Updating the material group structure in purchasing
Goal: Current commodity groups that could be assigned accordingly to a strategic buyer in order to work out and implement the strategy for them.
Project
Duration: 5 months
Role in the project: Sponsor / Steering Committee
Operational area, geographical:
- Austria
- Global
Company
Type: Mechanical / plant engineering
Turnover: 700 Mio. EUR
Number of employees: 4,200
Description
The company had an outdated structure at the time that was not applicable. The consideration of updating to eClass or WBS was discarded.
Measures
- Definition of a new product group key
- Assignment of all materials to the new material groups
- Master data maintenance in the ERP system
- Display of a material group tree with corresponding key figures
- Identification of savings potentials per product group
Team
- Working student (Master thesis)
- 4 Strategic buyers
- 2 Standardization engineers
Reporting
- Weekly to Management
Interfaces
- Purchasing
- Development
- IT
Success
Presentation of a material group structure adapted to the company with which the strategic buyers can manage the material groups assigned to them, work out strategies and bring about cost reductions.
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