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MYSIGMA arrange breakfast seminars together with inspiring people from well known companies. These people talk about challenges within their organizations and how they went about to solve them. Come by for breakfast and learn how to improve your business.
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"THE SYSTEM TOLD ME TO..."
Can you afford not to have “control of Inventory control”?
with BE Group, May 22nd 2025
Introduction
Inventory control significantly impacts the performance of other
business functions. Ineffective production, overstock and missed sales opportunities are consequences of poor service police and unbalanced inventory. Additionally, it is leading to unnecessary capital being tied up and the risk of additional costs for warehousing and obsolescence.
Over the last decade, MYSIGMA has encountered many companies and clients that have made substantial investments in advanced planning systems with the general purpose of increasing inventory performance and reducing planning resources. A common perception seems to be that such investments will replace organizational competence and improve performance through a magical automated planning process.
The question is whether those companies have got return on their investments. Has the sales increased, and inventory turnover rate improved? In other words, has inventory performance improved?
A closer look tells us that the majority have not!
BE Group will present their journey towards improved inventory performance
BE Group is a Swedish independent steel distributor with history from the late 19th century. They process steel, stainless steel and aluminium for customers in mainly building- and manufacturing industry. Availability and service is crucial for their competitiveness; therefore, inventory control and assortment strategy are fundamentals for the business.
BE Group has had a long period of negative development of inventory performance and therefore formed a new strategy. Key ingredients in the strategy were, to increase understanding, taking responsibility, clear inventory targets, follow-up and organisational alignment.
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Thursday May 22nd, 2025
07:30 – 08:45
BEST WESTERN PLUS PARK HOTEL, LUND
André Frodlund, COO, BE Group
Dan Schultz, MYSIGMA
Per Lövdahl, MYSIGMA
Please register by May 16th to event@mysigma.se
Complimentary breakfast is served from 07.15!
Presentation will be held in Swedish.
OATLY –A COMPANY THINKING DIFFERENTLY
BUSINESS-CRITICAL PROBLEMS SOLVED BY SMART AND SIMPLE INVENTORY CONTROL
10th October 2024
Introduction – Can you afford not to have Inventory control on your agenda?
Inventory control significantly impacts the performance of other business functions. Ineffective production and missed sales opportunities are consequences of poor service levels and imbalanced inventory. In addition, it is leading to unnecessary capital being tied up and the risk of additional costs for warehousing and obsolescence.
Well managed inventories and solid processes for inventory control are often low prioritized areas at many companies. It´s left to IT-systems and low skilled “executors” rather than analytical planners to take business critical decisions. However, the right focus on inventory control is among the most powerful and fastest way to reach improvements in working capital utilization, service levels towards customers and resource utilization in organizations.
Oatly will present multi-functional improvements based on structured Inventory Control
OatlyGroup AB is a Swedish company founded in the early 1990s that produces dairy alternatives from oats. Their product range includes oat milk, ice cream, yogurt, cooking creams, and spreads. Oatlyhas expanded globally, including markets like Sweden, Germany, the UK, China, and the US.
Due to significant growth, Oatly’swarehouses at the Landskronaproduction site became overloaded, leading to the use of costly external warehouses, inefficient operations, and numerous production shortages. While new warehouse facilities were needed, the introduction of new inventory control methods instead enabled significant space reduction. This not only improved service levelsbut also brought many additional benefits.
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Thursday, October 10th, 2024
07:30 – 08:45
ELITE HOTEL IDEON, Lund
Henrik Andersson
Supply Chain Manager, OATLY
Kristoffer Helgesson
Supply & Planning Manager, OATLY
Dan Schultz, MYSIGMA
Håkan Espenkrona, MYSIGMA
Please register by Nov 18th to event@mysigma.se
Complimentary breakfast is served
from 07.15!
BONESUPPORT
– A COMPANY ON A SIGNIFICANT GROWTHJOURNEY
How to align the organization to secure the growth
May 16th 2024
Introduction
How do you prepare your supply chain when market conditions changes significantly?
Either if you are a growth company or come from a well-established business that needs to prepare for rapid market growth there are a couple of key topics to address.
– Setup an agile and flexible supply chain with competitive lead times
– Do a segmentation of your customers
– Secure cross-functional alignment to drive best possible decisions for the business
We will present considerations that will allow for a successful growth journey.
BonesupportSupply Chain path with Michael Wrang Mortensen
BONESUPPORT AB is a Scandinavian orthobiologicscompany that develops and markets CERAMENT®, an innovative range of injectable osteoconductive and drug-eluting bioceramicproducts effectively treating patients with fractures and bone voids caused by trauma, infection, disease or related surgery. Bonesupport sales has tripled in the last 9 quarters (Q3 ‘21 to Q4 ‘23) and has in ‘23 alone grown with 72% to 57 mUSDin sales. With the FDA approval of CERAMENT® with Gentamicin in 2022 the plan is to continue with significant growth.
