Procurement and supplier cost optimization
Your purchasing often weighs more than you think, and it can be improved. ORY Consulting maps your purchases and suppliers, spots room for manoeuvre and builds an action plan, drawing on years of hands-on supply chain experience.
- Who it is for
- Flow-based businesses (food service, import, distribution, construction…) that feel their sourcing costs are imposed on them.
- What you get
- Procurement and supplier mapping, optimization options, action plan.
- Your contact
- ORY Consulting, with hands-on supply chain experience.
When should you review your procurement?
Tick what sounds like you.
- Your sourcing costs keep rising and you feel you simply endure them.
- You do not know precisely what you buy, from whom and at what price.
- You depend on very few suppliers, or on too many, with no common framework.
- Your flows (orders, deliveries, stock) cause stock-outs or waste.
Tick even one box and it is worth a conversation.
30 free minutesA fresh look at your costs, suppliers and flows
Procurement is often handled as it comes: one order, one quote, one habit. We take the time to lay everything out: purchase categories, suppliers, volumes, terms, lead times. This map is rarely drawn, and it already changes the conversation.
Our supply chain experience lets us look beyond unit price: reliability, lead times, the cost of a stock-out, flow organization, supplier relationships. A saving that disorganizes the business is not a saving.
We identify optimization options, quantify them as far as possible with your data, then rank them by ease of implementation. You leave with an action plan you can run alone, or with us.
The right price is the one that lasts.
What you get
Concrete deliverables, handed over and explained.
- 01
Procurement and supplier map
Who supplies what, on which terms, with how much dependency.
- 02
Flow analysis
Orders, deliveries, stock: the friction points that cost money or time.
- 03
Optimization options
Negotiation, consolidation, substitution, reorganization: what is realistic for you.
- 04
Procurement action plan
Actions ranked by priority, with their ease of implementation.
How the engagement works
Four steps, one point of contact.
- 1
Scoping and data gathering
Defining the scope, collecting your invoices, contracts and order data.
You get: a reliable working baseLet's talk about this step → - 2
Mapping
Sorting purchases by category and supplier, reading flows and dependencies.
You get: a clear view of your purchasingLet's talk about this step → - 3
Analysis and options
Spotting gaps, risks and levers for savings or security of supply.
You get: ranked options - 4
Action plan
Walkthrough, prioritization and support for implementation if you wish.
You get: a procurement action planLet's talk about this step →
Frequently asked questions
How do you cut purchasing costs without lowering quality?
By first understanding what you buy and from whom. The map reveals duplicates, price gaps and dependencies. You then act on the levers that affect neither quality nor reliability.
Which kinds of companies is this for?
Mostly flow-based businesses: food service, import, distribution, construction. Any company that buys regularly from several suppliers can benefit.
Do we need to provide a lot of data?
No. Invoices, contracts and your supplier lists are enough to start. We structure the rest with you.
Do you negotiate on my behalf?
We prepare the negotiation (arguments, alternatives, timeline) and can support you. The relationship with your suppliers remains yours.