Strategic Procurement is a long time neglected function, as the common understanding during many years pictured procurement as “the long arm” of the production, R&D or sales department, degrading it to a strictly operative profession without any strategic claim.

The growing importance of procurement as a consequence of increasing specialization and diminishing vertical integration, however, has sharpened the grasp for the saving potential, exploitable by approaching procurement strategically.

Cuppers Consulting creates the necessary market price transparence for each of the materials by the precise definition of the essential requirements and the technical product standards, the processing of tenders in all relevant supply markets and by harkening back on our long range experience and price benchmarks from various industries.

Depending on the key indicators such as quality, price, delivery terms, strategic importance, availability or supply market structure, Cuppers Consulting develops custom tailored strategies to negotiate and obtain the best possible conditions for our clients.