Future-proof your logistics!

Supply Chain Management Innovation & Sustainability

Strengthen your supply chains for the challenges of the future

Innovative supply chain solutions are essential to meeting the demands of a rapidly changing business world. By using new technologies such as AI, digital twin and platforms in supply chain management, companies can create transparency, reduce costs, shorten delivery times and increase customer satisfaction. In addition, it is becoming increasingly important to consider environmental, social and economic aspects along the entire supply chain. Companies must address issues of CO₂ emissions, energy consumption, waste disposal, fair working conditions, supplier selection and other sustainability aspects.

Benefit from our wide-range of technology expertise within the UNITY Innovation Alliance -- from strategic alignment to technology selection to successful implementation. We also enable you to implement sustainable practices that reduce environmental impact and promote social responsibility while being economically profitable.

Our Consulting Services for Supply Chain Management Innovation & Sustainability

Supply chain platform

Leverage real-time partner information to optimize supply chain performance

Your challenges:

Lack of transparency across the supply chain process
Inefficient inventory management, inaccurate demand forecasting, and lack of ability to respond to changes

UNITY solution approach:

Analyze requirements and select the appropriate platform
Data integration and connectivity: Create a secure and efficient communication infrastructure to collaborate with your partners
Partnerships and integration: Integrate suppliers, customers and logistics service providers into the platform for seamless collaboration along the entire supply chain

Supply chain digital twin

On the next optimization level to success

Your challenges:

Supply chain disruption due to shortages, bottlenecks or delivery failures
Increased uncertainty due to unpredictable (external) business risks and lack of transparency in the network

UNITY solution approach:

With the Readiness Check, you evaluate the performance of your value chain with regard to the Digital Twin.
We work with you to design business processes for managing and integrating suppliers, products and transport logistics in the virtual world.
Together with your technical departments, we design and implement the right analysis and planning solution for you.

Digital Twin

AI in the supply chain

Innovative in the future

Your challenges:

Insufficient use of data in optimizing supply chain processes
Lack of transparency and lack of real-time information on deliveries, inventories and production processes

UNITY solution approach:

Select and manage the implementation of AI-supported solutions with the help of suitable use cases
UNITY Process Optimizer to identify patterns in process steps of the end-to-end supply chain
Advanced expertise in implementation through UNITY Innovation Alliance

Smart Data & AI

Cyber security in SCM

Create a well thought-out cyber security strategy in SCM

Your challenges:

Establishing new technologies and IT solutions, including compatibility
Protecting deployed hardware and software solutions from cyber-attacks

UNITY solution approach:

Evaluate cyber security service portfolio and perform fit-gap analysis
Develop and implement cyber security strategies and governance structures
Select secure technologies and build IT architectures & frameworks.

Cyber Security im SCM

Circular Supply Chain

Make your supply chain circular!

Your challenges:

Uncovering circular economy potential along your supply chain
Struggling to select the most effective circular economy measures within your supply chain

UNITY solution approach:

Identify circular potentials along your entire supply chain together
Develop and implement concepts in identified areas of action: e.g., 10R strategy, resource optimization, selection of sustainable materials, packaging alternatives, etc.

Circular Economy

German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (LkSG) (LkSG)

Achieve transparency in your supply chain!

Your challenges:

Little transparency and control in your supply chain
Compliance with legal requirements (LkSG).

UNITY solution approach

Develop a joint action plan to meet the requirements of the LkSG
Perform a risk analysis along your supply chain with regard to human rights, working conditions and environmental standards
Set up complaint management and prevention measures
Implement documentation and reporting requirements

CO2-Management

Reduce emissions in your supply chain!

Your challenges:

Recording of CO₂ emissions along the entire supply chain for end-to-end transparency
Holistic planning and implementation of CO₂ strategy

UNITY solution approach:

Identify and assess CO₂emissions along your supply chain
Co-develop sustainable CO₂strategies
Develop and support the implementation of CO₂ reduction measures

Sustainability

Reverse Logistics

Profit from circular logistics concepts!

Your challenges:

Planning and implementing a circular logistics concept for your business model
Sustainable as well as cost- and efficiency-optimized design of your logistics

UNITY solution approach:

Develop circular logistics concepts: e.g. intelligent returns management, take-back and disposal solutions (recycling/end-of-life management)
Identify optimization potentials for increasing efficiency and reducing costs within circular logistics structures