Maturity Assessment
Which procurement maturity level are you at?
11 questions, a few minutes. Based on your practices, we identify your maturity level (1–5) and show you the steps and recommended modules that lead to the next level. The benchmark framework is TLU Consulting’s procurement maturity model.
1. How many years of experience do you have in the procurement profession?
2. Have you managed a supplier comparison and supplier selection process by obtaining quotes from multiple suppliers?
3. Have you applied, and/or been trained in, strategic procurement processes?
4. Have you managed supplier classification and negotiation systems based on that classification?
5. Have you negotiated with a cost breakdown before?
6. Have you carried out a target price exercise?
7. Have you carried out a segmentation exercise in procurement?
8. Have you been involved in tender engineering work?
9. Have you used tools, and a methodology to manage them, to coordinate through supplier scoring with the quality, supply chain, finance and management functions during the tender process and throughout the supplier lifecycle?
10. Have you applied product, process and supply chain optimisations to solve cost problems?
11. Do you use AI integration tools in your procurement processes (excluding chat / Q&A)? Which ones?
Answer all the questions to see your result.
Methodology
5 Levels of Procurement Maturity
Each step up a level opens an average savings potential of ~10% — up to 30% in total. First we measure where your company stands, then we build the path to the next level together.
Order Management
- Order processing
- Stock management
- Limited supplier discovery
Basic Negotiation and Supplier Comparison
- Broad supplier discovery
- Basic negotiation techniques
- Supplier comparison
Volume Effect, Consolidation and Supplier Development
- Cost-breakdown negotiation (CBD)
- Supplier classification and segmentation
- Procurement strategy and strategy reports
- Price change control (getcifa)
Cost Problem Solutions
- Supplier relationship management (SRM)
- Cyclical relationship management
- Design to Cost — product / process / supply chain optimisation
Building the Optimum Supply Chain
- Bespoke strategy reports
- End-to-end supply chain design
- Continuous monitoring with AI