Purchasing Consulting and Interim Management Purchasing

Development of strategic purchasing through,

– Establishment of strategic tools such as portfolio technology, SWOT analyzes and much more
– Transfer of method competence
– Integration of purchasing activities to meet corporate goal

Support of the purchasing department through …
– Purchasing Audit (Organization and Processes)
– Identification of objective saving potentials
– Realization of the potentials
– Individual market analyzes of prices (benchmark, indices, Industry, …)

– Development and/or further development of supplier management systems
– Integration and active cooperation of suppliers
– Individual potential analysis of suppliers
– Procurement market research
– Global supplier sourcing
– Supplier audits
– Qualification of suppliers

temporary bridging of vacancies due to time / capacity / know-how reasons
– Project purchasing
– Strategic purchasing
– Purchasing manager

Support of companies in:

– Establishment of a purchasing organization
– Further development of the existing purchasing organization
– Integration of purchasing areas as part of company expansion
– Optimization of purchasing  processses
– Design of the purchasing processes within the scope of the purchasing organization

Increased transparency through Zero-Base approach
– Analyzes of price relationships (cost structures, preliminary products, raw materials, …)
– Determination of actual machine hourly rates
– Collection and analysis of overhead costs
– Verification of logistics costs
– Analysis of process costs

– Risk Management Organization and Process
– Systematic Risk Assessment
– Structured Risk Evaluation and Risk Analysis
– Preventive Risk Management Measures
– Selection and establishment of early warning indicators and KPIs
– Sustainable Risk Optimization

Support at …
– Product launches
– Establishment of new locations
– Time-limited  purchasing projects

Support of companies in:

– Development and implementation of a modular Material Group Management system (MGM)
– Development and implementation of a Material Group Strategiess
– Material Groups for direct spend
– Material Groups for indirect spend (non-productive) and services

Value Management through support …
– during development phase (VE – Value Engineering)
– for actual products (VA – Value Analysis)

– Global Purchassing Network (appr. 70 countries)
– Import and customs
– Suppliers for …

– Raw material, feedstocks, semi-finished parts
– Components and assemblies
– Non-productive materials
– Services
– Capital goods and secondary equipment

Support at the  start  of series  production …
– on site at critical suppliers
– Sampling of productss and/or tools
– Run@Rate
– 0-Series

Increased efficiency, time saving and commercial savings through …

– continuous procurement market research
– structured tenders
– bundling of purchasing volumes
– negotiation and conclusion of framework agreements
– integrated purchasing shop-systems
– purchasing portal

Support in negotiations through …

– systematic preparation
– aktive negotiation
– Buying Center
– Ghost negotiating

Audits of…

– new suppliers (Supplier establishment)
– existing suppliers (Supplier development)
– Purchasing departments (Potential development)
– Product audits and/or Process audit (Sampling and approval)

Task-Force for solving critical cases, e.g.
– Relocation of tools
– Change of suppliers
– Start of series production
– Supervise critical suppliers