OUR PROJECTS
Hands-on Delivery, Results Focused, Building Capabilities
KPN SOURCING & SUPPLIER MANAGEMENT
Embedding suppliers into a new operating model and creating a structured collaboration capability.
At KPN developments like Cloud, Agile and DevOps were impacting on the most effective sourcing and operating model, requiring a fundamental re-think of the sourcing-to-supply cycle. To this end SOS Partners developed an integrated framework and applied it in 6 major technology domains in KPN. The program led to significant improvements such as:
Business improvement opportunities identified in both technology and business programs
Sourcing and collaboration decisions generated better requirements and role of suppliers which supported more effective and commercial engagement with suppliers
A rational approach to new ways of working like DevOps and Open Source helped apply these where most appropriate
Multifunctional teams developed consistency in supplier management.
OUR TESTIMONIALS
What They’re Saying
Joost van Boeschoten and Cris Buningh helped us to define and implement a framework to come to comprehensive decisions on Sourcing and Supplier Selection.
The framework helps us tremendously to make explicit choices on these topics.
But much more important than giving us a framework, is their hands-on approach that made sure that the framework was adopted and improved, by actually applying it together with the KPN team.
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