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Impact sourcing - Systematic commodity management

Savings potential often goes unnoticed in procurement. However, there are new ways of leveraging this potential.

in brief

Realizing savings potential systematically

That savings potential often goes unnoticed in procurement is nothing new. However, there are new ways of leveraging this potential.

With our approach to systematic product group management, we have developed over 40 levers and tools that can be applied to identify and exploit savings potential. The tool has regularly generated average annual savings of 8% to 30%.

Further reading

Purchasing excellence 2011

Study, 2011

In 2011, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants once again carried out an extensive global study on trends and benchmarks in the purchasing of production and non-production-related materials and services – the fourth study since 1999 …  >>

 
Sustainable sourcing  and SCM

Study in cooperation with BME, 2010

Sustainability and profitability are not mutually exclusive. For the overwhelming majority of respondents (83%) interviewed by Roland Berger and BME, "economic calculations" are the main driver of their sustainability efforts …  >>

 
Regarding procurement, less is more – sometimes

think: act CONTENT, 2010

In recent months, companies around the world have been experiencing significant changes in how they manage their procurement …  >>