PHILIPS LIGHTING
“ Segmented business streams offer us the opportunity to engage the best supply model for a given product / customer combination . Wherever possible , we either make , or configure to order ”
– Mika Salomaa , Vice President of Operations portfolio of supply models , underpinned by a lean operating system which provides for a standard way of working across all locations per supply model . Although still in pilot mode , additive manufacturing is being introduced as a key enabler to late stage configuration , and also as a way of producing low volume components on demand .
Adams says : “ Segmented business streams offer us the opportunity to engage the best supply model for a given product / customer combination . Wherever possible , we either make , or configure to order ’’.
“ The lean operating system is our attempt to standardise how we operate these supply modes ,
Regional manufacturing is achieved through a portfolio of supply models
50 December 2015