Contents
Purchasing 4.0
- Terminology in the context of purchasing.
- The purchasing spectrum: yesterday, today and tomorrow.
- What opportunities does Purchasing 4.0 offer?
- Opportunities and challenges of the future of purchasing.
Business Analytics - Big Data
- Basics.
- Data collection, data analysis and data processing.
- Use of internal and external data.
- Classification of external and internal data volumes.
- Use of evaluations and big data.
Networking & systems
- Exchange of data using interfaces to suppliers.
- Automation - Robotics.
- Collaborative systems.
- Future-oriented IT and process landscape.
- Best practice and dealing with barriers.
Strategic fields of Purchasing 4.0
- Early involvement of purchasing.
- Supplier Development & Involvement.
- Agility in purchasing.
- Change in the supply chain.
- Value Engineering.
- The limits of Purchasing 4.0.
Learning environment
In your online learning environment, you will find useful information, downloads and extra services for this qualification measure after you have registered.
Your benefit
- As part of the training, you will receive an overview of the topic of Purchasing 4.0.
- You will understand the effects and opportunities in purchasing of the future and learn how to actively take them into account in your future purchasing strategy.
- The training provides you with a sound basis for implementing new approaches, which are fundamentally developed in the training.
- They recognize optimization approaches for sustainable implementation.
Methods
Trainer input, group and individual exercises, best-practice examples, work aids, discussion, exchange of experience, practical workshop.
Trainer input, group and individual exercises, best-practice examples, work aids, discussion, exchange of experiences, practical workshop.
Recommended for
purchasing managers, strategic purchasers, project purchasers, supply chain managers, supply chain managers, etc.
Further recommendations for "Purchasing 4.0"
Attendees comments
"Relaxed and "entertaining" moderation with a high level of competence, everyone was taken along."
Seminar evaluation for "Purchasing 4.0"
30720
Start dates and details
Monday, 14.07.2025
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thursday, 23.10.2025
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.
Tuesday, 16.12.2025
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Monday, 23.02.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Tuesday, 21.04.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.
Friday, 24.07.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Training is guaranteed to take place- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.
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