Strategic and Operational
Consulting for Procurement

Founded in 2004, CKS is an independent, highly specialized consultancy firm whose objective is Excellence in Procurement including: Audit and organization of Procurement departments, Definition of procurement strategies for high-stakes expenditure segments, Design and deployment of Procurement performance plans, Business Analysis on Procurement IS implementation projects, Integration of Procurement IS, Design of "business" applications based on the latest technologies (AI, Big data, etc.),…



The leadership and expertise of a consulting firm specializing in procurement:

80

Procurement Management Audits conducted

60

Purchasing IS design and implementation missions / Contracts / Supplies

25 000

People trained in purchasing

150

Clients divided between EU/USA, often leaders in their sectors

$ 3bn

Billions of dollars in savings for our customers


Towards a modern Procurement function

Case study

Training buyers of an automotive manufacturer on reverse auction strategies
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FEBRUARY 2023

Training buyers of an automotive manufacturer on reverse auction strategies

In 2022 & 2023, CKS Auctions consultants supported a Swiss Tier-1 autoparts manufacturer deploy best practices about reverse auctions on its new procurement suite. [...]

Case study

Project management assistance for a French public scientific, cultural and professional institution
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JULY 2021

Project management assistance for a French public scientific, cultural and professional institution

Maintenance services for lifting equipment [...]

Case study

Deployment of a Procure-to-Pay (P2P) full suite for a leading European automotive retailer
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APRIL 2020

Deployment of a Procure-to-Pay (P2P) full suite for a leading European automotive retailer

Change management following the implementation of a Procure-to-Pay solution for a European leader in the field of car distribution [...]

 

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Our points of view

Report/Study

Disruptive technologies in Public Procurement
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FEBRUARY 2021

Disruptive technologies in Public Procurement

A report prepared by The World Bank with the contribution of CKS Consulting [...]

Report/Study

Procurement process mining - Latest methods and technologies
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DECEMBER 2019

Procurement process mining - Latest methods and technologies

In virtually every industry, procurement is one of the most important business processes and also one of the less proficient... Nevertheless, the actual resource expenditure and thus the savings potential of the Source-to-Pay (S2P) process are often [...]

Articles

Will participating in British public tenders still be possible for EU businesses after Brexit?
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OCTOBER 2019

Will participating in British public tenders still be possible for EU businesses after Brexit?

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Press Release

CKS has deployed Ivalua solution at CERN
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JULY 2023

CKS has deployed Ivalua solution at CERN

Ivalua and CKS Consulting Announce Successful Implementation of Requests for Quotations Solution at CERN [...]

News

Floods in Belgium: CKS Benelux pledges its support to the Belgian Red Cross
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JULY 2021

Floods in Belgium: CKS Benelux pledges its support to the Belgian Red Cross

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News

CKS Benelux and Ivalua partner with Punch Powertrain to digitalise strategic sourcing
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MARCH 2021

CKS Benelux and Ivalua partner with Punch Powertrain to digitalise strategic sourcing

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