Michael will present activities implemented within Operations and Supply Chain to support the growth journey.
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Thursday May 16th, 2024
07:30 – 08:45
ELITE HOTEL IDEON, Lund
Michael Wrang Mortensen, Bonesupport (EVP R&D and Operations)
Henrik Rafstedt, MYSIGMA
Henrik Hjalmarsson, MYSIGMA
Please register by May 9th to event@mysigma.se
Complimentary breakfast is served from 07.15!
FREE UP CAPITAL AND INCREASE SALES
BY IMPROVING CUSTOMER SERVICE
24th November 2023
Introduction
In many board rooms today, there is a high focus to reduce capital tied. Often the top management approach is to use the “osthyvel” strategy to get quick result, e.g. inventory reduction target -15%. This normally leads to reduced safety stock on high runners resulting in insufficient service, poor customer experience and lost sales.
Well managed inventories and solid processes for inventory control are often low prioritized areas at many companies. It´s left to IT-systems and low skilled “executors” rather than analytical planners to take business critical decisions. However, the right focus on inventory control is among the most powerful and fastest way to reach improvements in working capital utilization, service levels towards customers and resource utilization in organizations.
We will present a structured tactical approach showing that it is possible to do both; Increase service and reduce capital.
Professor Johan Marklund present some of the latest research in supply chain inventory analytics
Using advanced methods for optimized inventory control of multi-stage systems offer a great potential to improve service fulfillment and reduce total inventory in the system. This is illustrated through business cases based on real data from different companies and industries. The results are explained by better coordination of the inventory decisions across facilities and careful characterization of the stochastic demand using available data, leading to the right amount of stock at the right place in the network.
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Friday, November 24th, 2023
07:30 – 08:45
ELITE HOTEL IDEON, Lund
Johan Marklund, Professor Lund University
Viktoe Torstensson, MYSIGMA
Dan Schultz, MYSIGMA
Please register by Nov 18th to event@mysigma.se
Complimentary breakfast is served
from 07.15!
GROWTH BY MOVING INTO
NEW MARKET POSITIONS - E-FULFILMENT
Scalable capabilities with broad footprint across the Nordics
with BRING, May 12th 2023
Introduction
E-Com trade has had a strong development and sales increase across the last 15 years with more and more e-com businesses attracting more consumer with the simplicity of buying. The steadily increasing numbers of consumers are driving increased expectations on service, price points and assortment. E-com businesses are as a result challenged with high competition and low margins often resulting in poor to negative EBIT
and with the 2022 global development these challenges are even greater.
E-com businesses will need to focus on customer loyalty, price setting, service differentiation and make use of economics of scale in distribution, warehouse ops and reverse logistics to maintain or grow business and improve their result. Being a small to medium sized e-com business the economics of scale and managing of demand and assortment variations will be a very challenging task ahead.
Bring case -presented by Joakim Eskilsson (Head of Operational Development)
Bring, being part of Posten Norge, is a large Nordic logistics provider. Offering transports and courier services both for packages and larger
goods as well as providing fulfilment and storage solutions.
Joakim will present Brings journey from initial analysis, deciding strategic approach and to execution of entering the e-com market with their fulfilment service Shelfless . Bring has identified a market opportunity in supporting e-com businesses, using economics of scale, with a wide
Nordic distribution, a fulfilment footprint, automated warehouses and digital solutions.
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Friday May 12th, 2023
07:30 – 08:45
ELITE HOTEL IDEON, Lund
Joakim Eskilsson, Head of Operational Development, BRING
Henrik Rafstedt, MYSIGMA
Viktor Torstensson, MYSIGMA
Please register by May 5th to event@mysigma.se
Complimentary breakfast is served from 07.15!
STRENGTHEN MARKET POSITION
BY FOCUSING ON PRODUCT AVAILABILITY
Challenges with an increasing product range and long procurement lead times
with BLÅKLÄDER, 8th February 2023
Introduction
In tough business environment, stock reduction programs are common to free up capital. Often this is done with the “osthyvel”-principle which lead to significant delivery issues and lost sales and market shares. To be successful it is crucial to first of all understand your business and what service is required to be competitive. This is the fundament to build a solid inventory control strategy.
Many companies rely on complex planning software solutions to optimize inventories without understanding the business constraints. Responsibility is unclear and the system is blamed if there are shortages or too high capital.
