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ABB’s Daniel Helmig: “We are moving to virtual centres of expertise”

Supply Chain Movement

Daniel Helmig, head of ABB’s Supply Chain management, is currently busy implementing supply chain transformation throughout the company’s 450 plants and many project sites as the company consolidates back end processes and establishes ten global transportation management centres. “It I’ll be fully committed to this for the next two years.”.

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Podcast: Roberto Reichard on Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Capital Projects

Requis

Sustainability should impact procurement choices, such as favoring lower embodied carbon products over higher embodied carbon products. Safety and quality became key buying factors during procurement. It got to the point where we would make procurement decisions based on safety. You want your suppliers to adopt a common ethos.