Agile procurement cost reduction

IAC has helped numerous clients in engineering-intense industries to deliver and accelerate large cost procurement program called “procurement waves”.

Procurement waves are a series of 12-weeks sprints, each of them focusing a set of categories delivering 3 main benefits:

10-17% incremental savings by applying all holistic procurement levers: Traditional commercial levers (Best price, volume swing), demand management streamlining procurement specifications and Make-or-buy, advanced technical levers such as Total cost of ownership reduction and Co-Design-to-cost with suppliers

Accelerated savings deployment thanks to our Supplier BOOT CAMPs which is a unique and battle-proven agile supplier collaboration methodology combined with truly multifunctional approach

Upskilled procurement community thanks to a hands-on learning-by-doing approach

July 20, 2022

Reduce by 70% the number of references managed without reducing the variety of the offer of a hydraulic motor manufacturer

Implement Design-To-Cost Methodology on the disposable card of a PCR testing instrument to reduce costs by 65%

Reduce by 25% the execution process of a global inverter manufacturer

Reduce CAPEX / OPEX / delays of a nuclear site decommissioning project by 20%.

Carry out the competitiveness audit of the future participation of an investment fund in Due Diligence phase

Agile procurement cost reduction

IAC has helped numerous clients in engineering-intense industries to deliver and accelerate large cost procurement program called “procurement waves”.

IAC is uniquely positioned to help you transform your procurement organization into a sustainable savings powerhouse.

Tangible results at each mission

Secure the development schedule of a new compressor

Addressing a robust claim of 2M€ to the contractor of a structural work

Regain competitiveness on a weapon system already in service

Redesign the quality audit policy to improve the perceived value of products

Transfer the entire production of electronic boards in a short period of time

Reduce by 70% the number of references managed without reducing the variety of the offer of a hydraulic motor manufacturer

Implement Design-To-Cost Methodology on the disposable card of a PCR testing instrument to reduce costs by 65%

Reduce by 25% the execution process of a global inverter manufacturer

Reduce CAPEX / OPEX / delays of a nuclear site decommissioning project by 20%.

Carry out the competitiveness audit of the future participation of an investment fund in Due Diligence phase