Amer Sports' supply chain, IT and manufacturing

Supply chain management encompasses all of Amer Sports’ business functions from product development to product manufacturing and outbound logistics. Reliable, efficient and timely supply chain management is an important element in Amer Sports’ strategy. In 2011 the main focus was to lead step change in customer service excellence.

At Amer Sports, supply chain, IT and manufacturing functions are organized under a single global Supply Chain and Information Technology (SC&IT) function. This is divided into three integrated and shared platforms: IT, Asian Sourcing, and Distribution and Transportation. The SC&IT function also includes three communities of practice: Supply Chain, Lean & Operations Excellence and Sourcing. Sourcing in Asia is managed from the Group’s office in Hong Kong, while Global IT, Distribution and Transportation, Manufacturing and Supply Chain Practice are handled from Amer Sports’ Munich office.

Supply chain integration continues

Amer Sports is in the process of further integrating the Group’s supply chain functions and continues to seek additional synergies and opportunities. The aim of this ongoing integration process is to develop a world-wide, globally-managed supply chain which providing high levels of customer service at lower cost and using reduced inventory levels.

The integration process includes several initiatives

further integration of logistics and transportation management,
broadening the role of Amer Sports’ Global sourcing organization to further leverage the Group’s scale, negotiating power, and talent,
further harmonizing the Group’s global business processes and rolling out a global ERP (enterprise resource planning) system (SAP),
enabling end to end integrated planning through roll out harmonized S&OP & I2P global processes, and
introducing global manufacturing through AS Global Lean and Operations Excellence practice.