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Lean management system and purchasing consulting hand in hand IFOX Systems GmbH creates resource transparency with its data analysis tool:…
RWI/ISL Container Throughput Index RWI (Leibniz Institute for Economic Research; formerly Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) reported higher container throughput a…
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Chip manufacturers changed production to meet demand The automotive industry faces semiconductor shortages through 2022. Alan Priestley of the analysis…
EPSA, Kloepfel and Kronos form largest pan-European purchasing specialist for medium-sized and large companies
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Paris/Düsseldorf/Brussels, June 2021 – The French EPSA Group has acquired four companies of the Düsseldorf-based Kloepfel Group as well as…
June 2021 Author Thanh Duy Tran, Senior Partner at Kloepfel Consulting The importance of purchasing for functioning companies is currently…
Interview with Arnd Bläsing, Purchasing Manager Sternenbäck In more than 170 Sternenbäck bakeries in 5 German federal states, fresh bread…
Interview with Gerrit de Graaf from the SV group in The Netherlands SV group supplies machines and services to the…
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Need for action in digitalization There is apparently a growing concern among German transport companies that they are losing out…
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Interview with Martin Ribbeheger, Head of Corporate Purchasing THIMM Group The family-owned company THIMM is a leading solution provider for…
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Hit the brakes on transport prices now! The current Transport Market Monitor (TMM) shows it: Road transport capacity on the…