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Tuesday 15. May 2012

Press release

Markus Heidrich New Partner at Kerkhoff Consulting

Düsseldorf, May 15, 2012 – Markus Heidrich is a new partner of Kerkhoff Consulting, the Düsseldorf-based consultancy specializing in purchasing and supply chain management. Before, Heidrich had been Vice President of the...

Tuesday 08. May 2012

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Kerkhoff "Procurement Glossary" Now Available Free of Charge on the Internet

Düsseldorf, May 8, 2012 – From "advanced purchasing" to "bullwhip effect" and all the way to "maverick buying": The ever more complex world of buyers and supply chain managers also brings about an ever more specific language. A...

Tuesday 03. April 2012

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American Joint Venture Partner of Kerkhoff Consulting Recognized as "Supply Chain Company of the Year"

Düsseldorf, April 2, 2012 – The Atlanta Metro Chamber recognized Insight Sourcing Group as the "Supply Chain Company of the Year", the company being the joint venture partner of Kerkhoff Consulting, the consultancy specializing...

Tuesday 06. March 2012

Pressemitteilung

Recent Study: Personnel and Accounting Departments Also Potential Outsourcing Candidates

Düsseldorf/Osnabrück, March 6, 2012 – German companies see great potential in outsourcing for the future. Aside from the areas of facility management, security services and telecommunications, personnel and accounting areas are...

Tuesday 07. February 2012

Pressemitteilung

Recent salary study: Buyers in Austria's energy industry are top earners

Düsseldorf/Vienna, February 7, 2012 – Buyers in Austria's energy industry earn an average of EUR 106,000 per year and thus leave other industries far behind. Buyers in the wood and paper industry earn an average of EUR 77,000....

Tuesday 31. January 2012

Pressemitteilung

Kerkhoff Consulting is one of the best employers among medium-sized enterprises

Düsseldorf, January 31, 2012 – Kerkhoff Consulting, the consultancy specializing in purchasing and supply chain management, has been awarded as one of best employers among medium-sized enterprises in the contest "Top Job 2012"....

Monday 07. November 2011

Press Release

Crime Watch Purchasing: Biggest compliance traps loom in purchasing

Düsseldorf, November 7, 2011 – 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....

Wednesday 13. July 2011

Pressemitteilung

David Niemeyer changes from Alix Partners to Kerkhoff Consulting

Düsseldorf, July 13, 2011–- Kerkhoff Consulting is growing: From this month on, David Niemeyer, until now international interim manager at the consultancy Alix Partners, is strengthening the partnership of the Düsseldorf-based...

Tuesday 05. July 2011

Pressemitteilung

Current Allensbach Study: Two-thirds of large German companies reduce their working capital – small and medium-sized businesses lag behind

Düsseldorf, July 5, 2011 – Currently, 62 percent of the German companies with a workforce of more than 1,000 are endeavoring to reduce their working capital (net current assets). The situation is different in Germany's small and...

Monday 30. May 2011

Press Release

Wirtschaftswoche: Kerkhoff Consulting is one of the best supply chain consultancies in Germany

Düsseldorf, May 30, 2011 – Kerkhoff Consulting won the "Best of Consulting 2011" award by Wirtschaftswoche. Once a year, the German weekly business news magazine votes for the best consultancies by evaluating the quality of...

Monday 09. May 2011

Pressemitteilung

Current Allensbach survey: Small and medium-sized companies are worse in purchasing than major group companies

Düsseldorf, May 9th, 2011 – About one-third of the German small and medium-sized companies do not conduct any standardized supplier evaluations or regular visits and audits with their suppliers. They are thus far behind compared...

Thursday 31. March 2011

Press release

Current Allensbach study: Despite economic upswing, German companies want to continue to substantially reduce costs

Düsseldorf, March 31, 2011 – 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...

