1. Page 1 Com Strategic Procurement
Purchasing-Performance-Excellence
– a study of Arthur D. Little in cooperation with the University St.Gallen
Background, Goals and Method of the study
Method Field research
August 2005 until January 2006
Participants of the
survey
81 major enterprises and medium-sized companies
Researched branches Automotive
Engineering, Manufacturing
TIME1
Chemical Industry
Consumer Goods
Contacted persons CEO and CPOs of the participating companies
Participating
companies (excerpt)
Healthcare
Travel & Transportation
Utilities & Energy Services
Financial Services
1) Telecommunication, Information, Media, Electronics
Alcatel, Ericsson, Avaya, Siemens Com, T-mobile, T-com,
France Telecom, VW, Audi, BMW, Ford, Daimler Chrysler,
MAN, EADS, EDAC, Still, Brückner, Atlas Copco, Skanskar,
Dura, MTU, Dräger, BSH, Bayer, Leica, ABB…

2. Page 2 Com Strategic Procurement
Siemens AG (Com) finished second overall, but first
within the industry segment TIME 1)
1) Telecommunication, Information, Media, Electronics
2006
2FolgestudiedesEPI®-
Benchmarking03/04
PPE
20062006
2FolgestudiedesEPI®-
Benchmarking03/04
PPE
SiemensAG
(Communications)
alsTop-PerformerimEinkauf
InderBenchmarking-Studie„SpitzenleistungenimEinkauf“
–Purchasing-Performance-Excellence2006–
erreichtderEinkaufderSiemensAG(Communications)
diezweithöchstePurchasing-Performanceundbelegtdamit
Platz2allerbeteiligtenUnternehmen.
Stuttgart,den2.März2006
ArthurD.LittleGmbH|Gustav-Stresemann-Ring1|65189Wiesbaden|www.adlittle.com
Prof.Dr.WolfgangStölzle
VorsitzenderDirektor
Kühne-InstitutfürLogistik
UniversitätSt.Gallen
CarstenVollrath
Partner&HeadOperationsManagement
CentralEurope
ArthurD.Little
Stuttgart,den2.März2006
ArthurD.LittleGmbH|Gustav-Stresemann-Ring1|65189Wiesbaden|www.adlittle.com
Prof.Dr.WolfgangStölzle
VorsitzenderDirektor
Kühne-InstitutfürLogistik
UniversitätSt.Gallen
CarstenVollrath
Partner&HeadOperationsManagement
CentralEurope
ArthurD.Little
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