Solvin has implemented a cost-to-serve (C2S) analysis to better understand its costs and margins at the customer level. Key aspects of its C2S practice include:
1) Collecting detailed cost and sales data for each customer, including transportation, raw materials, fixed costs, to calculate true margins.
2) Analyzing cost drivers like transportation costs and production costs to identify optimization opportunities.
3) Using the C2S analysis to inform commercial strategies and production planning tailored to each customer's profitability.
Improving Profitability Through Cost-to-Serve Analysis
1. Logichem 2010
« Improving profitability
Through cost-to-serve
Christian Backaert
European Supply Chain Analysis »
Manager Solvin
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2. C2S : presentation topics
Who is Solvin?
Introduction to C2S
How to put in place & Solvin experience
Let’s share our experience
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3. C2S : Introduction
Figures
SolVin is a leading European manufacturer of PVC and associated
products.
Foundation : January first 1999 by merging the vinyls activity
of BASF and Solvay in Europe
Ownership : Solvay 75%; BASF AG 25%
Employees : around 2000
Products : Cl2, NaOH, EDC, VCM, PVC-S
PVC-E, VDC, PVDC, PVC Copolymers, R-PVC
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4. C2S : Introduction
Company Profile
SolVin production sites
Rheinberg
Zandvliet
BERLIN
Zandvliet
Lillo Rheinberg
Lillo
Jemeppe
PARIS Jemeppe
Tavaux
Fos/Berre
Milan
Tavaux
Martorell
Barcelone ROME
Martorell Ferrara
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10. Introduction to C2S
Customers have not been
created equal and all requires
different level of services. Sales & Mkting
• Do you know your customers
Production &
Approach
expectations in terms of service? Procurement costs
C2S
• Do you measure the cost of
delivering the expected level of Distribution costs
service?
Cost-to-serve is about both Customer
service costs
• Control of all the costs
• Segmenting the customer
portfolio to maximize the revenu
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11. Introduction to C2S
Frequency & cost of
commercial support To grasp the expected
Promotions
results from a cost-to-
All production costs
At the lowest level of SKU serve analysis it is
Sales & Mkting All raw materials essential to collect all
« hidden costs »
Production &
Approach
Transport
Procurement costs Warehousing
C2S
Traditional analysis Accurate C2S
Packaging
Claims management
Distribution costs Apparent
Management of documents
Profit
Multisourced or dedicated to a
Revenues
customer B
plant
customer B
customer C
customer A
customer A
Customer Flexibility in delivery accuracy
Costs
customer C
Technical requirements
service costs Terms of sales
Yearly discounts
Value of accounts receivables
Security stocks
….
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12. Introduction to C2S
Working with real figures instead of averages
Impact of Averaged figures Working with
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averages leads
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GROSS MARGIN Monthly
margin, extend
to short term
25 Gross Margin Average 3 Months
production, room for
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price negociations
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13. Introduction to C2S
The closest possible to current figures
• Quicker deviations in raw materials
• Quicker deviations in tranport costs (energy & competition)
• Fierce competition put pressure on sales prices and price
evolution are no longer only a trend
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14. Introduction to C2S
The deepest possible: customer level
Analysis of Margin: detailed by geographical zone
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15. Introduction to C2S
Control the data in your C2S analysis
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16. C2S : presentation topics
Who is Solvin?
