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McKinsey Procurement Policies 360

​ A tool to review and benchmark procurement policies, assess the health, identify gaps to the best practices and peers, as well as savings opportunities. The tool can typically generate savings on category spend ranging between 5 and 20%.

McKinsey Procurement Policies 360

A tool to rapidly review procurement policies

What it is

McKinsey Procurement Policies 360 is a tool to review procurement policies rapidly, assess their health, and identify gaps to best practices and saving opportunities. It is suitable for

  • Reviewing existing policies, to identify ideas during demand management efforts
  • Policy comparisons as part of merger management, to identify the best of both worlds
  • Policies draft, to ensure strong starting positions

How it works

Policy document teardown

Deep-dive document analysis using the assessment methodology based on a detailed list of best practices

Customized benchmarking

Benchmarking to address any kind of questions within the topics typically covered by spend policies

Benchmarking against industry peers

High-level benchmarking that helps assess the overall level of relevant policy closeness to the best practices

Tech-enabled survey offering

200+ questions in total. Demand/specification, commercial and process levers covered

What the output looks like

Detailed policy assessment

Heatmap for all policy diagnostic criteria

Length is dependent on the category; for example, approximately 100 criteria for travel versus about 20 criteria for external labor

Summary memo

Key findings of policy diagnostics, including strengths, shortcomings, and concrete improvement opportunities at hand

Apart from the heatmap and summary memo, additional end-products may include benchmarking against peers, customized benchmarking, and shareable lists of publicly available policies

Check out an example

McKinsey has reviewed several hundred policies

Here are some client examples

32% savings identified after travel policy teardown

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Detailed policy assessment led to 16% savings on travel spend at a​ food manufacturer

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By working with us, you will have access to

Experts

Our industry and functional experts will be on the ground where and when you need them.

Helpdesk

Our helpdesk will keep doors open and commit to addressing your concerns efficiently and effectively.

Training

We offer coaching and build capabilities for your teams to deliver sustained improvements.

Implementation

We partner with you and co-create a firm path to implementation as part of the project.

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