The year 2020 has just started. That is why the Kloepfel Magazine wants to record the top ten articles from 2019. Because a good advice never comes too late:
Supplier conventions: A million euros in a day
Seize your opportunity now: Demands and commodity prices are falling, and it is your turn to capitalize on expiring contracts with renegotiations. Find out how our strongest methods, supplier conventions, direct negotiations and supplier sourcing, can grant you access to a million euros in savings.
Economic shock strengthens your negotiating position
Now or never: Managing directors should use the economic downturn to prepare their company for the future. Slimmed-down order books are also unleashing manpower to give companies time to focus more on innovation, digitization and other strategic issues. You can finance your future program through significant savings in purchasing. After all, purchasing has been neglected during peak periods.
Outsourcing – Upgrade your purchasing
More and more German-speaking companies of all industries and sizes are outsourcing their purchasing activities, in other words they outsource operational purchasing tasks to neighboring countries such as Slovakia. In this interview you will learn about how you can grow using nearshoring, inspire your buyers and implement a nearshoring project step by step.
Outsourcing of special procurement
Depending on the size of the company, buyers are sometimes disturbed hundreds of times a year in their daily business by the procurement of rare requirements. Tasks that are significantly more value-adding for the company are left behind. Find out in this article how Kloepfel Services reacted to this and how medium-sized companies benefit from our solutions.
The 7 most effective tips for successful negotiation in purchasing
Negotiation is one of the most used and decisive tools for buyers. A strategically successful negotiation can promise huge costs or welcomed savings. Savings in purchasing usually go hand in hand with a higher profit margin and a stronger competitive position. In the following guide you can read about 7 effective tips that can make your next negotiation a great success.
Smart strategic make-or-buy decisions
In times of changing competitive pressure, shorter product life cycles and increasing globalization, companies must react flexibly and cost-effectively to changing market conditions. Many companies ask themselves the question: Should we produce by ourselves or should we outsource production? The decision is made according to criteria such as costs, quality, time, availability of resources and risks. For this reason, a strategic in-house production/external procurement analysis is absolutely necessary in order to weigh up all the advantages and disadvantages if you want to concentrate on your core competencies.
Optimal product group management needs to be lived actively
Successful product group management requires a restructuring of the company: away from the subdivision into purchasing and sales; towards a management of the company according to product groups as strategic business units.
Nine steps to an efficient supply chain
If needs are communicated imprecisely along the supply chain, business efficiency suffers. “Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment” provides a remedy.
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Vertical and horizontal cooperation strategies
Today, cooperative strategies are a common term in the supply chain. These can be vertical or horizontal and support the supply, disposal and recycling functions within the supply chain.
Quality management in purchasing
The task of modern purchasing is to supply the company on time with all required goods and services in sufficient quality. However, many companies are not aware of the growing importance of purchasing. Sometimes too little attention is paid to this or simply too few resources are available.