'Securing the supply chain'

摘要

For Merck, the Japanese earthquake in March 2011, which affected the company's pigment production site at Onamaha, brought about major changes. The company adapted not only its perception of lean production processes, but also production and warehousing concepts, followed by costly measures on all continents. According to Dr Adalbert Huber, Director Global Business Unit Coating Industries PLS Pigments, Merck KGaA (Germany) and Hiroshi Ashizawa, Head of Performance Materials Pigments & Cosmetics Division, Merck Ltd. (Japan) the guiding principle for the future is securing the supply.