Consulting Services in Purchasing and Procurement

Security of supply at optimum conditions is the objective of this consulting segment. A customized products group structure is the basis for further steps. Building up on it, Kerkhoff Consulting develops the necessary products group strategies.

Those wanting to profit from global sourcing need to answer vital questions: Which markets will be relevant even in the future? How can a high quality level of the merchandise be ensured with ever more economical conditions? And how can it be guaranteed that products are manufactured according to social standards? Kerkhoff Consulting supports its clients from the analysis all the way to the supplier on location.

Purchasing has long since been more than simply the procurement of goods and haggling about economical conditions. Today, it‘s important to optimize the entire process chain. Operative and strategic processes in purchasing and at the interfaces are recorded and evaluated. Weak points in the existing process model are thus identified and the necessary changes made.

The purchasing department has a central control function in the enterprise. But purchasing will only be a guarantor for success in a networked organization. Especially if several locations or companies are aiming at joint, optimized purchasing. Kerkhoff Consulting provides assistance with the centralization, decentralization, and organization of a purchasing department.

Finding optimum volumes at the optimum point in time is a complex task for the supply management. Because purchasing and inventory management frequently work against each other: Buyers want economical conditions when taking large volumes; inventory managers like to keep their warehouses free. Kerkhoff consultants can look at it from the outside and will help balance out interests and define optimum volumes and points in time.

Kerkhoff consultants will keep all risks in sight. They will help in the organization and implementation of customer-specific and product group-specific financing concepts to ward off currency risks and loss of receivables outstanding. The use of different models reduces purchasing costs and sets free liquidity. The result will be greater planning security.

Many organizations lack the necessary overview of their purchasing department and thus their expenditures. Kerkhoff consultants meet this challenge and will provide transparency in purchasing. That allows checking for optimization potentials and provides bases for decision-making for general management.

Supplier insolvencies are a serious threat. Those losing an A-supplier will need a replacement as fast as possible. Kerkhoff Consulting will check where single sourcing and where multi sourcing strategies are necessary. Purchasing will thus be more independent of crises and recessions.