Kerkhoff Consulting - Quality leader among the consultancies for purchasing
Three years in a row the consultancy for purchasing and supply chain management Kerkhoff Consulting received an important award for its quality in consulting. In 2011 and 2010, Kerkhoff Consulting was awarded the title “Best of Consulting” by Wirtschaftswoche; in 2009, the business magazine CAPITAL elected Kerkhoff Consulting “Hidden Champion of the Consultancy Market”. ►more
Current Allensbach study: Despite economic upswing, German companies want to continue to substantially reduce costs
Four of five Germany companies want to reduce costs to improve their operative results. In terms of their application of cost reduction measures, large companies and corporate groups are clearly ahead of small and medium-sized companies. That's the result of a current survey of 501 top decision makers of the German business community conducted by the Institut für Demoskopie (Institute for Public Opinion Polls and Research) in Allensbach and by the Kerkhoff Competence Center of Supply Chain Management at the University of St. Gallen. Excerpts of the study are exclusively published in the online Financial Times Deutschland and in the April issue of the business magazine Impulse. ►more
Free of charge: First dictionary of purchasing for iPad and iPhone by Kerkhoff Consulting
From "advanced purchasing" to "bullwhip effect" and all the way to "maverick buying": The ever more complex world of industrial buyers and supply chain managers also brings about an ever more complex language. A maze of words sometimes difficult to understand for novices and seasoned professional buyers alike. To cast light on the matter, the purchasing consultancy Kerkhoff Consulting therefore published its first free app for iPad and iPhone: "Das Einkaufslexikon" (The dictionary of purchasing) with 770 special terms. ►more
