Technical procurement
Technical procurement / technical purchasing (also procurement engineering ) is a modern function of materials management . It is usually a discipline of industrial engineering , combines technical and business methods and is becoming increasingly important, especially against the background of increasing digitization.
Definition of terms
The distinction between technical purchasing and technical procurement is not clear. While the classic task description of purchasing focuses on a late phase of the product creation process shortly before the start of production ( SOP) and the support of the ongoing production phase , the term procurement often refers to the entire process of material disposition, ordering and procurement logistics as well as strategic Elements - such as value and cost engineering, strategic supplier loyalty or innovation sourcing - are described. Technical procurement is therefore an integral part of the product development process and accompanies the product from the first idea to recycling. The functional area is increasingly assuming the role of a business partner who acts as a “margin improver, liquidity enhancer, risk manager and innovation driver”.
meaning
The procurement volume of the companies serviced by the BME ( Federal Association of Materials Management, Purchasing and Logistics ) was around 1.4 trillion euros in 2014. If this figure is extrapolated to all companies in Germany in 2020, the result is likely to be a volume of more than € 1.8 trillion. Most companies are increasingly reducing their own vertical integration, so that many companies have a procurement volume of more than half of their sales.
The core services of technical procurement go well beyond purely monetary objectives. Questions of innovation management, security of supply or transparency in the supply chain are becoming increasingly important.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dirk Hecht: Modern procurement management . tape 1 . uni-edition, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-944072-88-3 .
- ^ Günter Hofbauer: Technical procurement management . Ed .: uni-edition. Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-942171-94-6 .