CLARIANT
“ We have a fully automated rate of 80 % of our purchase orders from demand to placing it at the supplier ”
MARKUS MIRGELER HEAD OF GLOBAL PROCUREMENT ,
CLARIANT
Circling back to GHG emissions management , Mirgeler emphasises this as a challenge for the industry , “ currently we ’ re engaging into solar based power generation , and contracts with wind parks to get renewable energies into our sites . Clariant ’ s made quite some progress to increase the supply of renewable energy in recent years .” A particular interest for Mirgeler when it comes to sustainability is transparency , “ supply chain transparency is good for the industry ,” says Mirgeler , “ but one of the secrets of making chemicals is what ingredients you have , and you don ’ t want anyone else to know this . This then presents supply chain transparency challenges when 60 % of what you are buying is from the chemicals industry ,” explains Mirgeler . “ In the chemical industry we all make chemicals . If I know which chemical you are producing and how you produce it , I can probably make it very quickly myself .” Using the food industry as an analogy , Mirgeler continues , “ Whoever buys food doesn ' t raise pigs . So , you can talk about where you get your pigs from or where you get your beef from . But in the chemicals industry , we ' re all doing the same kind of things and there is a needed trust level between supplier and customer to engage into a higher level of transparency .
Whilst these challenges are prominent in the industry , Mirgeler concludes that “ if you talk about challenges for Clariant Procurement , firstly it is to make our business more profitable , then it is now to engage with suppliers to reduce GHG , and to enable differentiation for our company via supply chain transparency and last but not least it is holistic supplier risk management and the values beyond savings we can provide to our company .
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