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Airbus is the leading manufacturer of commercial and military aircraft. It employs modern IT systems in its operations, one of which covers General (Indirect) Procurement. This system covers engineering and contracting on aircraft services, large and sophisticated machinery as well as mainstream commodities like facilities management and indirect goods and services. The total annual spend on this is €6BN.
As a leading provider of expenditure analysis and classification consultancy, SPS were asked to review the UNSPSC mapping used in core EBP systems and the in-house Harmonised Materials Group (HMG) codes used in SAP R/3. Find out more here.
LB Enfield is a north London local authority with a strong reputation for prudent financial management and delivery of top quality services to its citizens. SPS was instrumental in assisting them develop an ambitious programme of cashable savings over the next three years.
As early as 2004 Shropshire Council indentified procurement as a route to delivering cashable savings and improved service delivery outcomes. SPS were invited to advise them on what had to be done to achieve these savings and improvements. What happened in Shropshire's case study.
Setting up and running a new regional efficiency organisation from scratch and getting buy-in for it was a big challenge - the London Centre of Excellence however was very effective and made £millions of cashable savings across London. The LCE has now been replaced by the Regional Improvement and Efficiency Partnership - Capital Ambition. Read more about the success of the LCE here.
Major procurement exercises cannot be undertaken without access to good and reliable expenditure information. Expenditure analysis specialists SPS have provided expenditure analysis services to the Procurement Agency for Essex (PAE) for the last four financial years.
In 2005, the Scottish Executive's Minister for Finance and Public Sector Reform asked John McClelland to undertake a detailed review of public sector procurement in Scotland (PDF 531kb).
The CRS (developed by NIP Ltd.) has now been successfully adopted across the London Boroughs following an earlier implementation by the Procurement Agency for Essex (PAE).
In January 2006, the Procurement Agency for Essex (PAE) commissioned SPS to carry out a review of Uttlesford District Council's procurement activities, primarily with a view to addressing value and efficiency opportunities both locally and also those that lend themselves to collaboration via the PAE across the county of Essex.
In 2003, a study was commissioned to examine the feasibility of establishing a Public Sector Procurement Agency for the County of Essex by the Association of Chief Executives in Essex.
Clackmannanshire Council is the smallest unitary authority in Scotland. The Council has never had a corporate focus on Procurement, with decentralised purchasing activity being the responsibility of the individual service areas including education, social services and property services.