Costs
Having the highest production efficiency in the industry and thus being able to offer competitive prices is a crucial success factor.
The keys to enhancing productivity are an organization adapted to market conditions, efficient purchasing, utilizing the opportunities presented by industrial construction
and effective project control.
Purchasing
Approximately 65 percent of the Group’s costs are related to purchasing. NCC’s goal is to have the industry’s lowest purchasing costs. This will be achieved by continuing the work on coordinating purchasing volumes, increasing international purchases and developing purchasing together with the most cost-effective suppliers. High quality, environmental commitment and social responsibility are self-evident
parameters in purchasing efforts. NCC’s purchases are largely unique to specific projects. In 2008, slightly more than one third of the purchases were coordinated through various purchasing agreements on a Group, national or regional basis. Purchasing efforts are closely tied to technical design, while production in construction
projects is harmonized through special competence centers.
Project control
NCC’s greatest opportunities and risks lie in its project control. The success of both major and minor projects largely derives from planning, management, control and follow-up. Since experience indicates that project losses often result from insufficient project control, continuously improving systems and procedures in project control is a strategic success factor.
Industrial construction
For several years, NCC has worked on industrializing the construction process in various ways. The first step is to think more industrially as early as the project engineering phase through design, planning and logistics – what we call technical platforms.
Through design, economies of scale can be achieved, as can volumes in the purchasing process. Planning is a prerequisite for an industrialized process and, in major projects for example, logistical solutions are critical for the project to be implemented at all.
Technical platforms are used in various parts of the Group for apartment blocks, singlefamily homes, offices and logistics buildings. Specialized platforms are also used in the production of bridges, indoor sports arenas, bathrooms and engineered services cores.
