Beschaffungsstrategie

German

Etymology

Beschaffung (procurement/acquisition) +‎ -s- +‎ Strategie (strategy)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bəˈʃafʊŋsstʁatəˌɡiː]
  • Hyphenation: Be‧schaf‧fungs‧stra‧te‧gie

Noun

Beschaffungsstrategie f (genitive Beschaffungsstrategie, plural Beschaffungsstrategien)

  1. (management, economics) procurement strategy, sourcing strategy (a long-term plan to acquire necessary goods, services, or works from external sources at the best possible cost and quality)
    Durch eine diversifizierte Beschaffungsstrategie konnte das Unternehmen die Abhängigkeit von einem einzelnen Zulieferer in Asien reduzieren.
    Through a diversified procurement strategy, the company was able to reduce its dependence on a single supplier in Asia.
    Nachhaltigkeit spielt eine immer zentralere Rolle in der modernen Beschaffungsstrategie global agierender Konzerne.
    Sustainability is playing an increasingly central role in the modern sourcing strategy of globally active corporations.

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Coordinate terms

  • Bestandshaltung (the storage of goods resulting from procurement)
  • Dual Sourcing (procuring from two sources to mitigate risk)
  • Mittelbindung (the capital tied up in the procurement process)
  • Outsourcing (the strategic decision to procure externally rather than produce internally)
  • Versorgungssicherheit (the primary goal of most procurement strategies)
  • beschaffungsseitig (on the procurement side)
  • Beschaffungsmarkt (procurement market)

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