Supplier Value Stream Optimization

Turn supplier complexity into competitive advantage. EFESO strengthens your supplier network and optimizes value streams – reducing costs, increasing resilience and boosting innovation with structured, on-the-ground execution.

Bringing Transparency to Supplier Costs

As markets evolve and innovation cycles accelerate, supplier performance is critical. Yet most companies focus inward, overlooking that more than 70 percent of value often lies with external suppliers. Opaque cost structures, underused supplier innovation and weak implementation of cost-out measures are missed opportunities.

EFESO works with your teams to turn supplier relationships into performance levers. From benchmarking and cost transparency to joint value stream optimization, we help you build stronger, more efficient, and more innovative supply networks – reducing SG&A (selling, general and administrative) and material costs while improving supply reliability and long-term competitiveness.

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Dr. Kenneth Sievers

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Real Results Achieved with our Clients

+€4B

Total client savings

12%

Cost reduction via supplier benchmarking and technical optimization

SG&A cost reduction via cross-functional benchmarking

A Tailored and Pragmatic Approach that Fits your Reality

Our approach is built on five field-tested modules: selecting the right suppliers, driving material cost reduction, optimizing designs, improving SG&A structures and ensuring implementation. We combine LPP analysis, cost breakdowns and parametric costing with design-to-cost and action tracking.

Where needed, we deploy TIGER-Teams – fast-moving task forces that stabilize launches, resolve disruptions, and safeguard standard operating procedures. Together, we turn supplier management into a structured, strategic capability that drives measurable improvement and resilience.

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Supplier Value Stream Optimization Client Results

Explore Business cases & Client Results

Automotive and Commercial Vehicles

Private Equity

Automotive Supplier Doubles Scale Through Strategic M&A Integration

Industrial machinery manufacturer faced complexity in custom equipment production. We implemented modular design principles, standardized components, and optimized project management, reducing lead times by 40%.

Automotive and Commercial Vehicles

End-to-End Profitability Program for Global Automotive Supplier

Automotive supplier needed profitability improvement for complex drive components. We established end-to-end value optimization, supplier collaboration, and cost engineering, improving margins across entire value chain.

Aerospace & Defense

Accelerating Digital Transformation in a Global Aerospace and Defense Leader

Aerospace corporation faced fragmented digital infrastructure across divisions. We launched enterprise-wide transformation, integrated systems, and drove operational excellence, reducing operational costs by 10%.

The EFESO Touch

EFESO delivers supplier and value stream optimization with execution built in. Our cross-functional experts work directly on-site with procurement and engineering teams and suppliers to deliver rapid, sustainable results.

We support the full supplier lifecycle – from selecting the right partners, analyzing their potential for material cost reductions and other improvements, to realizing these opportunities in practice.

With structured diagnostics, real-time tracking, and hands-on delivery, we turn fragmented supplier ecosystems into value-creating networks. Clients choose EFESO for our ability to implement change – collaboratively, fast, and at scale.