At each key stage in the life of your product, our Purchasing department works alongside you. From design to obsolescence management, through the industrialization and production stages, our experts support you to provide you with the best purchasing and component management strategy.

Ambitions that match your Purchasing needs

Our purchasing strategy is broken down into several key points:

  • Complete materials management: From quotation to serial supply including prototypes.
  • Partner integration: Involve our partners from the design stage thanks to dedicated teams.
  • Risk management: Identify, analyze and eradicate supply-related risks.
  • Optimization of cash flow: Implementation of returnable stocks and logistics contracts.
  • Agility and responsiveness: Promote the flexibility of our suppliers.
  • Cost optimization: Technical and logistical proposals to improve purchasing conditions.

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Purchasing Performance

LACROIX has a global purchasing force with:

  • 40 buyers for a turnover of 400 million euros.
  • 40,000 active references distributed via a panel of 2,500 suppliers.
  • Targeted optimization by type of technological family:
    Electronic components: Guarantee supplies and competitiveness through partnerships with world leaders.
    Printed circuit boards (PCB): Sourcing and management of suppliers mainly in Asia, led by our team based in Shenzhen.
    Planned parts: Sourcing as close as possible to our factories to reduce the carbon footprint and the risks of a delocalized supply chain.

Our purchasing experts

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Corporate team: :
acts on a global level
production
Relays on production sites :
Management of local suppliers
Équipe Chine Achats électroniques
Team in China :
Working closely with Asian suppliers
Acheteurs dédiés projets électroniques
Dedicated buyers :
Integrated into project teams.

Relationship with Suppliers

We select our suppliers according to strict criteria, adapted to our markets, to build lasting relationships with reliable players. Our suppliers are audited regularly to guarantee product quality.

Environmental Commitment

  • Compliance with standards: Requirement of the ISO 14001 standard and our ethical charter.
  • Environmental compliance: Compliance with REACH and ROHS standards.
  • Anticipation of obsolescence: From the project study phase.
  • Local sourcing: Favor nearby suppliers to reduce the carbon footprint.
  • Ecological transport: Choose boat or train.
  • Reduction of transport: Consignment stocks of components.
  • Reusable/recyclable containers: For transporting products.

Achats électronique et engagement RSE