Supplier Management at Kärcher

For Kärcher and its subsidiaries, suppliers are an important success factor. Thus, we prefer to integrate our suppliers into our value chain to achieve the best possible results for both Kärcher and our suppliers.

Kärcher as a company set up the following principles of particular importance:

• We strive for long-term relationships with our suppliers.
• We value punctuality, confidence, reliabilty, quality and stability.
• Clear and open communication in an objective and goal-oriented manner is the basis for any cooperation.
• We expect flexibility from our supppliers (regarding deadlines, order quantities and changes and risks) in order to react promptly to market fluctuations and our suppliers can expect the same from Kärcher.
• We work closely with our suppliers and invest in partners with high development potential.
• We achieve long-term cost saving effects that are beneficial for all parties of our supply chain.