Price analysis and cost analysis in purchasing practice

How to get the right information from your suppliers

• Where you can find what information about suppliers : Costs and prices in the industry, supplier balance sheets, etc.

Price and cost analysis in purchasing: analyze supplier prices and cost structures, identify potential savings

• Basics of cost analysis: cost types, costing methods.
• Recognize suppliers ' cost structures and use them for negotiations.
• Carry out cost comparison analyses, find "price reserves" with suppliers .

Analyze financial statements of suppliers

• Recognize the earnings situation of suppliers in the balance sheet and income statement and derive negotiating arguments from this.

Using cost management to shape long-term supply relationships

• Define cost targets for suppliers with the experience curve.
• Total Cost of Ownership - the central tool for holistic cost analyses.
• Excursus: Reducing costs for complex procurement goods with value analyses.
• Excursus: Using target costing to strategically influence cost and performance structures.