“BrainNetconsultants not only understood how to set up an IT infrastructure that works well, most importantly, they were also able to motivate the employees who will be using it.  This prerequisite makes all the difference when going for sustainable success: implementing an excellent system that employees will fill with life through their commitment.”*

*Markus Frank, Director Corporate Purchaising, WMF AG

“For CLAAS, supply chain management is a strategic value driver. In recent years, we have therefore integrated our suppliers closely into finance, risk and innovation management, with BrainNet providing us with invaluable support throughout the process. The success of our joint projects is evident not just in significant increases in efficiency and greater process quality, but also in numerous awards, such as the German Logistics Prize from the BVL, the VDI Award 2008 for the best customer/supplier relationship and the VDI Innovation Prize 2009 for value analysis and value management.”*

*Josip Tomasevic, Head of Group Purchasing , CLAAS KGaA mbH

“In order to secure a company’s future existence it is important to consistently orient purchasing so that it creates sustainable savings, innovation, quality and process reliability.
Consequently, only a consultancy firm that understands the mutual dependency of efficiency and sustainability in purchasing is able to offer an international firm valuable support that they will accept.”*

*Dr. Ulrich Piepel, Managing Director and Head of Group Purchasing, RWE Service GmbH

“BrainNet helped us to optimize the whole spectrum of indirect materials like travel, IT, or marketing. Thanks to this successful project we were able to streamline processes, improve efficiency and generate significant cost savings.”*

*Martin Austermann, CPO, Husqvarna

“We reorganized our procurement in the way that it became more strategic, powerful, and performance oriented. Moreover, we enabled intensive cross-functional collaboration in the whole Cham Paper Group and improved category and risk management. BrainNet played an active role in this process and proved to be a real thought leader in the field of procurement.”*

*Peter Studer, CEO, Cham Paper Group

“As the only premium brand name global player for household and business appliances, available on all five continents of the world, Miele has been true to its motto, “always improving”, for four generations.  The results are products and services, which cannot be beat when it comes to product longevity, reliability, comfort and service, as well as energy efficiency and design.  Purchasing is appreciated at Miele as an efficient generator of value and an active, competent partner in all procurement related activities.  This position has been significantly supported through the successful work with BrainNet, in a variety of projects since 1996.“*

* Dr.-Ing. Günther R. Reinelt , Head of Central Area Purchasing/CPO, Miele & Cie. KG

Bilfinger Berger SE faces the challenge to combine construction industry with service oriented business. We needed to establish a new procurement organization and Strategy in order to meet the resultant requirements. In cooperation with BrainNet, we successfully launched the project ‚Procurement Excellence‘: due to sustainable restructuring measures and significant cost savings we were able to reach a considerable sourcing optimization.“*

*Dr. Egbert Hubmann, Vice President of Corporate Procurement,  Bilfinger Berger SE

“In 2010, ESCADA and BrainNet entered into a successfull partnership. The realized cost savings enabled ESCADA to invest more resources in the core business . The new fashion direction and additonal stores attract more costumers and lead to sales growth.“*

*Michael Börnicke, CFO , ESCADA SE, München

“BrainNet helped BOC in the UK & Ireland to raise its sustainable Procurement performance by a factor of four:
Through the establishment of an end-to-end supply cost approach we managed to quadruple sustainable procurement benefits. Additionally the BrainNet support, during their time with us, assisted the implementation of associated processes, organizational enhancements and capabilities assessments all of which has helped ensured we sustained the significantly higher levels of delivery in subsequent years after BrainNet’s engagement with us.”*

*John Needell, Head of Procurement BOC UK & I

“By implementing global process standards at the tactical purchasing level along with our ‘Sourcing Collaboration Portal’, a knowledge and information tool, we have laid the cornerstone for the future working practices in purchasing.”*

*Jürgen Obergfell, Head of Strategic Procurement, Dorma Holding GmbH & Co. KGaA

“With BrainNet’s help we were able to take full advantage of savings potentials.  The individual departments have recognized the importance of purchasing, particularly in supplier negotiations, and finally see the costs that their departments are generating.  With this transparency and cooperation, purchasing’s standing in the company has become significantly better.”*

*Olaf Steinert, Member of the management, Fitness First Germany GmbH

“The 2009  Merger GAP target (76.4 m€) has already been achieved – huge potential for additional savings exists.”*

Christoph Clausen, Chief Procurement Officer, Linde Group
 

“With the help of the bE Portal, we created a standard purchasing platform which is the optimal basis for collaborative buying within the Bertelsmann corporation (benchmarking, data transparency).”*

