Schindler manages its suppliers and forwarders using SupplyOn In order to maintain its market leadership in a price-sensitive market environment, Schindler optimizes its business processes on an ongoing basis. This also affects the Procurement business unit, which plays a significant role in the corporation’s efficiency and competitiveness. The Procurement unit is organized on the lines of a global network of product group and country teams and is managed by the Corporate Purchasing Department. A glance at procurement volumes conveys the strategic significance of Purchasing. In the core elevators and escalators division this amounts to several billion Swiss Francs. In order to ensure successful implemen- tation of components and systems procurement strategies, Schindler focuse

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