Inventory control is a far more important area than many companies seems to think. This is especially true for trading companies where stock availability is one of the most important order winners. MYSIGMA will present how to balance inventory and service to connect with overall business strategy targets.
Blåkläder case presented by Simon Torstensson (Head of Supply Chain)
Blåkläder has shown a steady growth during last years with double volume in five years and there are ambitious plans to continue the growth journey. The supply chain is quite complex with long lead times from Southeast Asia and with a wide range of products and SKU’s. To meet the growth ambitions securing a very high service and availability in stock is critical.
Simon will present the results and improvements made in their inventory control by first moving from a manual process to an advanced optimization tool and then moving away from that tool to use a more pragmatic approach with transparent processes, solutions and simplified tools.
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Wednesday, February 8th, 2023
07:30 – 08:45
ELITE HOTEL IDEON, Lund
Simon Torstensson, Head of supply chain Blåkläder
Håkan Espenkrona, MYSIGMA
Markus Ekendahl, MYSIGMA
Please register by Feb 3rd to event@mysigma.se
Complimentary breakfast is served
from 07.15!
SUPPLY CHAIN TRANSFORMATION TO MEET CHANGING CONSUMER BEHAVIOURS
KICKS –Redesigning the Supply Chain,
from a traditional retailer to an Omnichannel player
20th October, 2022
A KICKS case presented by Katarina Pörn
Background
Shopping behaviourshave drastically changed over the last 10-15 years. Consumers are now more mobile and connected and their expectations on service and assortment are much higher. These changed behaviourshave led to e-com sales share increasing from a few percentages to 10-15% and even more in some areas.
Traditional retailers have a challenge with their existing infrastructure not being adopted to support the growth in e-commerce. New pure play retailers selling only online are growing rapidly but are struggling to benefit from economies of scale and often suffer from weak profitability.
Case presentation –Redesigning the Supply Chain, from a traditional retailer to an Omnichannel player
KICKS is the leading beauty chain in Scandinavia and offers a holistic concept in makeup, fragrances, skin care and hair care. KICKS offers a broad assortment with well-known brands both in their own stores and online.We will take you through KICKS journey from business case and transformation of their Supply Chain to fulfill the requirements of being an Omnichannel retailer.
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Thursday October 20th, 2022
07:30 – 08:45
ELITE HOTEL IDEON, Lund
Katarina Pörn, Logistics Manager KICKS
Håkan Emilsson, MYSIGMA
Henrik Rafstedt, MYSIGMA
Please register by October 13th to event@mysigma.se
Complimentary breakfast is served from 07.15!
RELOCATION TO CHINA WHEN EVERYONE
TALK ABOUT BACKSHORING?
Alfa Laval relocation
21st June, 2022
An Alfa Laval case presented by Anders Lindmark, BU President and Stefan Hansson, VP Operations
Background
During the last five years, the trend has shifted; from global supply chains aiming for low-cost manufacturing and economy of scale to regional supply chains mitigating risks related to trade barriers, geopolitical situation and the global pandemic. As a bonus, regional supply chains bring closeness to customers and shorter lead times.
Another trend shift which is often mentioned is the shift from offshoring to reshoring or backshoring which for many European companies, with the main customer base in Europe, means regionalization of the supply chain. So why does Alfa Laval relocate to China?
Case presentation – Relocation to China when everyone talk about backshoring?
Key characteristic for a regional supply chain is closeness to the customers which for Alfa Laval Marine division, with >90% of the sales volume in China and Korea, means Asia and more specifically China, since Alfa Laval has well established manufacturing plants in China since many years.
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Tuesday, June 21st, 2022
07:30 – 08:45
ELITE HOTEL IDEON, Lund
Anders Lindmark, Business Unit President
Stefan Hansson, former VP Operations
Håkan Espenkrona, MYSIGMA
Markus Ekendahl, MYSIGMA
Please register by June 14th to event@mysigma.se
Complimentary breakfast is served
from 07.15!
PINCER MOVEMENT
- come listen to Munters´ experience from using the two-front approach
25th November, 2021
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Thursday, November 25th, 2021
07:30 – 08:45
ELITE HOTEL IDEON, Lund
Anna Stegfeldt, Head of Supply
Håkan Emilsson, MYSIGMA
Dan Schultz, MYSIGMA
Please register by November 15th
to event@mysigma.se
Complimentary breakfast is served
from 07:15!
Background
The pincer movement is a military term when forces simultaneously attacks both flanks of the enemy. MYSIGMA has used this terminology for decades as an analogy to deal with problems from two sides.
A common mistake in business development is that only one solution is believed to solve the problem. Our experience is that by addressing the challenge from two angles the leverage is considerable higher.