*Josef Schwake, Senior Vice President  Procurement Coordination, Bertelsmann AG

“BrainNet helped us to completely reengineer our procurement function in order to become much more focused on providing real and tangible benefit to our business. They helped to raise procurement’s profile and supported the development of cross functional working across our business units that has delivered much improved results. - I am delighted with the outcome.”*

*Paul Joesbury, Chief Procurement Officer, Chesapeake, UK

“The project enabled Sirona to manage risks and implement SOX compliance.”*

*Edwin Erhard, Head of Strategic Sourcing, Sirona Dental Systems GmbH

“An organizational and technological quantum leap in public sector procurement.”*

*CPO, Deutsche Rentenversicherung Rheinland

“The professionalization of purchasing created important prerequisites for increasing efficiency and effectiveness at BVG and ensured sustainable savings.”*

*CPO, BVG AöR

“The new 7-step sourcing strategy approach will lead us to world class procurement levels.”*

*Dr. Antonia Wanner, Manager of Purchasing Excellence & Development , Nestlé AG

“We made our supply chain leaner to meet future needs and save time and money.” *

*Thomas Ventzke, COO, de Sede AG

"With BrainNet Wentech’s  help we were able to receive a comprehensive overview of the Eastern European supplier market for sheet metal parts. This knowledge supports our strategy of building long-term-oriented partnerships with suppliers in the Central and Eastern European region."*

*Hans-Jürgen Schiedt, Head of Purchasing, Läpple Blechverarbeitung GmbH&Co. KG, Teublitz, Bayern, Germany.

"Gamesa intended to build its first factory in Brazil due to the high potential of wind energy market in the country. BrainNet Webb supported us in identifying the most suitable place for constructing this plant. The need for supplier development, the labor cost and the local laws were all taken into consideration. With the help of BrainNet Webb  the implementation of our Brazilian subsidiary was the fastest compared to other regions in the world, and is expected to represent 20% of the global turnover for the company.”*

*Liu Gonçalves de Aquino, Sourcing Systems Costs & Processes Manager, Gamesa

"We know BrainNet Webb as a reference in supply chain management. Our facilities categories project aimed at improving services quality within the best possible cost. The review was extensive: we included services with different degrees of complexity and plants with distinct characteristics – such as our headquarters and our  printing plant. BrainNet Webb’s methodology  enabled a complete reorganization and the implementation of a new contracting model. The major gains were understanding the required service levels and changing the level of quality within the available budget.”*

*Fábio Tardin, Purchasing General Manager, Infoglobo

*"The constant demand for competitiveness, makes Supply Chain  performance a strategic advantage. We chose BrainNet Webb to support us in our procurement processes due to its excellent market recognition. Throughout our relationship, BrainNet Webb helped us to develop a new culture of negotiation in Magnesita, using three key features: structured methodology, obsession for results and outstanding professional team.”*

*Fabricio Amaral, Chief Operating Officer South America, Magnesita

“BrainNet Webb supported us all the way through our logistics optimization project. The expertise and dedication of the company’s consultants allowed further detailed analysis that revealed critical data – which were not being considered before. Hiring an outside consulting firm was highly important for Votorantim Cimentos. All recommendations proposed by BrainNet Webb were underlied and a gradual implementation plan was established. In this way, time was saved and our efficiency improved – maximizing the financial results of activities.”*

*Fernando Bergaro, Logistics Operations Manager, Votorantim Cimentos

“BrainNet Wentech helped us to improve our tendering process and develop a better understanding of the cost structures in the automotive industry. We successfully managed to extend our own networks substantially in both Western and Eastern Europe through  BrainNet's comprehensive network.”*

*József Lautner, Managing Director, Ajkai Elektronikai Kft.

“With the help of the bE Portal, we created a standard purchasing platform which is the optimal basis for collaborative buying within the Bertelsmann corporation (benchmarking, data transparency).”*

*Josef Schwake, Senior Vice President  Procurement Coordination, Bertelsmann AG

“BrainNet supported us in consolidating the supplier base, increasing transparency, establishing new procurement organization and reducing costs. The project investment paid off quickly.”*

*Peter Halbauer, Leiter Einkauf, Paul Hartmann AG

“As a provider of power plant related engineering services and integrated solutions for power and energy generation, STEAG has to master a very complex value adding network.  A powerful and flexible purchasing organization is, therefore, a critical success factor.  BrainNet supported us in the new alignment of processes and structures in our purchasing organization so that we can fulfill our requirements even better, both today and tomorrow.”*

*Norbert Gantenbein, CPO, Steag GmbH