CGMA® Case Study Cost Transformation

Tata Steel has operations in 26 countries and is the second largest steel producer in Europe. One of its downstream operations is Tata Steel Packaging, which has facilities in Ijmuiden, Netherlands, Duffel, Belgium and Trostre in West Wales. They manufacture coated steel for packaging applications like food and drinks cans, aerosols and paint tins. After 2008, a major new strategic cost management approach was taken at the Trostre plant. Here, Financial Controller Claire Osmundsen-Little explains how the initiatives employed ensured