KAIZEN™ in Sourcing

Go beyond transactional sourcing by developing a sourcing strategy that allows you to reduce the purchasing costs and build the internal competences to sustain the results.

We can help you improve your sourcing system, tailoring a solution specially designed to transform the activities of procurement, purchasing and supply.

From:

Transactional sourcing

Lowest purchase price

Suppliers as providers

To:

Strategic sourcing

Lowest total cost of ownership

Suppliers as business partners

Tools

Spend Saving

Reshape the sourcing organisation
Prioritise suppliers according to performance and core capabilities
Join forces to achieve savings through economies of scale
Establish optimised process parameters and guidelines per category

Reshape the sourcing organisation
Prioritise suppliers according to performance and core capabilities
Join forces to achieve savings through economies of scale
Establish optimised process parameters and guidelines per category

Negotiation

Ascertain target prices through different analytical methods
Build better negotiation arguments and leverage competition among suppliers
Establish commercial agreements with suitable vendors, ensuring full advantage and compliance

Ascertain target prices through different analytical methods
Build better negotiation arguments and leverage competition among suppliers
Establish commercial agreements with suitable vendors, ensuring full advantage and compliance

Re-engineering

Review product features and design to reduce costs
Design effective strategies to reduce dependence on powerful suppliers (e.g. backward integration)
Break away from single supplier deals and approach attractive alternatives

Review product features and design to reduce costs
Design effective strategies to reduce dependence on powerful suppliers (e.g. backward integration)
Break away from single supplier deals and approach attractive alternatives

Supply Strategy

Develop strategic partnerships between buyer and supplier to create win-win relationships
Conduct a logistics and planning rearrangement to gain productivity, minimise inventories and speed up the process
Implement joint continuous improvement and supplier development programmes

Develop strategic partnerships between buyer and supplier to create win-win relationships
Conduct a logistics and planning rearrangement to gain productivity, minimise inventories and speed up the process
Implement joint continuous improvement and supplier development programmes