Purchasing and Logistics

In September 2010, the Purchasing Department of the Bosch Rexroth AG was realigned globally to strengthen its position sustainably and to enhance potentials for costs and efficiency.

These are the essential key points of the realignment:

• Global responsibility of the Material Field Purchasing, i. e. global bundling of demands and definite responsibility for suppliers ("One-Face-to-the-Supplier")

• Structuring of the Project Purchasing according to product categories, improved preventive quality assurance and ensurance of "Design-to-Cost" in external procurement

• Fully integrated quality responsibility in Purchasing as well as optimisation of our supplier´s performance regarding quality and logistics

In 2011, the Bosch Rexroth AG acquired raw materials and commodity goods of 2.2 billion Euros worldwide.

The following material fields are bundled globally:

• Machined parts

• Forgings, Steel, non-ferrous metals

• Bearings, fasteners, Job Shop, Foundry materials

• Casting / component groups (valves)

• Electro-technics

• non-ferrous castings, stamped-drawn-bent parts, plastic parts

• Electronics and electro-mechanic component groups

• Assemblies

• Power Units/Accessories Project Purchasing

• Hand mold castings