Successfully into the future with e-procurement
How to optimize procurement in an innovative and targeted manner!
Contents
Changes in procurement
- Trend towards outsourcing.
- Complexity management in purchasing.
- Shorter product life cycles.
- Internationalization & risk management.
- Cost transparency and optimization.
E-procurement - basics and overview
- E-procurement approaches.
- Purchasing and controlling - synergy providers and partners.
- Key benefits with e-procurement.
Excursus Purchasing 4.0
- Purchasing 4.0 - More than just an empty phrase?
- Changes in purchasing and the supply chain.
- Requirements for purchasing in 2025.
- Networking and digitalization - the basis for corporate development.
Conception of an e-procurement solution
- Clear requirements in the company.
- Place your tender correctly on the market.
- Request and benchmark e-procurement solutions correctly.
- 360° view for decision-making.
- Project planning and contract design.
Introduction of an e-procurement solution
- The project team as a success factor.
- Project management - clearly define milestones.
- Reducing fears and creating trust - How do I win employees over to e-procurement?
- Design maintenance and service contracts correctly.
E-procurement in practice
- Application areas & tools.
- Benchmark and trends in the market.
- "Must-haves" for your company.
- Best Practices.
Success levers with e-procurement & best practice
- Big data for active risk management.
- Cost and process transparency.
- Supplier management with e-procurement.
Learning environment
In your online learning environment, you will find useful information, downloads and extra services for this training course once you have registered.
Your benefit
This training provides a practice-oriented insight into e-procurement approaches, methods and tools with the aim of,
- cost savings based on the TCO approach.
- optimally use digitalization approaches in purchasing.
- Recognize and manage changes in purchasing requirements.
- get to know and select different e-procurement solutions.
- successfully introduce and integrate e-procurement systems.
- increase the company's dynamism in times of globalization.
- to discover and realize technological and economic potential.
Methods
Trainer input, case/best-practice examples, exchange of experience, discussion, workshop, work aids and checklists, individual and group exercises.
Recommended for
Specialists/executives from purchasing, project purchasing, technical purchasing, supply chain management and supplier management. This training is also aimed at managing directors and employees from controlling and IT.
- Customized training courses
- Direct application in practice
- Efficient use of time and resources
Start dates and details
Wednesday, 22.04.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.

