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Technical purchasing and direct materials

Know what your parts should cost, and pay the right price.

Paying the right price for the parts and materials you buy, backed by facts, not guesswork.

Why it matters

In most manufacturers, materials and conversion make up the biggest part of cost. That is where we focus.

We help you see what drives the price of the materials and parts you buy, and then work with your team and your suppliers to lower it in ways that last. We are careful about quality and relationships, because a cheaper part that fails or a supplier that walks away is not a saving. This matters most where bought-in parts and components make up most of the cost, as they often do for high-tech equipment and electronics manufacturers.

  • Spend and price analysis
  • Should-cost models
  • Negotiation preparation and support
  • Cost reduction that protects quality
Sound familiar?

Signs we could help.

  • Margins are shrinking and it is unclear why
  • Material prices rise and you have no facts to push back
  • You do not really know what each product costs to make
  • Cost programmes deliver once, then costs creep back

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What we help with

Where we work with your team.

01

Cost-of-goods diagnostic

A clear, shared picture of where your product cost comes from and where the biggest opportunities are.

What we do with you

  • Break down cost by product, material and process
  • Compare actual cost with what it should be
  • Rank the opportunities by value and effort

What you keep

  • Cost-of-goods map
  • Ranked opportunity list with a plan
02

Direct-material procurement

Buying the materials and parts that go into your products at the right total cost, with facts on your side.

What we do with you

  • Analyse spend by supplier and part family
  • Build sourcing strategies for key categories
  • Prepare and support negotiations
  • Set up simple tracking so savings stay real

What you keep

  • Spend analysis and category strategies
  • Negotiation plans
  • Savings tracking

AI ANGLEQuicker spend analysis and should-cost estimates across your parts list.

03

Direct-material cost

Lowering what you pay for materials and parts through facts, fair negotiation and better specifications.

What we do with you

  • Build should-cost models for key parts
  • Prepare and support negotiations
  • Look for alternative sources and materials
  • Work with suppliers on cost ideas

What you keep

  • Should-cost models your team can maintain
  • Negotiation plans and results tracking

AI ANGLEQuicker should-cost estimates from drawings and bills of materials.

04

Value analysis & design-to-cost

Taking cost out of existing and new products by rethinking design, materials and processes with engineering and suppliers.

What we do with you

  • Run value-analysis workshops on high-volume products
  • Test ideas with engineering, quality and suppliers
  • Build cost targets into new product development

What you keep

  • Idea list with savings estimates and owners
  • Design-to-cost targets
How we work

Clear steps, and you decide at each one.

  1. Look

    Diagnose

    We build the cost-of-goods picture with your finance and operations teams, and agree the starting point.

  2. Act

    Improve

    We work on materials and conversion cost with your team and suppliers, and track savings openly.

  3. Keep

    Make it last

    Should-cost models, stock rules and tracking stay with your team, so costs do not creep back.

The easiest way to start: Purchasing cost check →

Talk to us about technical purchasing and direct materials.

Write to [email protected] with a few lines about your plant. We reply personally to every message.

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