[Leica] Opportunities for cost savings, was: Leica Newsletter XXIX

[Lucien <lucien@ubi.edu>]

Found in the 29th Leica Newsletter:

- -the cost of materials of Leica Camera AG will be re-duced...
- -opportunities for cost savings exist without endangering
the high demands with regard to the quality of the products..
- -the efficiency of the technical after sales service will be
improved ...

See below.

newsletter@leica-camera.com wrote:
 
> This 29th Leica Newsletter would like to direct your attention to 
> the newly published latest company figures.

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> As a first core measure the cost of materials of 
> Leica Camera AG will be re-duced in the short and medium term. 
> This will be achieved on the one hand by the reduction of the 
> additional use of materials. 
> Due to the production process and the materials used, 
> a substantial volume of waste occurs at the Company.
> In this respect, opportunities for cost savings exist 
> without endangering the high demands with regard to the quality 
> of the products. Thus alternative materials and production processes,
> with which the necessary quality can be achieved without the use of
> additional materials, will be applied increasingly.
> Furthermore, the Company has increased its standards for suppliers 
> in order to ensure that less waste will occur due to faulty parts.
snip
> As a fifth measure, the efficiency of the technical after sales 
> service will be improved through reorganisation and a closer 
> linking with the sales function.
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Complete text at:
(http://www.leica-camera.com/untern/ir/pdf/pm_280799_e.pdf)

Lucien