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The History and Downfall of a German Wholesale Company “Wollschläger” – Part 2

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If acquiring an entire company (Essener Arbeitsschutz GmbH in 2007) was not a complex project already, the introduction of SAP (ERP, EWM, PI and BI) followed in 2009. One former manager wrote me: “in retrospect, the company simply placed too great a focus on permanent growth through acquisitions. Many workers were exhausted.

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The History and Downfall of a German Wholesale Company “Wollschläger” – Part 1

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Almost all new offices in Germany resulted from short-term acquisitions of smaller regional dealers. Haberstock accepted the management of the Hamburg office in 2007. Were all these mergers and acquisitions a good idea? Andrea Schröder: Wollschläger: Investor zieht Kaufangebot zurück – 420 Mitarbeitern wird gekündigt.