According to our experience the participants benefit from the possibility to discuss concrete challenges of technical purchasers in daily work situations during the workshop with each other.

An extract of the given topics:

• Positioning of the purchasing department within the company
• Requests for technical purchasers
• Communication in supplier negotiation
• Supplier research and election, incl. supplier evaluation
• Supplier negotiations
• Legal aspects in technical purchasing
• Diverse tools for purchasing processes: E-Procurement, Cost analysis, etc.
• 3-6 case studies