A change of paradigm completed

摘要

The days when the Austrian oil and gas corporation OMV operated its own tank trucks and about 1,850 tank wagons to transport fuel by rail from refineries to warehouses have passed. The strategy currently adopted for OMV's logistics requirements is to do what the company does well and outsource anything that does not belong to its core business. Strategic planning takes place at OMV's headquarters in Vienna. The company began developing its logistics strategy away from pure outsourcing to third-party services four years ago. Melitta Wadsack, head of the department of strategic logistics at OMV R&M GmbH, is pleased with what has been achieved so far. R&M stands for refineries and marketing, and includes all oil and petrochemical activities. The company's gas business is its second most important base. The logistics of operating OMV's 2,538 petrol stations in thirteen European countries is managed via R&M. About five people working under Wadsack are occupied with transport optimisation, logistics infrastructure and technology, and logistics processes and systems. They develop logistics concepts and standards in close collaboration with supply and logistics managers in each country, who then have the task of implementing them. OMV uses the term 《cluster》 to refer to each geographical area where it is present in the European market. Cluster I includes Austria, Germany, Hungary, Czechia and Slovakia, cluster Ⅱ encompasses Romania, Bulgaria and Serbia, and cluster Ⅲ refers to Slovenia, Croatia, Italy and Bosnia and Herzegovina.