Supplier and procurement optimization

We pull what the group buys, from whom and on what terms, into one view across entities and categories, then build the sourcing plan from it: which suppliers to consolidate, which to keep as second sources, which terms to reset and which categories to tender.

The plan covers goods for resale, packaging, equipment, and logistics and fulfilment services.

• A group spend cube by supplier, category, entity and price over twelve months.
• A supplier consolidation plan with the savings, risks and second sources for each category.
• A terms review comparing payment days, rebates, minimums and price indexation.
• A tender calendar ranking categories by value at stake.
• A purchasing policy covering authority limits, approved suppliers and conflict disclosure.

• More of your spend runs through contracted suppliers.
• The same item costs the same in every entity.
• Payment days are reviewed supplier by supplier.
• Your largest supplier's share of any key product is reported, so concentration is visible before it bites.
• Savings are confirmed in the ledger by category before the board counts them.

When entities buy separately, the group has no single view of what it buys. The same item is bought at three prices. Payment terms are short with some suppliers and long with others, for no reason anyone recalls, and one supplier may hold a dangerous share of supply.

• Two entities buy the same item from the same supplier at different prices.
• No one can list the group's top twenty suppliers by spend.
• Payment terms were set by the supplier's preference and never reviewed.
• A single supplier holds most of the supply of a key product.
• Purchasing decisions are made by individuals with no category plan.

Chairmen and finance directors of multi-entity groups where each entity buys independently, and distributors and retailers whose cost of goods and packaging is large enough that a few points of price matter to the board.

Across more than 20 companies in several countries, and more than seven at Nexxo Pay and QPay International, Qasim Abbas brought each onto one set of numbers. Putting the buying of many entities on one basis is the same job, and it is where hidden variances appear.

We read purchase data from whichever ledger each entity runs, including Xero, QuickBooks, Zoho Books, NetSuite and Oracle. See how fees work.

Which categories do you cover?

Goods for resale, packaging, equipment and logistics services, plus any other category that touches the supply chain.

What does the spend analysis show?

The board sees what the group buys, from whom and on what terms in one view across entities and categories, with the savings, risks and second sources for each category.

Send a payables listing from each entity that buys independently. We show you where the largest gaps in price and terms sit at a private briefing with the Managing Partner.