DMK in a change

Nutritional trends always come in response to the big issues of the day. Food, once a marginal topic, is now front and center with consumers who are grappling with climate change, war and the pandemic.

There’s a lot of controversy about milk and milk alternatives but we are not looking at a choice between good and evil. Nutritionist Dr. Malte Rubach unravels a couple of the most common myths.

Germany’s most modern high-pressure facility has just been commissioned at the DMK plant in Erfurt.

TIGER is expanding its territory: After the plants, the hunt is now on for added value in new areas.

DMK is helping employees reach their full potential through new ways of working. Employees are actively shaping the culture of the whole company.

How can we live more sustainably? TV presenter and physicist Ranga Yogeshwar on the opportunities we have as a company and society to take on global challenges.

The CI engineers is group of men and women who are constantly seeking ways to optimize processes at DMK. They’re proving resoundingly successful.

DMK’s future headquarters in Bremen reflects the new way we are working together. It is more energy efficient and more environmentally friendly.

The new development program PASSION has begun. DMK employees took part in a seminar to reflect on their personalities.

Our global food system is reaching its limits and the transformation is already in full swing. In the future, food will increasingly be produced and consumed in other ways. More than ever before, corporate action and policies will shape food systems now and in the future. But what does this future look like? Can we already know today what will happen in the next few years? Together with scientists, analysts, consultancies and food bloggers, the DMK Group explored these questions as part of its Trend Summit 2021.

A strong team gets a new name: DOC Dairy Partners and Uniekaas become Uniekaas Holland. This has more than just a symbolic character.

The #pacesetter program is proceeding apace: Ron Geerds and his small team spent months working on new freight conditions and found considerable savings potential.

Despite the pandemic, DMK was able to give youngsters a look behind the scenes – and even showed them how to make quark at the digital Future Day.

DMK’s employees and farmers are doing a massive amount to move the company forwards. In the following pages, they show us what they are focusing on in their areas of work and on their farms – and tell us why their activities are making such a difference.

The TIGER program creates added value for DMK and it is finding considerable potential in assembly, thanks to the efforts of many employees.

New ways of working are not just a passing trend for DMK, but are a whole new way of collaborating. Company culture is changing for good.

Florian Schomaker and Robert Wähnke want to the future workplace to enable people to collaborate. That goes way beyond digital solutions.

The DMK Group is changing and is also breaking new ground in terms of communication as part of its Vision 2030. The company's new digital Annual and Sustainability Report, which is presented in the style of an audio book and takes the listener on a journey through the 2020 business year, shows that this is not just an empty phrase.

The Energy Management team is making an important contribution to the DMK Group’s 2030 climate goal. However, they face complex challenges that are constantly changing.

The Brand Business Unit is where all the different product marketing strands come together. That covers Uniekaas too – how is the German-Dutch collaboration doing?

In 2021, CFO Dr. Frank Claassen is looking forward – as for him, the company has lots of financial potential, working together with the farmers.

In the Netherlands, Uniekaas works closely together with a supermarket. That is not only creating new products – but also optimal synergies.

Cheese gets a Formula 1 look: A fast-paced ad campaign aims to significantly increase sales and awareness.

In the summer of 2020, water became scarce in some German districts. This isn’t the first incident to show us the importance of using resources responsibly.

The coronavirus pandemic has had a huge impact on the food service industry and will also require us to adapt in the long term.

One of the key jobs of ONE FINANCE is identifying cost drivers. These will be easy to identify in the plants, thanks to the new plant performance bills/profit and loss account.

Global Business Service GBS brings together internal services and changes many service areas. That’s not easy. But Carsten Klapproth says despite the difficulties, the sense of WE among employees is growing.

The #pacesetter program shines a light on expenditure in the DMK Group’s procurement and logistics – and is delivering impressive results

Environmental protection is close to our hearts at DMK and MILRAM. We’re defining key future issues for the brand at www.milram.de/nachhaltigkeit.

What will the new food trend be? What should restaurateurs offer their guests in the future? Seemingly simple questions that nevertheless have no easy answers. After all, restaurant kitchen pioneers around the globe are rethinking food day in and day out.

The more a team knows about a company’s strategy and tactics, the better it can perform

Changes are underway at DMK, where production of the refreshing treats is being optimized