Spikes Cavell UK You are currently on the UK website. Switch to the US site

BESTPRACTICEMonitor

Measure your progress toward critical procurement transformation goals

The Observatory's BESTPRACTICEMonitor functionality makes it straightforward to measure your progress toward critical procurement transformation goals and track performance of the procurement function against a standardised set of public sector specific key performance indicators (KPIs) and financial indices.

Evidence the effectiveness of the procurement function

BESTPRACTICEMonitor will help you evidence the effectiveness of the procurement function and its progress relative to a standardised set of metrics relative to your peers.

Identify where to invest time and effort to improve your procurement function

You can easily identify the key areas that merit the investment of time and effort in order to improve the procurement function's performance.

Create compelling reports for management quickly

Reduce the time and effort in creating compelling and regular reports for senior management.

Periodic calculation of the procurement function’s performance

BESTPRACTICEMonitor facilitates the periodic calculation of the procurement function's performance against a standardised set of procurement specific metrics in the following broad areas:

  • Delivered Savings
  • Contract Management
  • Spend Management
  • People and Skills
  • e-Procurement

Flexible and easy to use tools to help you demonstrate best practice

The BESTPRACTICEMonitor reporting tools are flexible and easy to use and enable you to quickly generate the charts, graphs, tables and lists that deliver the answers to a wide range of best practice related questions.

  • Demonstrate best practise for how you proportion spend:

    On goods & services with suppliers on 'collaborative' contracts

    On goods & services with suppliers with whom you have contracts

    On goods & services that are actively influenced by the procurement function

  • Determine how to improve your team

    See how many of your procurement team are appropriately qualified

    See the proportion of your procurement team that are MCIPS qualified

    Determine the proportion of your procurement team actively engaged in procurement related training

    Discover the total annual cost of your procurement function

  • Demonstrate best practise for contracts

    See the proportion of your contract opportunity notices that are published electronically

    See the proportion of tenders that are managed electronically

    Find out how many of your contract award notices are published electronically

  • Measure best practise in your procurement

    Find the total value of your delivered cash savings

    See your annual spend on goods & services per professionally qualified member of the procurement team

    Find out the average value of cost per transaction

    Find the average value of your invoices