10 point plan

Reducing the administrative cost of processing an unecessarily large number of invoices from the same supplier.

Reduce the number of suppliers and consolidate spend into negotiated contracts offering better value from higher throughput in categories where you have more suppliers than average for your sector.

Eliminating the burden and cost of suppliers with whom you spend relatively little in aggregate over the course of a year.

Redirecting spend from non-contracted suppliers in those categories where you have already have one or more suppliers governed by a formal contract and reducing "maverick spend".

A detailed analytical review to identify, validate and recover a range of payment anomalies which typically go undetected by conventional pre and post payment controls in the accounts payable process.

Indentifying other public bodies who buy from the same suppliers where the potential exists to harness the group's collective buying power.

Extending the number of suppliers who are actively managed on the basis of spend value, negotiating improved terms commensurate with the amount of spend.

Purchasing goods and services at the lowest price where a supplier has sold the same goods or services at different price points across time, departments and / or multiple public sector bodies.

Increasing competitive tension by introducing new suppliers in those categories where there are fewer suppliers than the average for the sector.

Transforming the way you procure goods and services in complex categories using techniques including re-specification, demand management and supplier engagement.