Wednesday 09. March 2011

Press release

Jürgen Pahl is new Senior Partner at Kerkhoff Consulting

Düsseldorf, March 9, 2011 – Effective immediately, Jürgen Pahl will be responsible for the Strategy consulting division at Kerkhoff Consulting, quality leader of consultancies specializing in purchasing and supply chain...

Tuesday 22. February 2011

Press Release

Free of charge: First dictionary of purchasing for iPad and iPhone by Kerkhoff Consulting

Düsseldorf, February 22, 2011– 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...

Monday 07. February 2011

Press Release

Kerkhoff Consulting integrates lean and process optimization in consultancy offer

Düsseldorf, February 7, 2011 – Starting immediately, the quality leader of purchasing and supply chain consultancies will integrate all lean management and process optimization projects in the Kerkhoff Consulting brand. Thus, in...

Thursday 16. December 2010

Press Release

New Kerkhoff Book: Ways out of the working capital trap

Düsseldorf, December 16, 2010 - The crisis is over, and demand is increasing again. Yet, many companies have problems providing the necessary liquidity for the economic upswing. They find themselves in the working capital trap,...

Tuesday 14. December 2010

Press Release

Hoff takes over Personnel Management at Kerkhoff Consulting

Düsseldorf, December 13, 2010 – Effective immediately, Matthias Hoff will be responsible for all personnel issues at Kerkhoff Consulting, the purchasing and supply chain consultancy. Hoff comes from the consulting company...

Thursday 04. November 2010

Press Release

Kerkhoff Consulting and US Market Leader of Purchasing Consultancies Establish Joint Venture in Atlanta

Düsseldorf, Atlanta – November 1, 2010 – Kerkhoff Consulting opens up branch in the U.S. : The Düsseldorf-based quality leader for purchasing and supply chain management establishes, together with the Insight Sourcing Group,...

Monday 20. September 2010

Press Release

Current Allensbach Study: Cost Pressures Force Automotive Suppliers to Take Action in Purchasing

Düsseldorf, 20. September 2010 – Automobilzulieferer erwarten für die nächsten Jahre steigenden Kostendruck: 87 Prozent der deutschen Zulieferer in der Automobilindustrie gehen davon aus, dass die Rohstoffpreise steigen werden....

Friday 27. August 2010

Pressemitteilung

Current Allensbach Study: Buyers Still in Second Row at Machine Manufacturers

Düsseldorf, August 27, 2010 – At German machine manufacturers, 47 percent of the purchasing departments are either barely or not at all tied into production. And 50 percent of their buyers are not regularly at the meeting table...

Wednesday 23. June 2010

Press Release

Van Ackeren Changes as Partner to Kerkhoff Consulting

Düsseldorf, June 23, 2010 – Effective immediately, Gregor van Ackeren is responsible for corporate and business development of the consultancy Kerkhoff Consulting which specializes in purchasing and procurement. Van Ackeren comes...

Saturday 05. June 2010

Press Release

Gerd Kerkhoff Consults Sigmar Gabriel, Chairman of the Social Democratic Party in Germany

Gerd Kerkhoff is not only the founder and general manager of Kerkhoff Consulting from Düsseldorf, a consultancy specializing in purchasing and procurement, but also the initiator of a circle of 40 people from the management...

Friday 28. May 2010

Press Release

Wirtschaftswoche Elects Kerkhoff Consulting As Leading Consultancy for Supply Chain Management

Düsseldorf, May 28, 2010 - Kerkhoff Consulting is the leading consultancy for "Supply Chain Management" in Germany. This is the result of a current study by Wirtschaftswoche together with Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft für...

Friday 21. May 2010

Press Release

Current Allensbach Study: Different Degrees of Professionalization in Purchasing Result in Two-Tier Society in Furniture Industry

Düsseldorf, May 21, 2010 – Altogether 42 percent of German furniture manufacturers have no purchasing strategy defined in writing; 49 percent do not carry out any standardized supplier evaluation, 57 percent have no established...

