About Us

  • Supplier Efficiency provides a ready built, efficient, cost effective Supplier Management capability for any organisation.
  • We offer organisations a chance to create an efficient, cost effective Supplier Management capability to manage suppliers, with minimum effort and investment.
  • Established to ensure your Suppliers are adding value in an efficient, agile, and consistent manner.
  • Over 35 years experience in Supplier Management across many UK Sectors.
  • Knowledge of all industry best practice approaches to managing Suppliers.
  • Hands on experience creating Supplier Management Frameworks, ways of working and processes.
  • Experience creating a set of consistent and industry standard KPI’s with measures.

Supplier Efficiency provides

  • We provide a modern, simple & agile – business focused alternative to an expensive and complex Supplier Management Framework (SMF) and /or system(s).
  • Consistent and efficient performance measures against KPI’s, simplified framework and consolidated governance and reporting.
  • Continuous application of Supplier Efficiency provides;
    • Clear categorisation of your Supplier Inventory. 
    • Simple modern, segmentation model, with drag and drop Tiering tables.
    • KPI Toolkit – Business focused, consistent performance measures.
    • Governance Model – including Terms of References (ToR) for each meeting.
    • Reporting – League table with consistent KPI performance measures.
  • Added value to the Contract lifecycle journey, to ensure your Suppliers are as efficient as they can be. 
  • A Framework that provides all the tools needed, including guidance how to implement and maintain.
  • Consultancy or support for your Team if required, to provide an agile, cost effective Supplier Management capability.

Added value to the Contract lifecycle journey

Frequently Asked Questions of Supplier Management

  • How to prioritise your Key Suppliers?
  • What is Segmentation?
  • How to segment your supplier inventory?
  • How to define supplier categories?
  • How to create a Supplier Management Framework?
  • How to make your supply chain more efficient?
  • How to add more value from your Suppliers?
  • How to consistently manage the performance of your Suppliers?
  • How to create a set of Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s)?
  • What KPI measures can I use?
  • How to differentiate between SLA’s and KPI’s?
  • How to manage Supplier risks?
  • How to make performance measures more business focused?
  • How to differentiate between Service Improvements and Innovation?
  • How to align Supplier Performance with Business Objectives?
  • What Governance model can I use?
  • How do I create Terms of Reference for each meeting?
  • How to provide consistent reporting on Supplier Performance?
  • How to become an Intelligent Client or Customer of Choice?

Supplier Efficiency addresses all of the above challenges