Chapter 3.3
Procurement broken down task by task
For the Excel lovers and anyone who likes to see numbers.
This is the procurement cycle at its most granular level, broken down by task, and designed to answer two key questions:
How much of my process is manual vs digital?
Does procuring a single trade really take 40+ hours? (Fun fact: it can take double that for Tier 1s with more bureaucracy)
Digest this breakdown to understand current time-spend in procurement and the opportunity for productivity gains.
Free tool: Find out how much time you can save
Download the manual vs digital calculator (in Excel)
Download the calculator and follow the instructions on the first tab to see how much time you're spending doing procurement The Old Way, and the opportunity in digitalisation.
Read the next chapter
4 – The 12 Problems of Procurement
A rundown of the 12 core problems builders face in procurement, their root causes, and how to fix them.
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