With increased focus on financial control,
there are mounting pressures on every organisation to minimise the cost
of all purchases, whilst simultaneously negotiating the most reliable
‘on-going’ arrangements with strategic suppliers.
Specialist 'non-core' procurement
becomes a reality with Key Alliance.
Other solutions that Key Alliance provides are:
1.
Many organisations, even those who are
divisions or subsidiaries of a larger group, operate autonomously,
and frequently find themselves having to acquire non core goods
and services through individual negotiations, almost on an order
by order basis. Acquisition costs for the group are duplicated many
times over, with no increased benefit from the group expenditure.
2.
Individual organisations do not
have the purchasing leverage or the management time, and are more
focused upon core activities and specialist procurement, to secure
the very best terms of supply for non-core goods and services.
Furthermore, without marketing intelligence (i.e. benchmarking
and independent management information) organisations have no
means of assessing their effectiveness in these areas.
3.
Throughout all organisations non-core
categories are often not given the time to be managed due to time
restraints on purchasing professionals. Unfortunately market changes
and developments are often overlooked. Key Alliance can help
by monitoring the markets and informing the Members of
changes and developments, including new technologies and cost saving
solutions that have come into the market. Members can then
maximise their cost savings
"Key Alliance Members are able to remain
focused upon core purchasing activities, where real improvements
to corporate performance can be made."
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