EDF
A european leader of the energy industry
"KLB Group is a very reactive service provider to our needs"
Industry
Energy
Business
Production, distribution and trading of energy
Purchasing scope
Equipment maintenance in a power station
Mission sponsor
Purchasing Department
Group purchase and global sourcing coordination
Our challenge
Define the service provider market in Eastern and Western Europe
Draw up a list of new service providers (out of the current EDF panel of 32 suppliers)
Sourcing
Identification of new service providers with the technical capacity and means to accomplish the maintenance service of power stations during the scheduled halts
Supplier qualification trough conference calls
Request For Information (RFI)
Definition of a specific survey to check technical specifications understanding of identified suppliers (maintenance in controlled and non-controlled areas, ISO Certification, full-time team of 20 people, etc.)
Survey management and follow-up to collect all information from suppliers
Sourcing results
111 suppliers were identified
33 suppliers were classified as a reslut of the qualification process trough conference calls
Request For Information results
8 recommended suppliers at the end of the Request For Information Process
Improved process
Recommended suppliers were contacted to start a qualification process.
Contribution to the supplier panel enlargement
Supplier panel enlargement for France
Supplier panel enlargement for Europe, for all EDF europen sites