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Procurement Advice & Supply Chain Management
As purchasing consultants, KLOEPFEL by EPSA, together with the EPSA GROUP, forms the largest pan-European purchasing specialist for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and large corporations. Strategic purchasing and sustainable purchasing optimisation are at the core of our success-based consulting approach. With a turnover of €600 million, 16,000 customers worldwide, and 5,000 experts in 40 countries, the KLOEPFEL by EPSA brand stands for practice-oriented purchasing optimisation and relies on a success-based model.
Our consultants combine strategic analysis with operational implementation and sustainably optimise procurement processes along the entire value chain. This makes KLOEPFEL by EPSA one of the leading addresses for purchasing consulting in the German-speaking region.
„We don't talk. We implement.“ – this guiding principle has shaped the company since its founding in 2007. As a consulting firm for purchasing and supply chain, we support medium-sized and large companies in structured purchasing optimisation – from indirect procurement to complex goods group strategies. KLOEPFEL by EPSA guarantees returns % on a success basis with the benchmark motto „No Savings. No Fee“. Over 2,000 successfully implemented projects show how we have convinced customers with our partnership model. As a specialised purchasing consultancy, we combine in-depth industry knowledge with measurable results – for sustainable success in purchasing and supply chain.
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Our services in purchasing consultancy
KLOEPFEL by EPSA's service portfolio covers all relevant areas of procurement and supply chain. From cost optimisation and structural and process optimisation, to personnel and logistics solutions and outsourcing, we support you in increasing efficiency, streamlining processes, and optimally positioning your team. Furthermore, we optimise product and production costs. Every area of our procurement consulting is geared towards creating genuine economic added value. We always place particular emphasis on practical implementation and measurable results.
Cost optimisation
We sustainably reduce your purchasing costs through the analysis of processes and suppliers, identification of savings potential, and implementation of practical solutions.
Structural and Process Optimisation
We optimise your purchasing structures and processes in a practical and measurable way, to streamline operations, eliminate weak points, and position your organisation to be more transparent and future-proof.
Supply Chain & Procurement Structure
We optimise your supply chain holistically, increasing service and customer satisfaction, reducing costs and delays, and creating transparency and resilience throughout the entire supply chain.
Logistics optimisation
We offer holistic and sustainable logistics optimisation with tailor-made, best-in-class solutions, allowing you maximum flexibility without fixed personnel costs.
Product & Production Cost Optimisation
We offer holistic and modular manufacturing optimisation solutions that create cost transparency, reduce waste, and make your production processes more efficient.
Personnel services
We sustainably strengthen your procurement organisation with executive search, interim management, buyer training, and our Academy, and gain qualified specialists and executives for your company through our international network.
EXPERTISE
Our diverse and long-standing purchasing expertise, combined with the cross-industry know-how of our specialists, convinces customers across Europe – companies have been relying on our procurement consulting since 2007.
Our industry expertise
Whether construction, trade, industry or services – every sector has its own challenges. With in-depth expertise and industry-specific solutions, we help you to identify purchasing potential and utilise it profitably.
Automotive
In the automotive industry, purchasing is under constant pressure to innovate and reduce costs, with high demands on quality, supply capability and global supply chains.
Construction industry
Procurement in the construction sector faces challenges such as volatile material prices and tight deadlines, making flexibility, planning certainty, and efficient processes crucial.
services
Service companies face the challenge in procurement of precisely managing intangible services, controlling costs, and efficiently involving external partners.
Handel
In retail, speed, margin protection and product range diversity are central purchasing themes, while simultaneously optimising supply and warehousing processes.
Pharmaceuticals and Health Care
The Pharma & Health Care sector has high demands on regulatory security, traceability, and stable supply chains for sensitive products in procurement.
Consumer goods industry
The consumer goods industry demands maximum responsiveness, short product life cycles, and precise supplier management in purchasing for competitive results.
