What Our Clients Have Found

Situation

A regional distributor had grown its supplier base over twelve years without formally reviewing it. Leadership suspected concentration risks but lacked a documented picture of the chain end to end.

What We Did

Mapped the full supply chain from sourcing to delivery. Identified three supplier concentrations representing over 60% of critical volume. Produced a visual flow map and prioritised recommendations report.

Outcome

The visual map gave leadership a shared reference point they had not had before. The client acted on two of the five main recommendations within three months of delivery.

Situation

A manufacturer had accumulated 40+ vendors over eight years. Several contracts had lapsed onto informal arrangements. Management lacked criteria for how to prioritise or review vendor relationships.

What We Did

Reviewed all vendor relationships, contract status, and historical performance. Developed a three-tier segmentation framework based on criticality. Created evaluation templates for ongoing use.

Outcome

Templates were adopted directly into the procurement team's quarterly review process. Two previously informal vendor arrangements were formalised within six weeks of receiving the deliverable.

Situation

A professional services firm had no consistent procurement process. Purchases were made by whoever needed something, with no approval workflow, no spend visibility, and no standard approach to competitive pricing.

What We Did

Reviewed purchasing behaviour across departments. Designed a streamlined approval workflow appropriate to the firm's size and created a procurement framework with decision criteria and spend thresholds.

Outcome

The framework was adopted without extensive training. Within six weeks, the firm had full purchasing visibility across departments for the first time and consistent bidding on larger purchases.