Introduction to C2S
How to put in place & Solvin experience
Let’s share our experience
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17. Q ty in Av g. T rans C redit Net & A ll v bl . Contribut Fi x. T O T AL Contri but G RO S S
C2S within Solvin : how we put C2S into practice
NT V
p. and Cash
price
m anuf. ion m anuf . P rod. M ARG I N
Ship-to party take C ost costs (Solv i n) - costs - Costs - ion CO P A -
f or
Price
Data collection RU in RU
away
€/t €/to
cust
€/to
A v erage
per ton
Av erage
per ton
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per ton
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per ton
Warehousing &
(solv i n) ton
Av erage per
53340 1275748 5038,5 385,3 10,5 4642,6 4227, 8 383,7 778,0 5005,8 67058,1 -394,2
53345 170637, 5 5329,0 309,2 66,7 4953,2 4443, 1 445,5 976,3 Transportation costs
5419,4 10414,7 -530,8
- fixed production costs
53459 171404 5219,5 434,3 44,4 4740,7 4480, 8 260,0 638,3 5119,1 6104,0 -378,3
- administration costs178704
53508 5402,0 402,2 45,1 4954,8 4158, 4 796,4 778,8 4937,2 19496,2 17,6
- commercial costs 682550
53511 5394,7 309,2 4,2 5081,3 4443, 1 573,7
Plant Shippin 976,3 5419,4
Shipme 53641,6 per Net Weight
Gross wght -402,6 Loading
54902 100375 9855,0 934,0 82,2 8838,8 4820, 2 4176,4
frm g 1417,8 6238,0 57425,7 2758,6
55647 170637, 5 5292,5 309,2 Query tool
22,1 4961,3 4434, 2 deliv.ite conditio 845,6
462,6 5279,8 10812,2 -383,1
56933 341275 5329,0 309,2 22,2 4997,6 4347, 4 m 585,6 ns 778,8 nt type
5126,3 stage
27377,9 Transported
-193,2 costs
7DYN 33 Road container 30ft
Z3C0 ROAD standard
2.469.100,000 KG 2.469.100,000 KG
Fix production cost / product
80088 356824 5329,0 386,1 44,4 4898,4 4158, 4 740,1 778,8 4937,2
Result
36174,2 KG 2.469.100,000 KG
2.469.100,000
-38,8
80411 170637, 5 5475,0 309,2 45,7 5120,2 4442, 3 613,4 Result 869,0 5311,3 14337,2 KG 2.469.100,000 KG
2.469.100,000 -255,6
80832 Month 1 Month 2 …
717152 5824,8 394,2 24,8 5405,8 4440, 2 7E9A965,5 30 719,8
Road 5160,1
Z3C0 94853,9 KG 326.820,000 KG
ROAD standard
326.820,000 245,7
ProductResul t
A 100 4335944, 5
107 5465,4 380,8 24,1 5060,5 4347, 2 685,5 825,5 Result
5172,6 409049,7 KG 326.820,000 KG
326.820,000 -140,0
Result 326.820,000 KG 326.820,000 KG
Product B 100 98 892P 30 Road Z3C0 ROAD standard
753.290,000 KG 753.290,000 KG
Product C 99 88 Result 753.290,000 KG 753.290,000 KG
Product D 97 105 Result 753.290,000 KG 753.290,000 KG
8BWV 12 Road -> Sea ctn 20ft
Z1B1 SEA booking main leg KG 729.680,000 KG
1.466.329,500 6.857,50 EUR
Product E 102 103 Z1F0 SEA FOB. 565.040,000 KG 280.000,000 KG 3.400,00 EUR
… Z3P0 Road-Preliminary leg KG 907.680,000 KG
914.820,000
Result 2.946.189,500 KG 1.917.360,000 KG ############
central DB for 14 Road -> Sea ctn 40ft
Z1B1 SEA booking main leg
############### 8.489.365,000 KG ############
Variable Product Cost/Month analysis Z1F0 SEA FOB.6.367.777,600 KG 3.099.150,000 KG ############
Z3P0 Road-Preliminary leg
############### ###############
Month 1 Month 2 … Result ############### ############### ############
Product A 100 107 30 Road Z3R0 ROAD returns1.410,750 KG 1.375,000 KG
Product B 100 98
Product C 99 88
Product D 97 105
Product E 102 103
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- raw materials
BOM - energy costs
- 'by-products' selling prices
- transport cost of raw material
between plants
- ...
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18. C2S within Solvin : how we put C2S into practice
Not a perfect C2S approach as:
•Need to align commercial costs
to customers
•Systematic cost of product to
customer (new packaging)
• reverse logistics & cost of claims
at customer level
• warehousing cost at customer
level
•Some wrong data in system
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19. C2S within Solvin : how we put C2S into practice
The vision from the sales team : importance of your customer
70% of volumes are
strategic. Shouldn’t it
be revised/refined?
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20. C2S within Solvin : how we put C2S into practice
Some differentiators for a segmentation
sensitive for on-time delivery
sensitive for exclusiveness Part of it is applied in a
differentiated supply
chain approach
-Security stocks
-Dedicated transport
-Customized
packaging
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