Complexity management with the K-Method : price structures, IT and controlling for procurement of packaging materials / Daniel Kossman, Donald Kossmann.
The book describes the K-Method developed by the authors. The purpose of the K-Method is to negotiate and manage a complex portfolio of customised materials all belonging to the same purchasing group (e.g. labels). The underlying idea is to agree on prices for specification features, instead of givi...
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Table of Contents:
- Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Contents; Part I: Introduction; 1: Definitions and Typical Issues; 1.1 FMCG; 1.2 Complexity; 1.3 Packaging Materials; 1.4 Major Issues; 2: The K-Method, Example of a Price Formula; 2.1 One Single Price; 2.2 Fair Price for Each Packaging Item; 2.2.1 Consistent Prices for Individual Specification Attributes; 2.2.2 Consistent Margin of the Supplier When Quoting Prices for Specification Features; 2.3 Method to Create a Price Formula; 2.3.1 Selection of Specification Features; 2.3.2 Example; 2.3.3 Summary; 3: Solutions for Major Issues Using the K-Method.
- 3.1 Feedstock Materials3.1.1 The K-Method for Feedstock Materials; 3.2 Internal Benchmarking; 3.2.1 The K-Method for Internal Benchmarking; 3.3 New Price; 3.3.1 Agreeing to a New Price; 3.3.2 Process of Defining the Price; 3.3.3 The K-Method for New Prices; 3.4 Tenders; 3.4.1 The K-Method for Tenders; 3.5 Lot Sizes; 3.5.1 The K-Method for Lot Sizes; 3.5.2 Reach; 3.5.3 Obsoletes; 3.6 Combination of Packaging Items; 3.6.1 The K-Method for Combining Packaging Items; 3.7 Dimensions of a Moulds; 3.7.1 Applying the K-Method for Dimensioning Tools; 3.8 Supply Management Finance.
- 3.8.1 The K-Method for Supply Management Finance4: Why Should a Company Introduce the K-Method?; 4.1 Buyers ́Concerns; 4.1.1 General Working Procedures; 4.1.2 Renegotiations; 4.2 Common Concerns of Buyers and Suppliers; 4.2.1 Effort and Project Management; 4.3 Concerns of Suppliers; 4.3.1 Transparency of Costs; 4.3.2 Inaccuracy; 4.3.3 Ability to Combine; 4.3.4 Confidentiality; 4.3.5 Too Small Portfolio; 4.3.6 Dominance of the Supplier; 4.3.7 Advantages for the Supplier; 5: The K-Method in Other Industries; 6: Outlook on Advanced Technologies; 6.1 White Label; 6.2 Transfer Prices.
- 6.3 Configurators6.4 Master Data; Part II: Elaboration; 7: Specific Issues When Designing a Price Formula; 7.1 Transportation; 7.2 Storage; 7.3 Terms of Payment; 7.4 Consignment Stock; 7.5 Delivery Tolerances; 7.6 Optimising the Number of Items During a Production Cycle; 7.7 Lead Times and ̀̀Emergency Call-Offs;́́ 7.8 Negotiation Cycles; Part III: Implementation; 8: Implementation in the ERP System; 8.1 The Complete Business Process; 8.2 Specification Features; 8.3 Storage of Prices; 8.3.1 Price Terms; 8.3.2 Standard Prices; 8.3.3 Planned Prices.
- 8.4 Material Planning: Call-offs and Purchase Orders8.4.1 Material Resource Planning; 8.4.2 Format Group: Setup Versus Changeover; 8.4.3 Purchase Orders; 8.4.4 Invoice Control; 9: Specification Features of Selected Categories; 9.1 Labels; 9.2 Plastic Tubes; 9.3 Corrugated Outer Cases; Part IV: Theoretical Fundamentals; 10: Value Analysis; 10.1 Multilingual Labels; 11: Scaled Prices; 12: Consistent Prices; 13: Derivation of the Price Formula; 13.1 Data Types of the Specification Features; 13.2 Linear Functions and Discrete Functions; 13.3 Summary.