Procurement and Supply Chain

We were highly impressed by the speed, structure and quality of IPG’s work. Within a very short timeframe, the team created full transparency across our SRM requirements, SAP capabilities and relevant digital (AI) solutions, while involving all key stakeholders in a highly effective way. The result is a robust, vendor-neutral and decision-ready basis that gives us confidence in the next steps of our SRM transformation.

As an international think tank and top management consultancy with a relevant track record in the digital transformation of many companies, IPG's expertise is highly appreciated within the dialogue with leading Swiss purchasing organizations to expand their digitalization competence!

We are driving forward the strategic expansion of our purchasing and supply chain function with high priority. With IPG’s guidance, we have been able to create important prerequisites for further increasing our unit's value contribution to the company's success in the future and initiating the transformation toward digitalization and sustainability.

IPG’s expertise strongly supported the development of our integrated global Supply Chain & Procurement function aligned with the new Getinge Operating Model. Through a collaborative redesign process, IPG helped establish a new structure, governance model, and strong cross-functional alignment from the start.

IPG is one of the first addresses for supply chain transformation. For us, IPG is an ideal strategic partner not only as an initiator and pioneer, but also as a strategic implementation partner for innovative supply chain solutions and associated digital business models.

Within just a few weeks, we identified key improvement potential using IPG’s benchmarking approach, developed a clear roadmap, and secured full alignment from our Global Supply Chain Management team. Especially valuable was IPG’s trend analysis, which highlighted important market drivers that will shape our supply chain strategy in the years ahead.

With his relevant experience in various industries, Carsten Vollrath and IPG are an important source of inspiration and sparring partner for us on the topic of "Transformation of the SBB Supply Chain in the Direction of Digitalization and Sustainability.

The strategic expansion of our commodity group management is a top priority for SBB. With the support of Carsten Vollrath and his team, we were able to realize important steps in expanding our methodological expertise and in deriving commodity group-specific optimization levers and sustainable procurement strategies.

IPG has helped us a lot in sharpening a common understanding of the topic of strategic procurement management across all purchasing units and raising the entire purchasing department to a new level of professionalism. The structural & cultural challenges in the organization associated with the necessary transformation were recognized early on and actively addressed.

As an internationally recognized think tank and consultancy for technology and innovation management, we see IPG as a valuable strategic partner for the expansion of our Science-technology Park. In addition, we benefit from IPG's relevant supply chain expertise in developing and locating highly qualified suppliers for our customers.