It is important that the procurement of ingredients and products is organized as efficiently and effectively as possible. Supply Value was curious about the state of affairs in the food industry, the important trends and the opportunities for improvement for companies that are active in this sector. Our purchasing advisor Jesper de Wit has conducted further research and publishes on this subject in the journal Eisma; food industry.

In the article, Jesper de Wit explains how purchasers can achieve the maximum value based on Keough's purchasing development model and trends in the food sector. Cooperation is central to his theory.

Successful purchasing in the food industry

Purchasing does not always go well. Consider the recent affair, in which a slaughterhouse from Dodewaard had to take back all the horse meat processed in 2012 and 2013 and the products that could contain horsemeat after the NVWA had found horse DNA in beef. As a result, the buyers also had to remove products from the market. Another example comes from the dairy industry. Danone saw profits decrease by five percent in 2013 after a supplier discovered a dangerous bacterium in the milk powder.