Generating Value through Sourcing and Procurement Services

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VPS - Value Purchasing Solutions – since 2005 provides specialized support to the Management through effective and innovative solutions for Sourcing & Procurement.

Differently from other players, VPS is capable of immediately bringing tangible and measurable results, such as Savings on Purchasing Costs and improving efficiency on

Procurement Process, partnering with Customers on a value basis.

VPS is a Team of Procurement and Supply Chain Professionals, with either an Industrial and/or a Consulting background. All have consolidated skills on Supply Chain Processes, Cost Analysis, Contracts and Negotiations. Each one specializes on specific markets and categories – including raw material, utilities, ICT, MRO, Services – leveraging updated suppliers and prices data bases.

VPS offers 3 types of Services:

1. Management Consulting

2. Cost Reduction & Operating Support 3. SCM & Vendor Qualification Outsourcing

In addition, VPS can offer a complete range of IT solutions for Supplier Relationships Management, Vendor Qualifications and Vendor Management.

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Background

Competences

Specializations

• Purchasing and Supply Chain Managers in leading Companies

• Purchasing Directors in large Multinationals

• Consulting in Operations and Supply Chain within leading Management Consulting Firms

• Procurement and Supply Chain Processes

• Best Practices

• Total Cost of Ownership

• Negotiations techniques • International Contracts • Raw Materials • Utilities • ICT • MRO • Services • Chemical

• Marketing & Comm.

A Team of Supply Chain and Purchasing Professionals

Who we are

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What we do

3 Types of Sourcing & Procurement Services on a global basis

SCM & Vendor

Qualification

Outsourcing

Cost Reduction

& Operating

Support

Management

Consulting

• Assessment and Benchmark of Performances

• Design and implementation of Processes and Organization • Development of a Vendor

Management System

• Development of a set of Key Performance Indicators

• Training, appraisal, development and coaching of resources

• Order Management

• Vendor and Contract Qualification • Professional Management of

either Procure-to-Pay or Source-to-Pay processes on:

• Non-core Categories • Specialties

 Process simplification  Supply Base Rationalization  Complexity reduction  Focus on core Categories

• Benchmarking

• Cost Saving Solutions

• Search for Competitive Offers • Category Management

• Scouting and Vendor Qualification • Global Strategic Sourcing

• Support to negotiations

• RFQ and Tenders Management • E-Auctions

• Support of buyers • Contracting

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A complete range of IT products for SCM

Supply Chain Management

• Best-in-class tool for the Purchasing Function. It provides a comprehensive management of internal processes and supplier base.

• A Complete solution supporting the whole transaction cycle: from order to billing, the whole order cycle is integrated.

Web-based Architecture and

multi-channel communication

Vendor Management, Governance, Risk & Compliance

• It enables to manage the whole process related to the supplier qualification and to the update and monitoring of the documents each supplier must deliver to the company in order to be qualified.

• Reduce times and costs required for managing supplier documents and ensure correctness and compliance with procedures and deadlines.

Transportation Management System

• Module created to plan transport processes and efficiently face the ongoing optimization challenge of the logistic service network.

• Best-in-class solution to optimize deliveries and manage waiting times of trucks. Vendor Management Vendor Portal Vendor Qualification Vendor Management Sourcing Expense Management

Request for Offer

Tender Management (RFx)

Contract Management

Contract Qualification & Risk compliance

Catalogues and List Prices

Procurement to Pay

Request for Order

Order Management

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Raw Materials

: Steel

, aluminum, copper, plastic, rubber, semi-finished goods

Utilities

:

Telecommunication services, Energy, gas, green power solutions

Information Technology (IT)

:

Data Center Services, Personal computers, servers, storage solutions, software development, maintenance services, technology consulting, SW and WEB developments, IT outsourcing, cloud computing solutions

Maintenance, Repair & Operations (MRO):

Packaging, personal safety devices, stationery, office consumables, electrical material, cleaning products, tools, lubricants, shopfloor consumables

Services

:

Business travel, fleet management, couriers, transportation, scraps, cleaning, waste disposal, catering, printing, telecommunication, security, temporary labour, payroll management, marketing and communication

