Large changes occur in the entire procurement market. Some of the key factors influencing this are:

• The necessity for global procurement
• The reduction in vertical integration in many branches of industry
• The trend towards system procurement
• Outsourcing of development activities to the supplier

The orientation based exclusively on price criteria no longer leads to the goal under these circumstances because decisive time, quality and cost factors in the different areas of activities and function are not taken into account. Today, beside the traditional purchasing activities, a modern procurement management therefore also makes a significant conceptual and technical contribution to the structure of the product and therefore also of the price.

More potential through interdisciplinary teams

Whereas until a few years ago the detection of sustainable procurement potentials was left to the knowledge and enthusiasm of individual purchase officers, nowadays system procurement also requires systemic thinking and work in cross-departmental teams.These regroup the capacities and experience concerning area–specific time, quality and cost factors:

THESEN AG represents this interdisciplinary approach also within its own company. Beside experienced purchase officers and management experts our teams of advisors therefore consist also of engineers from the branch of the customers.

Analysis of potential

The aim of our analysis of procurement potential is to achieve, for different categories of materials and suppliers, the most efficient process with different levels of intensity in cooperation.

We see this task not as a mere optimization of a formal process. For this reason we subject all products and the factors that influence their price to a conceptual, economic and technical analysis. If you wish we simultaneously take into account the entire structure of the material groups in your company and also consider, should the need arise, the development of multipurpose building blocks across products. The fundamental reduction in your production costs which can be achieved in this manner and the redefinition and stimulation of the relationship with the suppliers will be a central strategic element of success for the purchase department and consequently for the entire company. This is our analytical and creative challenge. We look forward to it.