Wednesday 05. May 2010

Press Release

Knowing Costs in Detail: Kerkhoff Consulting Founds Specialist for Product Cost Calculations

Düsseldorf, May 5, 2010 – In most cases, industrial buyers cannot specify what the manufacture of products really costs. They have to rely on their suppliers' statements. Purchasers will thus miss out on a substantial negotiation...

Monday 19. April 2010

Press Release

Kerkhoff Consulting increases sales in Germany by 19%

Düsseldorf, 19th April 2010 – Kerkhoff Consulting, which specializes in purchasing and procurement consultancy, has seen impressive growth contrary to the industry trend in 2009: Sales of the German parent company rose by 19.3...

Friday 19. March 2010

Press Release

Purchase And Production Soon Optimized From One Source: Kerkhoff Consulting Holds Major Interest In Process Optimization Specialist

Düsseldorf, March 19, 2010 – Ever more companies are looking for possible savings not only in their purchasing department but in the entire value-added chain: A most efficient and thus economical production is becoming ever more...

Wednesday 24. February 2010

Pressemitteilung

Kerkhoff Consulting Opening Up Swiss Office

Düsseldorf, St. Gallen, February 24, 2010 – As of now, Kerkhoff Consulting is also available on location for its Swiss clients: The consultancy specializing in purchasing and procurement opened up an office in St. Gallen. The new...

Monday 11. January 2010

Press Release

Current Study: Sustainable Procurement is Leading to Competitive Advantages

Düsseldorf, St. Gallen, January 11, 2010 – For 41 percent of those responsible for purchasing and procurement in the producing industry, ecological standards in purchasing are not important even today; and for one fourth, social...

Thursday 10. December 2009

Press Release

Current Study: Food Industry Inadequate in Meeting Topics of the Future in Purchasing and Supply Chain Management

Düsseldorf, St. Gallen, December 10, 2009 – Significantly increasing energy prices, oligopolies forming among suppliers and ever more individualized consumer demands– those are the three greatest challenges for the purchasing...

Thursday 01. October 2009

Pressemitteilung

University of St. Gallen: Kerkhoff Consulting Founds Research Center

Düsseldorf, 1 October 2009 – To research trends and change processes in supply chain management (SCM), Kerkhoff Consulting and the University of St. Gallen founded the Kerkhoff Competence Center of Supply Chain Management (KCC)...

Monday 10. August 2009

Press Release

Achieving Optimum Cost Structure in Inventory Management

Düsseldorf, Aachen, 10 August 2009 – In the future, it will be easier for enterprises to achieve optimum savings results in inventory management. Because a cooperation was established between Kerkhoff Consulting and INFORM....

Wednesday 20. May 2009

Pressemitteilung

Kerkhoff Consulting is a Hidden Champion of the consulting industry

Düsseldorf, May 20th 2009 - Kerkhoff Consulting enjoys the highest reputation among German Executive Board members with regard to purchasing and procurement. This is the result of a recent study conducted by Professor Dietmar...

Thursday 14. May 2009

Press Release

How are we going to purchase in the year 2020?

Düsseldorf, May 14th 2009 - Kerkhoff Consulting continues to strengthen its strategic consulting expertise: The Management consultancy with headquarters in Düsseldorf, specialized in purchasing and procurement, intends to put an...

Tuesday 17. March 2009

Press Release

Quote requests for daily prices of logistics service

Düsseldorf, March 17th, 2009 – Companies in need for ship-ping services are increasingly relying on the approach to contract transportation services based on current daily prices not only for non-recurring tours but also for...

Tuesday 13. January 2009

Press Release

Kerkhoff Consulting appoints new partners

Düsseldorf, January 13, 2009 - Kerkhoff Consulting continues to be on a persistent growth path: With an increasing number of projects, it has become necessary to put the company's leadership on an even broader footing. With that...