In this webinar, Jonathan Scheck (Interzero) and Moritz Flick (Tacto) break down the new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, covering everything from PPWR roles and key obligations to practical implementation in procurement. They highlight what matters most right now and how to manage data collection across your supply chain effectively.

Marco Wendt (Director Corporate Purchasing Supplier Development at Kern Liebers), Lilly Kämmerling (Product Development at Tacto), and Collin Stollenmaier (Customer Development at Tacto) show how Kern Liebers transformed 38 different evaluation approaches into a group-wide supplier assessment. In this recording, you will learn how the company configures its evaluation, consolidates all relevant KPIs in one place, and uses AI agents to turn the assessment into a strategic lever for supplier development.

Lucas Trümpler and Phil Hartmann from Tacto demonstrate how procurement teams negotiate in strained markets: from distinguishing between headwinds and crises to four concrete tools and agent-assisted preparation. Includes sample phrasing and a live demo of the negotiation dossier.

Jakob Strobel (Tacto) and Marcel Schweizer (Koepfer) show in this webinar recording how the promise of AI turns into measurable relief for procurement: from the difference between generative and agentic AI, to the changing role of the buyer, to four agents already running in production at Koepfer, from certificate management to automated price defense to quote evaluation without Excel.

Elena Dörfler, Head of Purchasing at Riedel Kooling, and Jakob Hafner from Tacto demonstrate how Riedel Kooling transformed the checking of approximately 25,000 order items per year from a manual bottleneck into an automated process. They discuss the initial situation in operational purchasing, the collaborative development with Tacto, and how an AI agent now checks order confirmations item by item, thereby freeing up time for strategic topics.

Barbara Niemann (Head of Procurement at Zerhusen Kartonagen) and Lucas Trümpler (Customer Development at Tacto) report on how Zerhusen transitioned from manual certificate management and Excel lists to structured Supplier Relationship Management. In the webinar, they demonstrate how the company reallocates over 3,200 hours annually from administrative compliance tasks and is now systematically preparing for PPWR, CBAM, and EUDR.

Barbara Niemann (Head of Purchasing at Zerhusen Kartonagen) and Lucas Trümpler (Customer Development at Tacto) report on how Zerhusen transitioned from manual certificate management and Excel spreadsheets to structured Supplier Relationship Management. In the webinar, they demonstrate how the company reallocates over 3,200 hours annually from administrative compliance tasks and systematically prepares for PPWR, CBAM, and EUDR today.

Andreas Kleber, Head of Procurement and Logistics at Wölfle, and Nellie Gestring from Tacto demonstrate how the Defender Agent automatically reviews incoming price increases and generates data-driven counter-arguments. Using the practical example of a commercial vehicle supplier, it becomes clear how the combination of internal ERP data, contract information, and external market data enables procurement to respond to price demands in a well-founded and timely manner.

Benjamin Harbrücker and Mitja Michels from KPMG, together with Arman Gall from Tacto, analyze how procurement makes the leap from operational processor to strategic business partner. They demonstrate success factors at the Enterprise and Capability levels, explain the role of data as a basis for decision-making, and show how AI agents automate operational processes and proactively uncover savings potential.

Lisa Stahl (Procurement Excellence Team, Fischer) and Simon Vötter (Customer Development, Tacto) demonstrate how Fischer is transitioning from reactive to proactive material compliance for over 20,000 components and more than 3,000 suppliers. In the webinar, they provide an overview of the most important regulations from REACH to PPWR, explain Fischer's path to a central compliance dataset at the supply source level, and demonstrate Tacto's Material Compliance Module live.

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Oliver Kosalla and Denise Raupp from Anton Debatin discuss with Nico Bentenrieder and Jakob Hafner from Tacto how the packaging manufacturer transformed its approximately 2,700 order confirmations per year from a manual routine into an automated process. They will show why traditional OCR and template-based approaches fail in practice, how Tacto Intelligence extracts order confirmations independently of the supplier and checks them against the order with line-item accuracy, and the concrete effects achieved by an 80 percent straight-through processing rate in operational purchasing.

