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How to protect yourself and your company sustainably Over the past weeks and months, the Kloepfel Group has been intensively engaged in the procurement of respiratory masks and protective material. In addition to numerous industrial customers, we supplied the Federal Ministry of Health, the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and other federal states with urgently needed protective materials. In the meantime, the procurement markets have nearly returned to normal and most authorities and companies have replenished their stocks. If your company currently has a specific need in this area, the Kloepfel Group can offer its support based on the following points:…
New opportunities through a change of supplier Since Corona, global procurement development has been in fast motion – and it is worthwhile to continuously review purchasing relationships. A change of supplier can offer great opportunities for returns. In this article you will learn about the advantages of a change and the challenges that need to be considered. Situation on the procurement market: New scope for buyers The virus has shaken up the world economy. In some cases, goods from suppliers are no longer accepted at all. The uncertainty often leads to lower orders with effects far into the next year…
Interview with Nikolas Diedrich, CFO of Dermatologikum Hamburg At Dermatologikum Hamburg, more than 40 specialists ensure that people feel comfortable in their skin. Whether through classical, operative and aesthetic dermatology, vascular surgery or dermatological laboratory diagnostics. Together with the experts from Kloepfel Consulting, the private clinic has recently optimized its purchasing. This required a sure instinct in dealing with suppliers and surgical precision in data analysis, as Nikolas Diedrich, CFO of Dermatologikum, explains in our interview. Mr. Diedrich, what was the reason for optimizing your purchasing department? What were the goals? We are now a clinic with 200 employees and…
Darius Zamani-Achtiani is the new partner at the medium-sized purchasing consultancy Kloepfel Consulting. With this move, the owner-managed consultancy is reacting to the increased challenges and project demands in the retail and non-food consumer goods sectors, which e.g. include fashion manufacturers and producers of electrical goods. Darius Zamani-Achtiani explains: “Due to the corona virus, the consumer mood in the DACH region has clearly flattened out. Therefore it is particularly important for retailers and the consumer goods industry in the non-food sector to optimize their purchasing conditions, but also their purchasing strategies and processes. The markets for suppliers and buyers are…
About the partnership with Kloepfel, social commitment and passion for FC Schalke 04 Georg Delker is already part of the second generation of the Delker GmbH & Co. KG. The medium-sized wholesale company has been supplying high-quality electric tools, warehouse and factory equipment, occupational safety equipment, precision technology and machine tools for over 50 years. It has customers in all sectors of trade and industry. In our interview, Georg Delker tells us about the recently concluded cooperation with Kloepfel Consulting, where the focus of the cooperation will be, what makes DELKER stand out and why the company sponsors FC Schalke…
Raise investment treasures with product group profiles Even today, purchasing in many medium-sized companies is not strategic enough, so that return on investment treasures are hidden. A proven approach to uncover these is to develop procurement strategies for relevant product groups and then implement them with concrete measures. A product group is characterized by the fact that the requirements can be procured from a portfolio of similarly oriented suppliers. The essence of this commodity group strategy should be presentable on a One Pager – a commodity group profile that serves as a treasure map. With around 20 to 30 WG…
HWWI commodity price index continues to rise HHWWI overall index increases by 18.7% (US dollar basis) Crude oil price rises by 27.3% Slight increase of 1.3% in the price of food and beverages (Hamburg, 15 July 2020) The recovery of the HWWI commodity price index after the decline caused by the corona crisis continued in July. The HWWI commodity price index rose by an average of 18.7 % (euro basis: +14.9 %) compared with the previous month and stood at 77.5 points (euro basis: 76.4 points). Crude oil prices rose sharply. The sub-index for energy commodities rose in June by…
Corona virus and environmental factors are the reason The credit insurer Coface has published its current assessments of all countries. Of a total of 162 economies, 71 have been downgraded. Also 134 industries in 28 countries plummeted. Germany, too, had to accept a worse grade of A3. For more than 20 years, during which Germany has been part of the credit insurer, no other country has ever received such a bad rating. Germany did not lose its top mark of A1 until July 2019, as Coface economist Christiane von Berg explains: “At Coface, the A3 mark means that the risk…
Study of the Kühne Logistics University The Kühne Logistics University has conducted a major study on the rapid adaptation of supply chains for protective equipment during the Corona crisis. To this end, interviews were conducted with senior managers of around forty companies. The study was developed against the background that global supply chains for medical protective equipment established during the corona pandemic were unable to meet the increasing demand in Germany. As a result of this shortage, many companies decided to produce masks or disinfectants locally and very quickly set up a corresponding production facility. Prof. Dr. Kai Hoberg, who…
