press release 08/12

Marketing and Procurement Recognize Cooperation Potential

Bonn, 02 August 2012 – The growing complexity of the corporate environment and the changing framework conditions of marketing and procurement are bringing about a change in the way company departments think. The new trend study, entitled “Marketing Procurement 2012. Perspectives for cooperation between marketing and purchasing” demonstrates a significantly closer collaboration between marketing and procurement in relation to the purchase of marketing services compared to a previous study from 2010.

press release 06/12

KPMG Acquires BrainNet

St. Gallen/Bonn, 15 June 2012 – KPMG AG has agreed to acquire consulting firm BrainNet Supply Management Group AG, which specializes in procurement consulting and supply chain management (SCM). The acquisition enhances KPMG member firms’ existing capability in designing and optimizing global supply chains and broadens the service offering to support clients across their whole value chain.

press release 03/12

BrainNet strengthens its management team in Latin America
Bonn, 29 March 2012 – BrainNet further expands management capacities in Latin America as part of its positive business development. As Managing Director from April 2nd 2012 Dr. Hans-Jürgen Klose will reinforce the management team at BrainNet Webb Supply Management Consultants S.A.

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01/2012

Webb e BrainNet formam joint venture no Brasil
São Paulo / Bonn, 02 de janeiro de 2012 – A empresa nacional Webb e a europeia BrainNet, ambas especialistas em Supply Chain Management, formaram uma joint venture para seus negócios de Consultoria, denominada BrainNet Webb Supply Management Consultants SA. A nova empresa, com sede em São Paulo e escritórios no Rio de Janeiro e Cidade do México, inicia suas atividades no dia 02 de janeiro.

The BrainNet Group consolidates their technological know-how in a new subsidiary, ‘BrainNet Engineers’.
Bonn, 01 September 2011 – The BrainNet Supply Management Group AG has bundled their expertise in the areas of Research & Development and Production together in their new subsidiary, ‘BrainNet Engineers’, which began operations on the 1st of September, 2011. The newly founded company will enable BrainNet to satisfy increasing demand for a holistic solution in the optimization and integration of value and supply chain management processes.

BrainNet is committed to international growth and is strengthening its technological expertise
Bonn, 28. July 2011 -- For the BrainNet Supply Management Group AG the fiscal year 2010/2011 was yet another period of profitable growth. In particular, the development of its international presence as well the group's technological expertise received positive feedback from the market and, increasingly, are proving to be growth drivers. BrainNet has now taken these developments into account and has created new corporate functions.

ASCO Award: BrainNet Receives Coveted Distinction
Sankt Gallen, 20 June 2011 – The business association of the Swiss management consultancy ASCO granted the sought-after ASCO award, now in its sixth year, for the ‘Best Business Transformation’ at the Hotel Park Hyatt in Zurich. BrainNet and their client Energie Wasser Bern (ewb) were honored to receive the ASCO distinction for the project: ‘Transformation of Value Adding Processes at ewb: Cross Functional Cooperation and Cost Reduction’.

BrainNet Redefines Management Structure
Sankt Gallen, 12th, April 2011 – The BrainNet Supply Management Group AG is reorganizing its management structure and has made the decision to elect a new supervisory board. The new changes will allow its supply chain management consulting to meet the growing demands of increased internationalization along with the needs of the BrainNet Group.

Could renewable energy suppliers’ value-creation chains cope with a rapid nuclear phase-out?
Bonn, April 5, 2011 – In Germany, Japan’s nuclear power plant disaster has prompted serious, unprecedented discussion on nuclear phase-out. In their quest for possible alternatives, opponents of nuclear power clearly have their sights set on renewable energies. But a benchmark analysis by BrainNet, a consultancy firm specializing in supply chain management, indicates that renewable energy suppliers’ value-creation chains aren’t yet ready to cope with a rapid nuclear phase-out.

BrainNet Opens Office in Vienna as Part of Strategy of Growth and Expansion into Austria
Vienna/Bonn, November 24, 2010 – BrainNet is expanding its market position as a leading international name in supply chain management consulting. By opening a new office in Vienna, the company is bolstering its activities on the Austrian market and establishing a strategically important base for eastern European markets.

How Prepared Are Midsize Companies For Volatile Markets? New Study by SMI and Lünendonk
Bonn, August 30, 2010 – The volatility of the markets has risen dramatically in recent years, confronting the managers of global value creation chains with a whole new set of challenges. Germany’s upper-tier midsize businesses are generally seen as winners in the globalization game – but are they suitably armed for the new challenges awaiting them in supply chain management? That’s the question posed in “Breathing supply chains: How prepared are Germany’s upper-tier midsize companies for volatile markets?”, a study by SMI and Lünendonk which has just been published in the BrainNet Science Edition.