News / Major supply chain revamp pays dividends for Unilever across Europe

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Faced with declining sales and dwindling margins in the aftermath of the 2008 global recession, FCMG giant Unilever completely revamped its European supply chain.

The result is that this year it was ranked by supply chain firm Gartner has having the best supply chain in Europe.

A five-year supply chain transformation project, which concluded earlier this year, resulted in a 20% reduction in trucking, around €1.1bn in cost savings, a €750m cash contribution to the parent business and a 40% reduction in ...