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
Kerkhoff Consulting one of best employers among medium-sized enterprises
Kerkhoff Consulting has been awarded as one of best employers among medium-sized enterprises in the contest "Top Job 2012". The Institute for Leadership and Personnel Management at the University of St. Gallen asked the employees of Kerkhoff Consulting about their job satisfaction. Kerkhoff Consulting landed among the top 5 with regard to companies having between 100 and 500 employees. ►more
Biggest compliance traps loom in purchasing
According to German companies, especially purchasing and procurement departments are concerned with and affected by compliance and liability risks – ahead of sales and financial departments. Although companies absolutely want to prevent or limit damages (92 percent) and improve their corporate image (63 percent), still over two-thirds of the companies are doing without either a compliance management system or supplier codes. That's the result of a recent survey by the Institut für Demoskopie (Institute for Public Opinion Polls and Research) in Allensbach on behalf of Kerkhoff Consulting and the law firm Kerkhoff Legal which specializes in compliance cases. ►more
