A solution from Achilles
Achilles understands these complex needs and offers services that help organisations manage all these issues to achieve a sustainable procurement solution. Working together with buyers and suppliers, we tailor our services to meet the demands of individual industry sectors or customers.
These services and tools enable our customers to identify, qualify, evaluate and monitor suppliers, without straying into general procurement or transactional services. We aim to provide the highest quality data about suppliers and contractors.
As a result, organisations can better manage their supply chains, reducing risk, and increasing data quality and consistency, together making procurement more sustainable. At the same time, this approach helps create business opportunities for both buyers and suppliers.
Achieving the right balance
Sustainable procurement is undoubtedly a strategic business activity for today’s successful business, no matter what size it may be. Our broad view of sustainable procurement means the services we provide help organisations, not only to reduce risk, but also to enhance business opportunity – helping to optimise supplier relationships.
For buyers…
Procurement has moved over time from being simply a function to a strategic, boardroom-level activity. It is no longer solely about finding and pre-qualifying suppliers. Achilles helps buyers take procurement activities beyond these basics – delivering additional benefits such as improving risk management, raising standards and ensuring CSR compliance among suppliers. Working with others across each industry sector, Achilles develops services that help buyers achieve not only these sustainable procurement goals, but also those of cost control, data accuracy and quality. Find out more about our buyer services
For suppliers…
Joining an Achilles supplier management service enables businesses to connect to a network of potential buyers with increased opportunities across a whole industry sector. With just one pre-qualification questionnaire to be completed, once this data has been verified, a supplier’s details can be viewed by every single buyer registered in that particular regional industry sector. At the same time, registered suppliers also have the opportunity of discovering more about industry standards and quality requirements, improving their existing service levels and enabling a better appreciation of what is required to match and beat the competition. Find out more about our supplier services