The Categories we cover

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Drafting of qualification processes

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Management of qualification processes

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Supplier data analysis

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Continuous check for providing the reliability

of the supplier, document validation and any

necessary inspections / audits

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Rating active suppliers through dynamic

questionnaires : from vendor rating to vendor

ranking

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Managing deadlines of formal documents for

internal and external reliance supplies

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Scouting on-demand (creating lists of

pre-qualified suppliers)

VPS Supplier & Contract Qualification: Activities

From consulting to

complete outsourcing

leveraging IT solutions "On-premises" or "Software as a Service" (SaaS)

Some of the main mandatory standards to be met (e.g.: Country: Italy):

 Organizational models (231/01)

 Management systems of occupational safety (pursuant to Legislative Decree 81/08)

 SA8000 social responsibility

 Notice pursuant to Legislative Decree 196/03

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 Specialization and expertise on specific categories and markets

 Know how on Best Practices

 Know how on International Contracting

 Continuous Monitoring on prices and markets

 Consolidated Network of qualified and pre-selected suppliers

 International Scouting

 Benchmarking

 Database on prices and vendors

 Volumes aggregation

Competence, Specialization, continuous Market Monitoring and Synergies of Scale are the

basis of our success

Our Strengths

 More than 60 Companies are today Customers of VPS

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Differently from other players, VPS is capable of immediately bringing tangible and measurable

results, such as Savings on Purchasing Costs and improving efficiency on Procurement

Processes partnering with Customers on a value basis.

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Strategic cooperation bound to last in long term

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Limited investment

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Guaranteed results

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Success fee concept

… a “win win” approach which

limit the customer investment,

eliminate risks and consolidate

important partnership

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VPS is

presently a

Strategic

Partner of:

VPS operates in

the Main

Industrial

Sectors:

• Large international

companies

• Medium to large national

companies

• Small to medium national

enterprises

• Automotive

• Mechanics

• Domestic Appliances

• Logistic and Transportation

• IT, Telecom and Electronics

• Services

• Finance

• Furnitures

• Chemicals & Pharma

VPS has proven its effectiveness with many companies

Our Market

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I nostri Clienti (1 di 2)

Finance & Banking

Chemical, Cosmetics, Pharma and Biomedical

Automotive

ICT

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I nostri Clienti (2 di 2)

Manufacturing

Services and Others

Energy &

Environment

Logistic &

Transportation

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Our Partners

TesiSquare (TESI S.p.A.) TesiSquare (TESI S.p.A.) is founded in Bra (Cuneo) in 1995 by 4 partners who are enthusiastic and keen on their work. The company is set up as many others do, but it grows as only few do. Since 1995, it achieves ongoing growth in terms of turnover, products, innovation and people and today it boasts about 200 employees and 20M turnover.

TesiSquare objective is to be a reliable and skilled partner, but also a dynamic and flexible one, ready to face complexity and help Clients to manage collaborative processes; our goal is to provide our Clients with a comprehensive support aimed at improving efficiency and effectiveness, not only inside the Company, but also including all other business partners and stakeholders. Moreover TesiSquare wants to be the best interpreters of the new IT paradigms, by maintaining its commitment and ensuring complete availability to our Clients.

Fante is a Financial Group that provides financial and industrial consulting services. In particular it supports its Customers for M&A as well as Wealth Advisory prokects.

Fante was created in 2008 by a collaboration between Mr. Roberto Testore (ex CEO Fiat Auto, Finmeccanica and Trenitalia), Mr. Paolo Fassio (ex Head of Products in UBS Italy) and Mr. Gregoire Notz (Notz & Stucki Asset Management Partner, Geneve).

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V.P.S. Srl - Value Purchasing Solutions S.r.l.

Registered Address: C.so Orbassano 336 - 10137 Turin – Italy Head Office: C.so Trapani 16 – 10139 Turin - Italy

Other Locations: Strada 1 Palazzo F1 Milanofiori – 20090 Assago (MI) - Italy

Phone: +39.011.3113414; Fax : +39.011.3116601

[email protected] - www.vpsonline.it

VAT : 09029630010