Purchases

Audit

analysis total effectiveness of the Purchases, its adequacy with :
- the mission and strategy of the company
- the ethics and the image of the company
- the financial and qualititive objectives of the company
- competitor practices
- market opportunities
- purchase techniques available (in particular with internet),
analysis of human and physical means and more generally analysis of the organisation in general,
analysis of information systems and their integration and coherence with the internal information systems of the company and those of the partners (implied suppliers, clients and other thirds).
analysis of purchase directories
analysis of bought products and services (internal catalogues and catalogues suppliers)
analysis of supplier directories
analysis of quality directories
analysis of process directories (sourcing/ definition of the need / consultation / purchases / control / use / economic and qualitative measuring...)

assistance in the purchasing policy definition,
definition and installation of purchasing structures (at the local or international level)
organization of the purchases in human and material means:
- audit of the current situation,
- definition and installation of a marketing purchase
- definition of plans of progress and follow-up of their achievements,
- definition of the information systems necessary and their implementation
- definition and installation of measuring instruments for purchases
- implementation of purchase synergy, especially for international companies, at the worldwide level,
- definition and implementation of concurrent engineering,
- optimisation of the supply chain,
quality insurance for supplier and quality process for purchase department,
definition and implementation of electronic exchanges with involved outside parties.
- EDI, EFI, XML, Web services...
- organization of an internal market place
- organization of electronic invitation to tender (reversed biddings...)
- use of external market places