with our partners when we were finally able to start clearing stocks. But we should also look a bit closer to home: Our systems and methods were organised on the assumption that the hard winters putting heavy pressure on logistics for a short period were now behind us. We accepted errors in the data we entered into the systems, because we had become more or less used to tidying it up at our leisure. The unexpectedly hard winter meant that we didn’t have the usual time for sorting things out, which in turn meant that products were even more delayed, inconveniencing our customers. I would like to say a big thank you to all our em- ployees who have worked so hard to bring us back on track – and who are now in the process of adapting workflows and systems to avoid such a situation from occurring again in future. What I have personally learned this summer is to pay closer attention to any signs that the situation is not developing as expected. Because when I think back, there were in fact early signs in production and sales that things were not quite going as expected, but I never put two and two together quickly enough to realise that what at the outset looked like minor deviations could actually develop into a major departure. After several months of nature, logistics and, as mentioned, our own failings making life difficult for us, thanks to considerable hard work we did very well towards the end of the financial year. September was thus the best month ever for Royal Greenland. So even though the accounts are not quite closed yet, I will go so far as to say that the company will be posting reasonable results for 2014/2015. And even more importantly: We will be leaving this financial year on a roll, which promises a very successful financial year 2015/2016 – even though there are obviously many things which are unpredictable. Mikael Thinghuus, CEO Royal Greenland A/S · Postbox 1073 · 3900 Nuuk, Greenland · Tel.: +299 36 13 00 · Fax: +299 32 33 49 royalgreenland@royalgreenland.com · www.royalgreenland.gl · www.royalgreenland.com NAVIGATIO IS PUBLISHED BY ROYAL GREENLAND A/S The magazine is free and can be ordered from royalgreenland@royalgreenland.com EDITOR: Káte Hansen, kaha@royalgreenland.com LAYOUT: Info Design aps PRINTING: Specialtrykkeriet Viborg as NAVIGATIO NO. 3 • 2015 3
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