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Thursday, December 04, 2008
Thursday, December 04, 2008
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Supplier Management
To what extent do your suppliers contribute to the exhaustion of strategic success potentials? Do you have an extensive control over the performance of your suppliers? Is your purchasing organization prepared for reformed legal general conditions and corporate governance requirements (Sarbanes Oxley Act, ISO)?
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Risk Management: Hedging Strategies
Companies dependent on raw materials or companies which source Commodities dependent on raw materials, can drastically reduce the risk of increasing prices or volatilities with the help of modern financial instruments. Hedging therefore is a term that encompasses not only these instruments but also special methods to transfer risks.
10:13, 12 Dec, 2006
Product Baselining
The trend towards an increased cooperation with system suppliers leads to a reduction of corporate vertical integration in production. Additionally competent and innovative partners will be harder to find. How will this influence the future of your company?
10:13, 12 Dec, 2006
Marketing - Media
Why should this issue be on the CPO’s agenda? The areas of procurement and marketing often don’t work together closely enough today. However, there is a potential to make disproportionately high cost-savings of on average 12%.
10:13, 12 Dec, 2006
Global Sourcing
Companies currently source a certain proportion of their demand in so-called “Low Cost Countries” (LCCs). They have gained significant savings from this shift in volumes. In a few cases, this share of the purchasing turnover of the company exceeds a few percent of total spend.
10:13, 12 Dec, 2006
Category Leadership
Fast performance improvement versus strategic buying in purchasing? Performance improvement in purchasing is currently one of the most popular initiatives throughout different companies and industry sectors. Especially cost cutting activities in purchasing help to compensate rising price pressures on sales markets.
10:13, 12 Dec, 2006
BrainNet - competence in procurement
The profit lies in the purchase – this wise, old business proverb gets right to the point: purchasing has a significant influence on the success or failure of your company.
10:13, 12 Dec, 2006
