The efficient purchasing organization: small levers - big impact

Optimization of the purchasing organization

• Process flows in operational, strategic purchasing and in product group/category management.
• Implementation of optimized purchasing processes in operational purchasing.
• Efficient operating principle, e.g. seating arrangement, room design.

Clarification of tasks and processes in purchasing

• Integration of the purchasing department into the organization.
• Delineation of the tasks of the specialist department, management and purchasing.
• Clarification of tasks, performance mandate, process definition.
• Standard processes that make work easier.

Reduce throughput and processing times - optimize process costs

• Measure throughput/processing times.
• Analyze process costs.
• Calculation parameters for the number of purchasers in operational/strategic purchasing.

Recognize and optimize workflows in purchasing

• Process design of workflows.
• Identify and report on costs, effort and benefits, process optimizations.

Service purchasing, specifications and requirements specifications, efficient approval channels

• Requirements checklist for the users.
• Specifications/obligations: Meaning and procedure.
• System-guided approval channels.

Manage inquiries, tenders and bid comparisons more efficiently

• Systematically organize requests.
• Offer comparison with must/can criteria and weighting factors.
• Designing tenders to be results-oriented.

Defense against price increases

• Preparing and conducting price negotiations.

Collaborate effectively with other departments

• Requirements analysis of the specialist departments.
• Sensible design of the interfaces.
• Regular communication, complaint management in the internal process.
• The active external impact of purchasing.