Approach

Design Stage

Working with our customers we review their current procurement performance and agree the business objectives and goals for the procurement process. These can range from working with a project/integrated supply chain team on a specific product or service through to implementing a change programme for the procurement process or department.

Execution

Our approach is to facilitate workshops that involveand engage the participants. We apply a series of tools and techniques to rigorously analyse the information and data supplied and to formulate an effective procurement strategy. An action plan will be developed to deliver the strategy; linked to the action plan will be a stakeholder management plan, measurement criteria, required behaviours and effective use of systems.

Benefits

We ensure that the changes have been embedded into the organisation and are delivering the required results, that the tools and techniques are being used effectively and that lessons learnt are applied.

Strategic Procurement

When organisations begin to optimise the performance of their supply chain they have two key objectives:

• Maximise value
• Minimise risk

To meet these objectives they must first understand the markets that they operate in and then segment these markets into four key areas as shown here.

From this analysis the organisation can begin to build and implement an effective procurement strategy. A key enabler to the success of this strategy is the buy-in and co-operation of the departments across the organisation.