Which is the right level of purchasing for your company?
Effective purchasing, aligned with the company's key needs, contributes to long-term goals such as profitability, competitive advantage and growth in company value.
Which is the right level of purchasing for your company?
📌 Effective purchasing, aligned with a company's key needs, contributes to long-term goals such as profitability, competitive advantage and growth in company value.
📌The success of companies like Dell, Wal-Mart or Honda is partly based on well-managed purchasing and supply chain management.
📌The increasing share of externally purchased components and services, which can account for up to 80% of costs, increases the complexity and riskiness of supply chains.
📌However, many organizations still do not see purchasing as strategic, which leads to several mistakes, such as inappropriate centralization, poor purchasing strategy, weak purchasing processes and lack of purchasing knowledge.
📈 To improve, companies should gather a detailed overview of all purchases, analyze purchasing categories and strategies, and determine which solution delivers the greatest economic benefit.
📎 A continuous initiative to increase the added value of purchasing is also important.
🔑 Strategic buying that anticipates future profitable areas and innovative approaches is key to sustained growth in company value and shareholder returns.
Only a few owners and directors have truly deep experience in procurement—and even fewer with modern electronic tools, which are already standard in companies that manage procurement professionally.
When I look back today, in 2025, I feel a bit like a dinosaur who witnessed the rise of procurement digitalization from the front row, but somehow this incredible tool for improvement actually passed me by.
The key benefit of the digital transformation of procurement is optimization precisely in those areas where money leaks out of the procurement process.
Several companies tested automatic ordering through AI, whose task was to independently evaluate needs, place operational orders, and maintain optimal stock levels. The result often exceeded expectations — unfortunately, in a negative sense.
Return on investment within the first year of project implementation.*
*The ROI estimate is based on real data gathered from our clients and their successfully completed projects.
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