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What it is
Proven AI solution that combines hands-on McKinsey expertise, curated data, and genAI to efficiently discover the best suppliers in one week
S4G in action
S4G has been successfully deployed across all industries, and in over 350 client situations every year
How it works
What is the value captured by S4G?
Drive best in class procurement practices
Ensure you are competing your spend to best-in-class suppliers, identifying alternative suppliers in different locations that can help negotiate costs
2-10%
cost reductions
Reduce supplier risk exposure and increase resilience
Reset your supply base to reduce exposure to tariffs and supply shocks by accessing additional supplier capacity in different locations
20-50%
risk exposure decrease
Fuel innovation and growth
Find suppliers with high-value, differentiated capabilities to pull into your supply chain, differentiate your product, and increase market share
1-2%
market-share growth
Rationalize R&D speed
Determine which priority capabilities are best accessed through sourcing/external capability vs. R&D
5-15%
decrease in R&D spend
S4G has delivered
> 350
Clients supported every year
> 550
Projects per year
> 50,000
Suppliers delivered over time
Typical S4G deliverables
Supplier list
Ranked by relevance, with further filtering criteria, i.e., country location, required capabilities, FTEs* and revenues* (* where available)
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Sourcing Ecosystem Analysis
AI asset to help identifying the full ecosystem of potential suppliers and supplier shortages in any product, service, capability, or geographical region.
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Sourcing Potential Scan
Provides an overview of the main producers, suppliers of any product or service, as well as trade figures to help identify the best sourcing opportunities and players.
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Sourcing Market Potential
Identifies the regions or locations across the globe with the largest sourcing potential, and their main players.
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Here are some client examples
S4G helping to systematically find nearshore manufacturers meeting specific sustainability criteria in well-defined regions
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S4G helping uncover and mapping out the ecosystem of suppliers of alternative energy and core components for global energy entity
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S4G AI-based platform uncovering suppliers
of semiconductors across the globe to help mitigate the semiconductor crisis
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S4G identifying and mapping the full ecosystem of selected suppliers of consumer products along stringent criteria
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By working with us, you will have access to
>20M
Available suppliers worldwide
Comprehensive supplier database covering all global regions, and adding new proprietary data and sources every quarter
>15 years
Firm know how
Industry experts, and Global Sourcing Center expertise combined over ten years, and counting
S4G solution
AI platform
Cutting edge algorithms, genAI, and industry expertise in one interactive platform that accelerates the supplier search from weeks to only a few hours
>10K
Firm industry experts
Global network of experts across core industries and business functions to optimize and validate the supplier search process