Procurement Platform

Don't just manage spend.  Control it...

Now, more than ever, organisations are searching for new ways to reduce costs while delivering improved value and control. Taking a fresh look at procurement processes and procedures can provide a business lever to achieve these goals while major, long-term gains will only come if you look beyond “purchasing” and work to get more from the entire procurement cycle.

Strategic Goals - many organisations are looking for ways in which they can reduce risk, maximise sustainability and achieve greater value for money.  UNIT4's Procurement team can design a Platform that can deliver these goals. 

Operational Goals - those same organisations are also looking to achieve organisational compliance, stakeholder management and dynamic business information.  UNIT4's Procurement team can design a Platform that can deliver these goals too.

How can we help?

UNIT4 can provide integrated software complemented by a wealth of expertise and partnership solutions, in a programme approach designed to faciltate change.

UNIT4 see many Procurement functions and have developed expertise in identifying the factors that make up a robust, transparent and sustainable, results-driven asset to our clients' budget-holders which can enable them to develop control in all areas of Procurement.

To this end, UNIT4 can deliver an end to end Procurement to Payment Programme enabling clients to: -

• Measure and Monitor their contracts and suppliers
• Re-engineer their business processes
• Present meaningful Purchase and Spend data for better decision making

UNIT4 offer service solutions to aid clients in achieving this.  The Procure 360° Programme is a complete diagnostic review and range of work programmes that we can provide.  This typically involves your decision makers, strategic & operational staff and results in the production of a comprehensive report on your procurement function and direction.

In order to help identify your current position and to gain an overview of your potential, why not complete a Mini Procurement 360° Analysis?  It only takes a few minutes and will provide a stake in the ground for identifying those areas that require the most focus, as well as providing an estimate of the savings your organisation could potentially make by hitting the targets that you set throughout the review.

Click here to find out more and take the Mini Procurement 360° Analysis.

What is the UNIT4 advantage?

Our Procurement Platform approach will help you to make the Procurement function a real, recognisable and robust asset to your organisation, enabling you to: -

Gain Control over: -

• 3^rd party expenditure reducing ‘Maverick spend’
• Contract Measurement and Management
• Supplier Measurement and Management

Have a seamless process: -

• From Requirements to payment
• Full e-Procurement
• To a target Straight Through Processing (STP) Rate of 75%

Have a Business Platform: -

• To reduce costs
• Facilitate direction
• For the buying process

Further information

This website covers UNIT4 in the UK. To discover more about the full range of ways that we can help your organisation with procurement management, please:

• either read more about our Procure 360° diagnostic review
• or read more on this site about our sector focus, products, services or company
• or contact us to discuss your requirements in more detail.