DOVISTA Sustainability Report / Human and labour rights / Environment / Anti–Corruption
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Leading Star harmonisation project
DOVISTA is a business that has achieved its market position through organic growth and acquisition of local window companies in Europe. Because of this acquisition strategy, our product portfolio and supply chain have grown in complexity, even though customer needs across countries are very similar. There is thus great potential for increasing sustainability by reducing the amount of resources required. This can be accomplished by streamlining processes and harmonising products to as simple a level as possible - always with local legal requirements, building tradi- tions and climate conditions in mind. The work of real- ising this potential has been initiated through a com- prehensive harmonisation project called Leading Star. The ambition is to work with both back-end and front- end initiatives. Creating commercial window variants based on a smart and common product architecture that can be provided within a modern supply chain. The methodology is simple: simplification supports optimisation. The process is built around the modu- larisation of our product platforms, greatly reducing
non value-adding complexity. With less complexity we move towards a higher level of standardisation, and in so doing we support our common industrialisation journey. This approach will also allow us to more easily measure and align with sustainability specifications and certifications. When the Leading Star program is up and running, our aim is to positively impact several areas. With a significant reduction in the number of platforms, the simplification of product architecture will mean more resource efficiency and less resource waste. This work will also ensure a reduction in the quantity of materials required, while at the same time increasing quality. In addition to reducing resources throughout production, a more flexible supply chain will mean optimisations with relation to both cost and the opportunity to work more robustly with sustainability. 1
1 ) These actions primarily support Sustainable Development Goal Targets 12.2, 12.5
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