KAIZEN™ in Sourcing

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