The shelves must be filled by Christmas Of necessity, Great Britain’s government has decided to issue 10,500 work visas for…
Effects of raw material bottlenecks The purchasing consultancy Kloepfel Consulting has surveyed 134 purchasing specialists and managers online on how…
HWWI Commodity Price Index Declines in August HWWI overall index fell 1.3% (US dollar basis) Crude oil prices fell 5.2%…
Kloepfel Consulting looks back on decades of logistics and freight cost optimization. Our experts provide sustainable strategies for cost reduction…
Price negotiations are particularly difficult when a so-called monopolist is involved. However, it is necessary to differentiate between real and…
Since more than 15 years Parcel Broker GmbH is specialized in the worldwide shipment of jewelry, watches, valuables and other…
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Don’t let logistics prices overtake you now! The Corona Lockdown is over for the time being – and with it…
Maarten Erasmus is a partner at Kloepfel Benelux and specializes in direct sourcing for the industry Imagine this: You have…
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Lean management system and purchasing consulting hand in hand IFOX Systems GmbH creates resource transparency with its data analysis tool:…
RWI/ISL Container Throughput Index RWI (Leibniz Institute for Economic Research; formerly Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) reported higher container throughput a…
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Chip manufacturers changed production to meet demand The automotive industry faces semiconductor shortages through 2022. Alan Priestley of the analysis…
EPSA, Kloepfel and Kronos form largest pan-European purchasing specialist for medium-sized and large companies
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Paris/Düsseldorf/Brussels, June 2021 – The French EPSA Group has acquired four companies of the Düsseldorf-based Kloepfel Group as well as…