Purchase and Suppliers Management

Three scenarios represent and influence purchasing strategies in the industrial and service world:

• A gradual development of operational process outsourcing policies and business support
• A drastic purchases control, to support global sourcing policies
• Development of operational and strategic integration programs between the customer and suppliers.

The purchases must quickly become a “strategic function” that can effectively contribute to the creation of value, through the research of the best suppliers and the reduction of total purchase costs.

The M&IT model is based on the following 7 key elements (the “7S”):

• Supplier: organize the supply network
• Strategy: define development strategies and policies
• Scorecard: Define the system for measuring process performance
• Structure: Review roles, responsibilities and procedures
• Style: Define ethics principle and behaviour in purchases definire principi di etica e comportamento negli acquisti
• Skill: mapping and developing skills
• Systems: Enhance support operational tools

Services offered in the purchase and suppliers management area:

• Lean Supply Chain Management: reorganize the purchasing process and refocus supplier management operational policies to eliminate waste, non-value-added activities and total purchase costs
• Spend Analysis & Management: develop cost control and purchasing efficiency assessment
• Purchasing Agreement: develop contractual forms and related negotiating strategies.
• Vendor Rating/Ranking: set up a supplier rating and classification system to improve overall performance.
• Supplier Improvement: set up and implement a program to develop and improve supplier performance
• Codesign/Comakership: involve suppliers in the innovation and development process of new products (early supplier involvement) and in the reduction of the total cost of the provided products, thanks to proposals for changes/improvement related to the product/process.