Consulting Sourcing and Purchasing for SMEs
Unlocking untapped potential
Dr.-Ing. Carl U. Bauer | Management Consultant | 45527 Hattingen
Phone: +49 151 5076 9595 | Email: cube@cube-consulting.eu | Contact
As an external party, your supplier has a lot of influence on you
Imagine your supplier stops supplying. As you can see, such an important partner is allowed to take up a little space in your business life. But often it looks like this:
- Missing goods. We contact the supplier.
- Price increases. The supplier contacts us.
These are usually the most predictable supplier contacts.
Supplier-Relationship-Management (SRM) starts with talking
Did you know, that the supplier would also like to know your expectations of today, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow? Have you got time for that? Do you take the time to tell him?
In very many cases, additional supplier-performance within repeat business can be gained in exchange for information you already have. This is a typical win-win situation.
Time and money can also be saved in product-development by involving key suppliers at an early stage.
Not making use of this potential overlooks the fact that material costs are often the largest item in the P&L statement.
Do you want to break new ground with your supply-chain?
I know sourcing from either perspective, running a machine tool business as well as running a supplier. Management consulting for the supply-chain is therefore based on thorough first-hand experience.
Optimizing purchase-price by pressing hard conditions leaves losers. It is much more efficient and long lasting to kill cost within product and supply-chain than to try to move it to the other side. We all want to win. Win-win is best. Get started today.
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