Mechanical and plant engineering
In mechanical and plant engineering, technical complexity, long project lead times, and globally distributed supply chains are typical procurement challenges.
Private Equity
Private equity firms expect procurement to deliver rapid value creation through targeted efficiency improvements, transparency, and scalable processes.
Special vehicle construction
In special vehicle construction, individuality, technical demands, and close coordination with suppliers are central requirements for a high-performing purchasing department.
Procurement consultancy - Proven Strategies
KLOEPFEL by EPSA, with a turnover of €600 million, 16,000 customers worldwide, and 5,000 experts in 40 countries, stands for practice-oriented purchasing optimisation and 100%% on a success basis. Our projects in strategic procurement and sustainable purchasing optimisation achieve measurable savings along the entire supply chain. This makes us one of the most experienced addresses for purchasing consulting in the German-speaking region. In the past 17 years, we have successfully achieved €400 million in savings. We implement sustainable cost reduction strategies, which is also reflected in our numerous case studies. Download the case studies for free.
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Kloepfel by Epsa
Together with the EPSA GROUP, KLOEPFEL by EPSA forms the largest pan-European purchasing consulting firm for small and medium-sized enterprises and large corporations. With a turnover of 600 million euros, 16,000 customers worldwide, and 5,000 experts in 40 countries, KLOEPFEL by EPSA consistently focuses on a success-based model.
KLOEPFEL by EPSA - the largest pan-European purchasing consultancy
The multi-award-winning purchasing consultancy KLOEPFEL – consulting was founded in 2007. Today, with over 2,000 clients, it has grown into KLOEPFEL by EPSA. Together with the parent company EPSA GROUP, the network of 5,000 specialists in 40 countries unites purchasing consulting and procurement consulting under one roof – from local advice to international procurement strategy.
This is how we provide our customers with real added value and deliver a big PLUS for your cost optimisation.
Our societies and business units
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Consulting
KLOEPFEL by EPSA – consulting offers practical solutions for optimising cost and process structures. The company reduces procurement and product costs across all industries and creates transparency along the value chain. Furthermore, we also support with recruitment.
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4PL
Are you looking for a neutral partner to holistically optimise your logistics processes, rather than just looking at individual areas? KLOEPFEL by EPSA – 4pl is an independent „Fourth Party Logistics“ service provider with no assets of its own. We develop individual best-in-class solutions for you and manage your entire logistics centrally, digitally and in real time.
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Engineering
KLOEPFEL by EPSA – engineering brings structure to your production processes, specifically reduces your manufacturing costs and creates full cost transparency. Our experts analyse machinery, material usage and employee efficiency, identify savings potential and support implementation directly on site.
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Services
KLOEPFEL by EPSA – services offers you immediately deployable experts as an interim solution or under a service model. Our specialists work remotely, integrate seamlessly into your processes, and take on operational tasks across the entire value chain – from purchasing and accounting to logistics.
Our countries
Part of the EPSA Group since 2021: Local expertise, global impact with 5,000+ experts.
Our business unit consulting experts
KLOEPFEL by EPSA – consulting
Procurement and personnel consulting
KLOEPFEL by EPSA – 4pl
Logistics optimisation
KLOEPFEL by EPSA – engineering
Production cost optimisation
KLOEPFEL by EPSA – services
Outsourcing
The Makers Place
With KLOEPFEL by EPSA, you can expect a dynamic and results-oriented work environment – designed on an equal footing by doers for doers.
Purchasing Advice for Decision-Makers: Where doers shape success.
At KLOEPFEL by EPSA, we are the place for doers. THE MAKER’S PLACE stands for pragmatic procurement consulting and results-oriented solutions, developed by doers for doers. Our team of flexible and agile consultants thinks ahead and successfully implements projects. Become part of a network that brings together procurement experts and creates sustainable success with tailor-made solutions. This is how professional procurement consulting becomes a real competitive advantage.