Simplicity
Simplicity
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We want to operate in the simplest, most efficient and cost-competitive way, so that we
can invest more in value for our customers.
We are leveraging our capabilities and resources as an international company and
working on better processes and systems across our businesses.
We have increased the target of our €350 million cost-savings program underway
for 2012-2014 to €600 million, to enable us to create more value for our customers.
The savings we unlock with simplicity will be reinvested into our offering for customers to drive
our successful business model.
Improving transport to gain
efficiencies at Ahold Europe
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Our businesses in Ahold Europe are working to optimize the way
they transport products from our distribution centers to our stores
in order to save costs - to be reinvested back into our customer
offering - and reduce our carbon footprint. They are doing this
through better route planning and increasing the density of the
truck load - in other words, finding ways of loading more products
on every truck that leaves our distribution centers. All of these
initiatives resulted in 10% savings on our total annual transportation
costs in Europe. The load factor of Albert Heijn's trucks was 79% in
2012 - an increase of 3% compared to 2011The fuel usage per
kilometer in 2012 was down 3% compared to 2011The load
factor of Albert's trucks was over 85% in 2012. This contributed to
an overall CO2 reduction of 5.6%.
