Supply Market Intelligence
For Procurement by Procurement.
We write fully customized supply market intelligence reports for procurement teams.
Why is supply market intelligence important for Procurement?
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In what ways have our clients leveraged supply market intelligence?
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To prevent risks: to prevent supply shortages and anticipate price increases.
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To identify opportunities: anticipate price drops and identify alternative products or technology.
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To improve bargaining power: use intelligence as leverage during vendor negotiations.
What do our supply market intelligence reports usually include?
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Price and lead time trends on spend categories & commodities/components selected by the client
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Market news and trends
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Client industry and competitors monitoring (if applicable)
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Anything else you might deem relevant to your industry and/or company. Our reports are fully customized to meet your needs.
How does it work?
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Client selects spend categories & commodities to monitor.
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Client defines report recurrence.
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Clients highlights any specific company or part number pricing to monitor.
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OC market intelligence team starts the research and analysis work.
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OC procurement team reviews and validates report draft.
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OC sends matter of fact and easy to read reports to the client’s procurement team.
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Call for Tender for SAP Infrastructure Design & Deployment for a Retail GiantOur client is a travel retailer of luxury goods, with stores located in over 14 countries worldwide. As part of their digital transformation strategy, they were looking for a strategic partner to deploy and manage a specific set of services on their SAP infrastructure. We led the end-to-end call of tender on behalf of the client. Key activities included designing an RFP framework to analyze submitted bids from scratch, conducting negotiations with bidders and coaching key stakeholders on IT Procurement best practices.
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Vendor Management Office Deployment for a Global BankOur client is a global bank, with regional headquarters set up in Singapore. The CIO has engaged us to assess their current supplier relationships and to set up a Vendor Management Office within the bank. We led the end-to-end RFP process, while implementing and coaching internal stakeholders on Procurement best practices. We also performed a Suppliers Matrix Overview for the bank and led negotiations on existing contract terms with key providers. As a result, the client was successfully able to achieve 224% ROI within one month, while ensuring that 100% of projects started on time.