Dräger Rethinks Procurement

„The project was very ambitious in terms of content,
technology and timing. But with JAGGAER we stayed on time,
within the planned budget, and the solution is extremely stable.“

Alexander Bramkamp, Head of Strategic Supply Chain,

Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA

About Dräger

Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA is among the world’s market leaders in the fields of medical and safety technology. The product portfolio of the listed family company — now in the fifth generation — is broad and includes professional-standard ventilators, gas warning systems, protective suits and smart rescue systems. Customers work in industries such as the healthcare, chemicals, shipbuilding, steel and many more.

The Challenge

For a company with around 15,000 employees on five continents, efficient purchasing processes are an important factor for global success. And this is especially true against the background of a divisional purchasing structure that has replaced the previous central purchasing approach. To guarantee this success, Dräger decided in 2017 to rethink its procurement. The aim was to optimize the inbound supply chain worldwide while making it more efficient and transparent.

To this end, the company set up a core team of 10 representatives from production, logistics, strategic and operational purchasing. They defined a target for Dräger’s global purchasing, in terms of flexibility, availability and reliability of its direct procurement processes, by 2024. The team developed a principle whereby suppliers, purchasing, production and logistics can jointly access an EDI cloud and operate it digitally. After a long market analysis and in-depth feasibility study of the tools offered, JAGGAER was chosen as the ideal suite solution for Dräger.

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