Press release
Kerkhoff Consulting resp. Kerkhoff, part of Interpath is Top Consultant 2025 and confirms reliable consulting services for purchasing and supply chain management
Customer trust, implementation strength and strategic vision pay off – once again honoured in a comparison of consultants
Düsseldorf, 27/06/2025
Kerkhoff, part of Interpath, is once again one of the best SME consultancies and has been awarded the "Top Consultant" seal of quality for the 13th time in a row. This confirms: Anyone who wants to achieve sustainable results in purchasing and supply chain management will not only find analytical expertise at Kerkhoff, but also genuine implementation partners.
Expertise, satisfaction, customer loyalty and recommendation are just some of the assessment criteria used in a comprehensive customer survey conducted by the consultancy competition with media partner manager magazin. More than 20 customers scrutinised the consulting services of the Düsseldorf and Vienna consultants. The consultancy competition takes place under the scientific supervision of Prof. Dr. Dietmar Fink, Professor of Management Consultancy at the Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences.
"The award is not an end in itself. It shows that our customers not only feel understood, but also empowered", emphasises Managing Director Dr. Ralph Kudla. "In an environment characterised by geopolitical uncertainty, fragile supply chains and persistent price pressure, we not only need clever concepts, but also the courage to implement them – side by side with our customers."
As an international competence centre for purchasing and supply chain management within the global management consultancy Interpath, Kerkhoff combines sound methods with real impact. The consulting teams consist of commercial and technical experts who celebrate measurable successes with game theory and behavioural economics negotiations.
Most customers come from the manufacturing industry. From owner-managed production companies to international hidden champions. Of course, there are also many service and trading companies in the project references. Clients with complex procurement structures and an international supplier base benefit. Even in sectors with high technological dynamics – such as automotive, mechanical and plant engineering, FMCG, energy, defence or the process industry – results-oriented consulting solutions determine competitive advantages and resilient entrepreneurial sustainability.
About Kerkhoff – part of Interpath
For more than 25 years, Kerkhoff Consulting, headquartered in Düsseldorf, has been convincing its customers with customised solutions that are also implemented jointly. As 'Kerkhoff, part of Interpath', the procurement specialists form the international competence centre for purchasing and supply chain management within the globally active management consultancy Interpath.
Optimisations along the value chain sustainably increase the customer's results. The consultancy supports its clients in realising current challenges and prepares employees and processes for the requirements of tomorrow. Kerkhoff stands for always accompanying its customers on the path of transformation in a spirit of partnership.
Interpath Advisory, an independent international advisory firm founded in 2021, supports its clients with comprehensive advisory services in the areas of transactions, financing, restructuring and value creation. The fast-growing Advisory practice encompasses both transaction advisory and forensics and offers a broad range of services, including regulatory and compliance advisory, value creation, financial due diligence, corporate finance and debt advisory. Its established restructuring expertise has been built up over more than 50 years and includes financial restructuring, contingency planning, formal restructuring and insolvency. In addition, the firm offers a range of cross-competency services including pension, tax, data and technology valuations. Interpath employs around 1,000 people in 28 locations.
Excellent consulting services
13 x Top Consultant (Manager Magazin)
12 x Best Consultants Berater (Brand eins)
7 x Hidden Champion (Capital)
5 x Best of Consulting (Wirtschaftswoche)
Press contact
Kerkhoff Group GmbH
Sascha Koch
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