Simon Schaub and Orestis Michaelides from Tacto contextualize the geopolitical crises surrounding Hormuz, OPEC, rare earths, and US tariffs, and demonstrate how their ripple effects impact industrial procurement across multiple stages.

Armand Gall and Jan Scholich from Tacto explain how industrial AI automatically analyzes technical drawings, extracts geometric features, and derives target prices for procurement. The webinar illustrates the journey from data extraction and similar-part recognition to proactive recommendations, highlighting how engineering and procurement benefit from a shared data foundation.

Klaus Warmbrunn, Head of Procurement at Vogelsang, and Florin Wendehost from Tacto demonstrate how an internationally operating mechanical engineering company with 15,000 items and 800 suppliers uses AI agents to systematically identify and realize savings potential for B and C parts. The result: six-figure savings realized in less than a year and a robust pipeline of further potential.

Matthias Schlotter, Melinda Behncke, and Constantin Blome show in the webinar how SW uses automated data analyses and the targeted deployment of AI agents to revise price increases on a fact-based basis. The experts illustrate how digital RFQ processes increase competitive pressure without additional administrative effort and why central tracking of all initiatives sustainably secures strategic impact in procurement.

Fabian Liebscher presents three essential levers for unlocking procurement potentials: geographic benchmarking for validating existing prices, systematic supplier consolidation to reduce complexity, and group-wide volume bundling for C-parts. The foundation for this is an automated analysis of existing ERP data without significant IT effort.

Florian Stadter, Head of Group Purchasing, Schenker Storen

Stefan Cittrich, Global Head of Procurement / Vice President, technotrans

Zvjezdan Garic, Director of Supply Chain & Direct Procurement, SteelcoBelimedT

Torben Hinrichs, Procurement Excellence Expert, Tacto

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Watch the webinar recording now and learn how leading procurement departments are using AI concretely today.

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Marcel Schweizer and Simon Vötter show in the webinar how Koepfer not only saves time through AI support but also massively gains strategic impact.

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Erik Esly, Hans Boot, and Lucas Trümpler show how procurement can reposition itself between geopolitical pressure, technological development, and growing responsibility – and why now is the right time to set the course for the coming years.

Katharina Kösters and Lucas Trümpler show in the webinar how Sun Garden went from a fragmented data situation to data-oriented procurement in a short time – and why the combined use of analytics, AI insights, and negotiation dossiers is a powerful lever for measurable savings.

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Dr. Gerhard Cromme, Christian Dreßler, and André Petry show, drawing on their different perspectives, what decisions industrial companies should make today and where additional policy frameworks are needed to further strengthen Europe's industrial power.

Torben Hinrichs and Jakob Hafner show how companies can execute RFQs faster, more structured, and more scalably with Tacto – and why a higher tendering rate directly leads to better decisions.

In the webinar, Steen Bösche (VEMAG) and Melinda Behncke (Tacto) report on how the AI-supported solution at VEMAG not only revolutionized daily procurement work but was also recognized with the BME Procurement Excellence Award. They also outline the next steps to continue making the procurement organization more efficient.

In the webinar, Zvjezdan Garic (Steelco Belimed, Miele Group), Johannes Groll, and Florian Findeis (Tacto) report on how experiential knowledge becomes a reliable, data-based argumentation foundation – and how AI enables procurement to act faster, more precisely, and more fact-oriented.

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In the webinar, Marcel Schweizer (Koepfer) and Simon Vötter (Tacto) report on how Koepfer strategically realigned procurement to equally increase efficiency, transparency, and impact.

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In the webinar, Sascha Wölffle (IPR) and Simon Schaub (Tacto) report on how this realignment succeeded, which priorities were decisive – and how IPR has established procurement as a genuine value driver today.

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In the webinar, Sebastian Vey (Hubtex) and Simon Vötter (Tacto) report how Hubtex achieved the next efficiency leap in procurement through accelerated KPI analyses, central dossiers, and transparent benchmarks.

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