2024-01-16 05:00:10
Less dependence on China, the search for reduced costs, less popular made in France, worrying illicit agreements between suppliers… The survey by the AgileBuyer firm and the National Purchasing Council among directors of this sector – 870 responses between the November 20 and December 11, 2023 – each year provides findings and methods for companies to adapt to the local environment, international developments and geopolitical crises. In its latest edition, published Tuesday January 16, it takes stock of a year which will weigh on the priorities of buyers in 2024.
“The buyer takes the pulse of the market, its concerns, notes Corine Loreaux, purchasing director of the Société du Grand Paris, in the document. He is best placed to relay the analysis of the company’s external risks. »
No doubt the ad hoc departments have not been able to learn all the lessons from the disruption of Asia-Europe trade while tensions in the Red Sea, where 12% of world trade passes, have escalated over the past month. .
Rise of Chinese risk
One observation stands out, which calls for securing supplies: the rise in Chinese risk. “One of their priorities will be to balance the weight of China through double sourcing”, notes Olivier Wajnsztok, founder and associate director of AgileBuyer. Half of the companies list the reduction of this dependence as a ” strategic axis “without underestimating the cost. “An exit is difficult because in certain sectors it is synonymous with loss of competitiveness”admits Alexandre Billard, from the company specializing in laser technologies Lumibird.
IT, telecommunications, defense and aeronautics are the first to want to depend less on the Middle Kingdom, where the business climate has been deteriorating for several years. The case of Tesla, forced to shut down its German factory for two weeks at the beginning of February, shows that a group adept at just in time did not allow the American manufacturer to adapt to a crisis in the Middle East forcing container ships to divert via the Cape of Good Hope.
Another break compared to 2022 and 2023, according to Mr. Wajnsztok: a drop in interest in purchasing made in France between companies. It is explained by its additional costs, a lack of availability of intermediate goods and above all a lower interest after the end of the health crisis, which had amplified the need to secure supplies. The fear is less strong, even if 29% of the companies surveyed anticipate a “voluntarist policy” relocation in France.
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