To give an example from S&OP: most focus is usually put on predicting the variations in demand. By applying the pincer movement, we also strive to reduce variations and to create a flexibility in the supply. This leads to less dependency to complicated forecasting models and more stable and cost-efficient supply chains.
Pincer movement is a two front approach that can be utilized in most business-related topics but is especially powerful when it comes to cross-functional development.
Munters – S&OP two front approach to enable growth
Munters is a world leading supplier of climate solutions for the future. In 2019 they began a journey to strengthen their competitiveness by aligning sales and operations targets in a new S&OP process.
MYSIGMA supported Munters in developing the concept to handle both standard- and engineered products in the same process. MYSIGMA was then driving the pilot implementation in the largest division, Airtech.
The pilot was a successful and the model has then been rolled out to remaining supply sites and markets. After the pilot MYSIGMA handed over the project ownership to internal resources.
Anna Stegfeldt, head of logistics and supply chain within Munters has had an active role in development of the solution and in the roll out activities. Anna will share her experience from the journey with you!
Truth (and illusions) about efficiency, profitability and competitiveness
3rd & 4th October, 2019
Efficiency and effectiveness has always been an essential driver for change and mostly builds the foundation in our development-related decision-making. Not seldom this involves heavy investments and significant risk. But what is efficiency, really? Does our search for increased efficiency really lead to what we primarily depend on, namely competitiveness? What is profitable and what defines a “strong business-case”?
– What at first sight may seem so simple to define can actually mislead us into false conclusions and disadvantageous decisions!
Based on typical and challenging questions and debates from his every-day agenda Peter aims to share his thoughtful perspectives on the subject. As listener, you will, hopefully, leave this seminar enlightened with a broader perspective of how improved efficiency, profitability and competitiveness may be defined!
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Thursday, October 3rd, 2019
Friday, Octobre 4th, 2019
07:30 – 08:45
ELITE HOTEL IDEON, Lund
ELITE HOTEL AVENUE, Göteborg
Peter Mellander, ICA
Tobias Jonasson, MYSIGMA
Please register before September 27th to event@mysigma.se
Introduction to transaction based inventory control
23rd & 24th May, 2019
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Thursday, May 23rd, 2019
Friday, May 24th, 2019
07:30 – 08:45
ELITE HOTEL IDEON, Lund
ELITE HOTEL AVENUE, Göteborg
Dag Jarlson, Lindab
Jens Quistgaard, MYSIGMA
Please register before May 10th to event@mysigma.se
The fundamentals to get inventory control performing as expected are Method, People and Process! To meet increasingly complex supply chain environments, the trend during the last decades has been to develop sophisticated statistical software to optimize stock levels. These systems put pressure on people to understand the used methods and require high theoretical competence. The gap between advanced mathematics and peoples understanding lead to the actual performance being far from the theoretical targets.
MYSIGMA has for many years developed and worked with alternative methods that easily are explained and understood. We call it transaction-based inventory control and instead of creating a “sophisticated push calculator” we simplify and use well-known pull theory (Kanban).
Can these methods compete with sophisticated big data models? Yes they can, and now we have proof!
The Fresh Connection – The ultimate value chain experience
3rd & 4th October, 2019
A high-performing supply chain needs the collaboration of team members from across the organization. Many times the different business functions, for example production and sales, have different focus and targets. Tearing down silos and creating the right cross-functional mindset can be a serious challenge.
We will introduce you to a cross functional business simulation where the effect of the functional decisions are simulated in the P&L and Balance sheet.
The Fresh Connection delivers a great value chain learning experience. Experience the power of true alignment and a well articulated supply chain strategy, supported by tactical skills and knowledge.
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Thursday, January 31th, 2019
Friday, February 1st, 2019
07:30 – 08:45
ELITE HOTEL IDEON, Lund
ELITE HOTEL AVENUE, Göteborg
Per Lövdahl, MYSIGMA
Viktora Tykesson, MYSIGMA
Please register before January 20th to event@mysigma.se
Design for supply chain
25th & 26th October, 2018
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Thursday, October 25th, 2018
Friday, October 26th, 2018
07:30 – 08:45
ELITE HOTEL IDEON, Lund
ELITE HOTEL AVENUE, Göteborg
Mårten Rittfeldt, Zenit Design
Patrick Näslund, MYSIGMA
Please register before October 18th to event@mysigma.se
The mechanization of the craftmanship made it possible to significantly lower production cost already in the 19th century. Historically the biggest contribution to the customer value provided has been the product itself.
Focus is rapidly changing from products to services this will affect how we develop, produce and bring our products / services to market
In this seminar Zenit Design and MYSIGMA will take you on a customer journey, a way of working to address and describe relevant attributes and to better understand your customers behavior and needs.