{"id":6511,"date":"2022-09-01T07:31:21","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T07:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.montech-conveyors.com\/?p=6511"},"modified":"2023-03-07T11:11:21","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T11:11:21","slug":"the-new-challenges-of-purchasing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.montech-conveyors.com\/us\/the-new-challenges-of-purchasing\/","title":{"rendered":"Overcoming purchasing obstacles in today’s business environment"},"content":{"rendered":"

The world of purchasing is exciting, varied, and challenging \u2013 today more than ever. Digitalization presents opportunities and risks, and the global shortage of raw materials presents us with new difficulties. A look behind the scenes.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The tasks of purchasing are many and varied: Our team is responsible for determining the right purchasing channels and suppliers for the various Montech <\/a>products \u2013 from searching for them to evaluation to approval. The suppliers then handle deliveries from the prototype phase to the zero series phase, and series supply to the delivery of spare parts.<\/p>\n

The secret lies in a good partnership<\/h2>\n

Our suppliers must meet our high requirements. For day-to-day business, it is therefore extremely important to establish a partnership with the various suppliers \u2013 but this is anything but easy to do. It requires communication skills, loyalty, empathy, and constant understanding, as the situation on the markets is constantly changing. We also need to take into account the approaches to different cultures; our suppliers are in many different places around the world, most of them in Europe.<\/p>\n

Different countries, different customs<\/h2>\n

The purchasing of different articles in Asia is especially problematic, because the cultures and their understanding of the need for precision and mechanical tolerances are very different. Communication with Asian partners must also be learned; different situations require different approaches. Last but not least, the great fluctuation of contact people during the various project phases creates problems again and again. Thanks to our many years of experience and our keen \u201csixth sense,\u201d we can minimize or eliminate these.<\/p>\n

Price, quality, replenishment time<\/h2>\n

Our focus is also on the continuous improvement of purchasing channels in terms of price, quality, and replenishment time. With our high quality standards, we want to continue to inspire our customers in a positive way. We ensure quality by sampling the prototypes and the zero series. In addition, suppliers are qualified twice a year. If the results are outside the specified performance zones, new measures are defined. If these cannot be complied with, the cooperation may be terminated.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>