Although procurement is an important factor in the success of any company, its potential is rarely exploited to the full. ESPRiT Consulting supports you with the establishment of a fit-for-the-future purchasing system that will significantly improve your value chain.
The first step is a clear and sustainable procurement strategy that then has to be firmly established in the minds of the employees. Measurable targets are needed to give solid form to the procurement strategy. To assess the extent to which these goals have been achieved, one option is to use a balanced scorecard to make regular evaluations.
The next step is to use the procurement strategy as a basis for establishing the best organizational design of the purchasing system. This is best achieved by making a thorough analysis of the organization of the set-up and procedures, as well as the deployed systems. On the basis of our extensive project experience, we use best practices to highlight specific optimization potential that is tailored to your enterprise. Here you are able to utilize innovative concepts, such as lead buying, to make crucial improvements to your purchasing system. In addition, we are more than happy to provide input with regard to international procurement models.
On the basis of the defined strategy and organization, existing procurement processes can be analyzed and optimization potential can be determined. Many companies are still dominated by paper-based processes with manual approval procedures. For contract management, the necessary transparency is often missing because of a lack of technical system support, and even in the area of supplier management, it is often the case that potential is not fully realized. With the help of our tried and tested methods, we are able to highlight how you can improve your processes and optimize the contribution to value that the purchasing department can make.
We offer the following services to support you:
- definition and implementation of strategies and processes
- definition of the organizational positioning of the specialist departments
- optimization of material and supplier strategy
- optimization of warehousing strategy
- carrying out process cost accounting