Online Tools

Easy to use, accessible anywhere

We make the Observatory simple and intuitive for any procurement professional to use, so then you can just concentrate on what you want to know, rather than how to use the data. Using The Observatory requires no specialist IT knowledge.
Online Tools

A range of powerful online tools

We provide tools in the areas of spend analysis, performance monitoring and sourcing.

Spend Analysis
  • Analyse - Quickly and easily generate a more comprehensive profile of your spend on goods & services, than is possible from your internal systems.
  • Compare - Generate meaningful comparative statistics in order to establish your position relative to others.
  • Collaborate - Identify, analyse and target those suppliers that you share with others.
  • Classify - Create a detailed profile of your item level spend by commodity in order to underpin strategic sourcing.
Performance Monitoring
  • Contract - Upload your contract data to the Observatory and track contract compliance by category.
  • Monitor - Measure progress against key procurement performance indicators (KPIs) at regular intervals.
  • Measure - Capture, collate and analyse the value, type and source of efficiencies, both cashable and non-cashable, delivered by the procurement function.
Sourcing
  • Source Local - Research, select and communicate with potential suppliers with whom you are not currently doing business.
  • Source Third Sector - Research, select and communicate with Third Sector entities with whom you are not currently doing business.



Analyse
Compare
Collaborate
Classify

Contract
Monitor
Monitor

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