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Operating Model & Procurement Excellence with BCG
Together with the Boston Consulting Group: from benchmark to best practice. Strategic advisory for an international industrial client — transforming the operating model, procurement and supply chain of a global chemical group with a focus on North America, including benchmarking, governance redesign, digitization initiatives, identified savings potential and sustainable gains in efficiency, resilience and production performance.
Industry:
Chemical
Region:
Focus on North America, global company setup · CET, CST, IST, SGT
Period:
September 2023 – July 2024
Teams:
BCG Consultants & Partners APAC with local project team in the USA, PROCUREMENT reWIRED and top tier industry peers
Scope:
Target Operating Model, Procurement Strategy, Supply Chain Optimization, Manufacturing Excellence
Situation
The industrial client, a globally operating chemical company, was under cost pressure and at the same time wanted to increase the resilience and efficiency of its supply and production networks. Existing procurement and governance structures showed clear potential in operating model, process stability, price level and transparency. The aim of the collaboration was to achieve sustainable savings, increased transparency and measurable efficiency gains along the entire value chain — from procurement and supply chain through to manufacturing excellence — while further developing the operating model in order to optimally align structures, processes and technological systems for future growth and resilience.
Implementation & Result
Key workstreams included: • Identification and realization of concrete savings and optimization potential in the operating model • Development of market and price benchmarks and assessment of competitiveness • Supplier analyses and derivation of best-practice sourcing strategies • Analysis and improvement of the procurement organization, governance and digital system landscape • Expert advice on increasing productivity, OPEX/CAPEX efficiency and production performance • Support for BCG in workshops, management presentations and operational implementation measures Result & next steps: the joint work led to measurable improvements — significant cost reductions, increased transparency across markets and supply chains as well as optimized internal processes. At the same time, governance structures were modernized and digitization approaches were integrated into the procurement process. The project sustainably strengthened the client's operational excellence and demonstrated how specialized expertise and strategic consulting can create significant added value in close partnership.
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Boston Consulting Group (BCG) is one of the leading international strategy consultancies and supports companies worldwide in the development and implementation of strategic transformation programs. Founded in 1963, BCG partners with leaders across every sector on their most important challenges. Its procurement and operations practice brings benchmark-driven rigor to complex, internationally distributed value chains — the foundation for this operating-model collaboration.
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