2020 Corporate Energy & Sustainability Progress Report With the 2020 Corporate Energy & Sustainability Progress Report, Schneider Electric has presented a new study on energy and sustainability in companies. The study aims to gain a better understanding of energy and resource management. It examines how energy management has developed into an indispensable component of integrated sustainability strategies. The study also focuses on the increased use of digital tools. Commenting on the report, Schneider Electric stated in a press release: “The Corporate Energy & Sustainability Progress Report has been developed to provide a better understanding of how companies purchase energy, manage…
What you need to do now The corona virus has literally turned the logistics of many companies upside down. Conventional rules such as predictability and delivery reliability are no longer valid. Nearly all logistics departments are currently running on sight and simultaneously managing in crisis mode. The following examples illustrate the extremely precarious situation in the supply chains: High demand for storage space from food, pharmaceutical and FMCG companies Warehouses of industrial companies are full because no goods are flowing out At the same time, space comes onto the market (trade fair and event logistics, initial consolidations/insolvencies) Demand collapses but…
Harald Bloemers talks about his experiences with Kloepfel Benelux B.V. Industry: Winter maintenance, Railway and Airport-vehicles Commodities: mechanical processing, grey- & modular cast iron, drivelines, fiberglass-reinforced plastic, cast aluminium and various other subjects. Turnover: 413 million euros (2018) Employees: 1.900 (worldwide – 2019) Objective: This project was part of an international project for the entire Aebi Group. Plants in Germany and Switzerland were part of this, as was the plant in Holten, the Netherlands. In addition to generating costs savings the goal was to provide Aebi Schmidt new insights regarding the established way of working with current suppliers and identify…
Handover of 30 million face masks to North Rhine-Westphalia On Wednesday, the Minister of Health, Karl-Josef Laumann, Thomas Wessel (Member of the Board of Management and Labor Director of Evonik Industries AG), Michael Kofler (Managing Director of PSG Procurement Services GmbH), Christian von Daniels (proprietor of van Laack), Werner Dornscheidt (Chairman of the Board of Management of Messe Düsseldorf), Frank Langer (head of the joint task force of the relief organisations Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund, Johanniter, Malteser, Deutsche-Lebens-Rettungs-Gesellschaft and Deutsches Rotes Kreuz in North Rhine-Westphalia) and Marc Kloepfel (Managing Director Kloepfel Group) visited the warehouse for protective equipment at Messe Düsseldorf. Since the…
5 signposts to rethink the future of purchasing The Corona crisis was also a shock for many purchasing departments, revealing weaknesses without mercy. Such as overlong supply chains, virtuously interwoven across the globe. Or overly administrative procurement processes – with media breaks that are extremely hindering for work from home. Or single sourcing suppliers in Italian restricted zones. This revelation can now be seen as an opportunity to turn weaknesses in purchasing into strengths. But how? To this end, we look at five guides to rethinking the future of purchasing. 1. Making purchasing more agile Everyone is talking about agility…
An Antonov An-124 landed at Düsseldorf Airport A rare spectacle at Düsseldorf Airport. On Friday 22.05.20 an Antonov An-124 with 6.6 million medical face masks on board landed in Düsseldorf at 11:10 am. The masks are needed for system-relevant professions, for example in the medical field. The Russian cargo plane with a length of 69 m and a wingspan of 73 m is one of the largest transport aircraft in the world. The airlift was organized by the purchasing experts of psg Procurement Services and the Kloepfel Group. Michael Kofler, Managing Director of psg Procurement Services, explains: “Currently, numerous companies…
Our sister company Kloepfel Engineering takes care of its customers during the crisis. It is possible to create contactless calculations for you with our online tool “Cost Control” and thus determine your cost drivers from a distance. We are happy to offer free webinars and test calculations for our tool, so that you can get a feeling for the possibilities and solutions our software offers. We are also happy to provide support in the following areas: Production optimization Product optimization Plant design and much more In corporation with their customers Kloepfel Engineering finds out which services make sense in the…
HWWI commodity price index rises for the first time since the beginning of the year HWWI overall index increases by 21.7 % (US dollar basis) Crude oil prices rise by 39.9 Slight decrease in prices for food and beverages by 1.8 (Hamburg, 10 June 2020) The decline in the HWWI commodity price index caused by the corona crisis did not continue in May. The HWWI commodity price index rose by an average of 21.7 % (euro basis: +21.2 %) compared with the previous month and stood at 65.3 points (euro basis: 66.5 points). The increase in the HWWI overall index…
“We must redouble our efforts” Because of the difficult to assess situation – caused by the corona virus – China’s leadership has announced that for the first time since 1990 no growth target can be set. Hong Kong has also introduced a new law. At present, the annual meeting is held in the National Congress rounds. About 3,000 delegates from all over China travelled to the capital for the event. Because of the circumstances this year, many things were handled differently than usual. This year, for example, the annual meeting will take place in May and not in March and…