Spend Management
& Procurement Services

According to a Fall 2002 report from the Aberdeen Group, improvements in Procurement Operations and Spend Management yield an average 16% reduction in spending. With effective procurement strategies:

		Spend Management reduces purchasing costs and time
		Procurement cost savings directly improves profitability
		Procurement time savings translates into greater customer satisfaction

We can provide you with the spend management and procurement expertise that augments your existing resources and seeks to reduce your overall purchasing expenditures as well as streamlines your internal procurement processes.

Our spend management professionals have significant professional and managerial procurement and contract experience in the government, commercial, and e-commerce markets. We bring extensive knowledge, experience and success to your spend management program. Our team of consultants provides services in the following areas:

		Spend Management
		- Strategic Sourcing - Spend Analysis - Supplier Categorization - Risk Assessment - Staff Assessment and Training
		Procurement Services
		- Organization Design - e-Commerce - Diversity Initiatives - Negotiation and Contract Assistance - Procurement Process Improvement - Procurement Tools and Software
		Training programs
		- Strategic Sourcing - Negotiation - Contracts Management - Spend Management

The key to our procurement practice success is in the implementation of a repeatable strategic sourcing concept of operation:

 Repeatable Strategic Sourcing Concept of Operation

	Understand the Buy means to collect and analyze the spend data, to benchmark supplier price and performance, to understand customer specifications and needs, to address quality, and to map current process flows.
	Research the Market means to know the supplier base and the cost drivers, to understand current trends, technological developments and process changes, and to research current best practices.
	Determine the Strategy means to develop category priorities, to understand opportunities and risk, and to develop action plans and performance metrics that will provide the sourcing team with the necessary strategy to appropriately procure the required products and services.
	Prepare and Manage Solicitation means to select the most appropriate method to obtain supplier products and services (RFx, Auctions, etc.) and to appropriately evaluate supplier’s responses against internal needs and requirements.
	Negotiation / Award Contract means to negotiate all elements of the business transaction and develop the appropriate contractual relationship to support the business objectives.
	Manage Supplier means to implement supplier scorecards, service level agreements and other measurement tools that allow you to both monitor supplier performance and to assure that the overall business objectives are being obtained.

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