Case study

NOVEMBER 2013

Audit of indirect Purchasing for one of the World's leading producers of integrated digital security solutions

The world's leader in designing and creating digital security devices and safeguards, as the result of a merger at the beginning of 2006

Context

Indirect Purchasing makes up more and more of its overall Purchasing turnover. The Indirect Purchasing Manager wanted to intensify his objectives for efficacy in the short- and medium terms. (Reduce costs, maintain and improve quality for internal Clients ...)

CKS was mandated to carry out an Audit of the Corporation's Indirect Purchasing and determine what tangible and realistic actions should be carried out over time for what quantifiable impact.

On completion of the audit, on the basis of their analysis CKS suggested a number of scenarios and action plans along the 5 following axes:

Objectives

Resources

For the complete duration of the mission, CKS mobilised a team of eight consultants who were specialised in the Purchasing categories to be focused on: (Temporary work, Telecoms, Marketing, Facility Management, Technical Assistance, Legal needs … )

The process was set up in a number of stages:

Results

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