Marcus Kleinfeld
Partner & Managing Director, Munich
External purchases—third-party spend for raw materials, goods, and services—typically makes up anywhere between 40-80% of a company’s cost structure. Effective management of this external spend along with efficient purchasing practices can help achieve year-over-year profit improvements equivalent to revenue efforts on major product lines. Strong purchasing capabilities are a vital contributor to both shareholder value and competitive differentiation.
The case for rethinking manufacturing footprints has become impossible to ignore.
The geopolitical climate, coupled with several years of sourcing and logistics challenges exacerbated by COVID-induced global disruptions, has exposed cracks in the global supply chain and put a spotlight on associated risks. Businesses are carefully considering their options due to changes in trade policies, legislation driven by technological competition, and automation, all of which are driving seismic shifts in the global supply chain.
READ MOREThe case for rethinking manufacturing footprints has become impossible to ignore.
The geopolitical climate, coupled with several years of sourcing and logistics challenges exacerbated by COVID-induced global disruptions, has exposed cracks in the global supply chain and put a spotlight on associated risks. Businesses are carefully considering their options due to changes in trade policies, legislation driven by technological competition, and automation, all of which are driving seismic shifts in the global supply chain.
READ MOREHelping you find an optimal path to a profitable supply chain
The Global Trade Optimizer™ (GTO) can take your company’s entire supply chain (at all levels), identify nodes with critical exposures, and apply predictive modeling and monitoring of leading indicators for identified risks. Given the disruptions in recent years to supply chains, these capabilities have never been more critical. Learn more about how GTO™ can help you mitigate supply risk, improve product cost/margin, and build supply chain resiliency.
LEARN MOREHelping you find an optimal path to a profitable supply chain
The Global Trade Optimizer™ (GTO) can take your company’s entire supply chain (at all levels), identify nodes with critical exposures, and apply predictive modeling and monitoring of leading indicators for identified risks. Given the disruptions in recent years to supply chains, these capabilities have never been more critical. Learn more about how GTO™ can help you mitigate supply risk, improve product cost/margin, and build supply chain resiliency.
LEARN MOREAfter nearly three decades of expansion, the forces of globalization—which have helped fuel economic growth through greater trade, exchange, and openness—are in retreat. Barriers are going up, and global trade declining. Protectionism is on the rise. And while it is too soon to quantify the extent and duration of the disruption resulting from the crisis in Ukraine, it is already clear that the ripple effects will be immense and long-lasting.
Ongoing supply chain challenges spell the growing need for resiliency and sustainability. Read insights on how business leaders are reinventing their organizations amidst ongoing disruption.
LEARN MOREAfter nearly three decades of expansion, the forces of globalization—which have helped fuel economic growth through greater trade, exchange, and openness—are in retreat. Barriers are going up, and global trade declining. Protectionism is on the rise. And while it is too soon to quantify the extent and duration of the disruption resulting from the crisis in Ukraine, it is already clear that the ripple effects will be immense and long-lasting.
Ongoing supply chain challenges spell the growing need for resiliency and sustainability. Read insights on how business leaders are reinventing their organizations amidst ongoing disruption.
LEARN MOREExternal purchases—third-party spend for raw materials, goods, and services—typically makes up anywhere between 40-80% of a company’s cost structure. Effective management of this external spend along with efficient purchasing practices can help achieve year-over-year profit improvements equivalent to revenue efforts on major product lines. Strong purchasing capabilities are a vital contributor to both shareholder value and competitive differentiation.
The case for rethinking manufacturing footprints has become impossible to ignore.
The geopolitical climate, coupled with several years of sourcing and logistics challenges exacerbated by COVID-induced global disruptions, has exposed cracks in the global supply chain and put a spotlight on associated risks. Businesses are carefully considering their options due to changes in trade policies, legislation driven by technological competition, and automation, all of which are driving seismic shifts in the global supply chain.
READ MOREThe case for rethinking manufacturing footprints has become impossible to ignore.
The geopolitical climate, coupled with several years of sourcing and logistics challenges exacerbated by COVID-induced global disruptions, has exposed cracks in the global supply chain and put a spotlight on associated risks. Businesses are carefully considering their options due to changes in trade policies, legislation driven by technological competition, and automation, all of which are driving seismic shifts in the global supply chain.
READ MOREHelping you find an optimal path to a profitable supply chain
The Global Trade Optimizer™ (GTO) can take your company’s entire supply chain (at all levels), identify nodes with critical exposures, and apply predictive modeling and monitoring of leading indicators for identified risks. Given the disruptions in recent years to supply chains, these capabilities have never been more critical. Learn more about how GTO™ can help you mitigate supply risk, improve product cost/margin, and build supply chain resiliency.
LEARN MOREHelping you find an optimal path to a profitable supply chain
The Global Trade Optimizer™ (GTO) can take your company’s entire supply chain (at all levels), identify nodes with critical exposures, and apply predictive modeling and monitoring of leading indicators for identified risks. Given the disruptions in recent years to supply chains, these capabilities have never been more critical. Learn more about how GTO™ can help you mitigate supply risk, improve product cost/margin, and build supply chain resiliency.
LEARN MOREAfter nearly three decades of expansion, the forces of globalization—which have helped fuel economic growth through greater trade, exchange, and openness—are in retreat. Barriers are going up, and global trade declining. Protectionism is on the rise. And while it is too soon to quantify the extent and duration of the disruption resulting from the crisis in Ukraine, it is already clear that the ripple effects will be immense and long-lasting.
Ongoing supply chain challenges spell the growing need for resiliency and sustainability. Read insights on how business leaders are reinventing their organizations amidst ongoing disruption.
LEARN MOREAfter nearly three decades of expansion, the forces of globalization—which have helped fuel economic growth through greater trade, exchange, and openness—are in retreat. Barriers are going up, and global trade declining. Protectionism is on the rise. And while it is too soon to quantify the extent and duration of the disruption resulting from the crisis in Ukraine, it is already clear that the ripple effects will be immense and long-lasting.
Ongoing supply chain challenges spell the growing need for resiliency and sustainability. Read insights on how business leaders are reinventing their organizations amidst ongoing disruption.
LEARN MORE