Purchasers Now Taking Full Advantage
“The current financial and economic crisis is affecting purchasing and procurement massively across the globe,” says Roland Schwientek, Partner at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants’ Competence Center Operations Strategy. “The most obvious trend is that cost targets are quite clearly top priority once again in purchasing. The procurement markets of recent years have turned into buyer’s markets.” And purchasers are taking full advantage of the situation. Read more
China Plans Global Leadership in E-Vehicles
China’s automotive industry is bypassing further refinement of the combustion engine and is instead aiming to blaze the trail for electric and hybrid vehicle technology. To reach this goal, the government is counting on massive tax incentives and subsidies. Read more
Supply Chain Management Increases Performance
The study “Global Supply Chain Management Excellence” by Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, in collaboration with WHU (Otto Beisheim School of Management), Stanford University and ETH Zurich shows: supply chain management significantly impacts company performance. Read more
