (DE); 732/493-1400 (US); 66/675-3001(JP)
