Kovinastroj Gastronom, Factory of Catering Equipment d.d.

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Kovinastroj Gastronom, Factory of Catering
Equipment d.d.

• Marko Jurancic
• Bled 29.-30.11.2007

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Kovinastroj Gastronom, Factory of Catering
Equipment d.d.

• The company was established 47 years ago
• The largest producer of catering equipment in
  
  Slovenia (151
  employees)
• One half of our equipment is exported (EU,
  Russia, Balkan countries and the Middle East)
• Turn-key kitchen projects

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• Kovinastroj Gastronom, Factory of Catering
  Equipment d.d.

• Sales program
• Cooking appliances
• Neutral equipment (tables)
• Bridge cooking ranges
• Self-service lines
• Computer controlled kitchens (in accordance
  with HACCP principals)
• Potato peelers
• Services (production of metal parts, final site
  building)

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Kovinastroj Gastronom, Factory of Catering
Equipment d.d.

• Main activities in the company
• Production
• Sales
• RD
• Engineering
• (partly)

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Kovinastroj Gastronom, Factory of Catering
Equipment d.d.

• Weaknesses 7 years ago
• Sales of products with low added value
• Lack of human resources
• in RD department (knowledge,
• education, persons and
• experience)
• Insufficient collaboration
• with other partners on
• turnkey kitchen projects
• Own financing of RD projects

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Kovinastroj Gastronom, Factory of Catering
Equipment d.d.

• We stated
• Similar problems were found in other Slovene
  metal industry companies
• Institutions (University, Chamber of Commerce,
  Agency for regional Development) were making
  efforts to improve collaboration with business
  sector
• Some suppliers and supporting companies were
  trying to improve business collaboration with
  metal industry
• The Slovenian Government and the European Union
  were supporting RD and competitiveness
  improvement programs

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• High Technology Products Manufacturers' Cluster

• In the year 2002 we (metal industry companies,
  supporting companies and institutions)
  established the High Technology Products
  Manufacturers' Cluster (business association of
  12 companies and 4 institutions )
• The project was partly financed by the Slovenian
  Government

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High Technology Products Manufacturers' Cluster

• Realized aims today
• Developed new high-tech products and high-tech
  technologies
• Better competitiveness and efficiency of members
  (companies) on Slovenian market and foreign
  markets
• Better collaboration among metal industry
  companies, supporting companies and institutions
  in the cluster
• Participation in the 6th framework program

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Kovinastroj Gastronom, Factory of Catering
Equipment d.d.

• Our gains and business success
• In collaboration with the Faculty of Mechanical
  Engineering, University in Ljubljana we developed
  high tech products (e.g. a cooker for
  soft-boiled eggs)
• Sales of products with high added value increased
  (selling the kitchen technology and not only the
  kitchen appliances)
• Better and more professional collaboration with
  other partners on turnkey kitchen projects
  (development of the common computer controlled
  system for kitchens)
• Common and coordinated activities on foreign
  markets (common participation in tenders, common
  service network, presentations on fairs)
• Participation in European RD Programs (Eureka,
  VI. Framework Program projects E4 and VIVA)

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Kovinastroj Gastronom, Factory of Catering
Equipment d.d.

• High-Tech products THE GOLDEN EGG

• A cooker for soft-boiled eggs was developed.
• Up to 30 simultaneously prepared soft-boiled eggs
  can be cooked in accordance with HACCP
  principles!
• Cooking and pasteurization of eggs is controlled
  by built-in microcontroller
• Any possibility of salmonella infection is
  excluded
• The only product on the market that is intended
  both for cooking and serving of eggs
• Eggs may be stored in the cooker for several
  hours without any loss of quality or change of
  properties

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Kovinastroj Gastronom, Factory of Catering
Equipment d.d.

• High-Tech products Computer controlled system
  for kitchens

• 24 hrs. temperature monitoring in cold rooms and
  on other refrigerated professional kitchen
  appliances
• Remote parameter set-up (temperature time) in
  kitchens
• Temperature archiving for HACCP control
• In case of failures alarming over
  telecommunication network (GSM-SMS message)

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Situation in the Catering Cluster

• At each commercial kitchen project are engaged
  more companies
• Company 1 Development of kitchen technology,
  projecting kitchens, buying some kitchen
  appliances on the market
• Company 2 Production of catering equipment
• Company 3 Set up and installation of catering
  equipment
• Company 4 Producer of refrigerating equipment
• Company 5 Producer of dishwashers
• Other companies (e.g. HACCP installation, etc)

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Problems in project managing

• How to coordinate activities among companies in
  projects (delays of done phases)
• How to manage costs in the project controlling
  system for projects (dangerous are unexpected
  costs)

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Kitchen Project
Kitchen Technology (BOM Definition)
Kitchen Lay-out
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Analysis for E4 Platform
Example of the process No.1
4 Processes are defined

• Process No.1 Purchasing process buying serial
  products
• Process No.2 Purchasing process buying
  non-serial products
• Process No.3 Production process production of
  serial products
• Process No.4 Production process production of
  non-serial products

Purchasing Process No.1 (buying a standard product price is already defined) VCOR Microprocess
A. Kogast needs the product M3 - Define Need
B. Kogast sends order for the standard product to supplier M3 - Define Need
C. Supplier receives order for the standard product from Kogast A5 - Receive Order
D. Supplier defines delivery time PB2 - Assess Build Resources
E. Supplier confirms order and sends information about delivery time to Kogast F2 - Confirm Order
F. Supplier takes product from the stock F4 - Receive Warehouse
G. Supplier sends product to Kogast F7 - Deliver Order
H. Kogast receives the product F8 - Verify Receipt
I. Supplier sends the invoice F10 - Invoice
J. Kogast receives the invoice F8 - Verify Receipt
K. Kogast pays the invoice F10 - Invoice
AÞBÞCÞDÞEÞFÞGÞHÞIÞJÞK
M3ÞM3ÞA5ÞPB2ÞF2ÞF4ÞF7ÞF8ÞF10ÞF8ÞF10
Logic flow of activities in concordance with VCOR
model
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Expected direct advantages in collaboration with
E4 partners

• Better coordination of activities among companies
  will arrange more efficient production a
  purcasing procss ? increase of sales
• Costs in each project will be under control
  implementation of controlling system for projects
  ? unexpected costs will be analysed and avoided
  in the future

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Expected indirect advantages

• 1) More efficient collaborative project
  management
• 2) Better Quality Control Management
• 3) Better Product Structure Management
• 4) Better collaborative Knowledge Management