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Case Study

Optimization of purchasing

230750

at supplier of refrigeration technology​

A provider of turnkey refrigeration systems and services in the food industry faced significant challenges: an inefficient purchasing process, limited know-how and a lack of organizational maturity. Templates and processes were created to methodically support buyers. Successes include building a new purchasing organization, introducing a market-standard tool to track all savings measures, and an expected overachievement of the purchasing target.

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Company

  • Provider of turnkey refrigeration systems and services in the food industry​
  • Around 4,000 employees in over 20 European countries​
  • Approx. $2b in revenue​
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Challenge

  • Reorganization of decentralized purchasing after company takeover​
  • Inefficient purchasing process, little know-how and lack of maturity of the organization​
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Goals

  • Enforce cost savings​
  • Introduction of clear structures and processes in strategic purchasing​
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Measures

  • Integration of all potentials into individual projects​
  • Setting up an MP program with monthly reporting to the board​
  • Creation of templates and processes for methodical support of purchasers​
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Results

  • Establishment of a new purchasing organization, corresponding structures and processes in strategic purchasing​
  • Introduction of a marketable tool for tracking all savings measures as well as MP reporting​
  • Expected to exceed the 2024 purchasing target (target $14.7m)​

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