Services / Value Accelerator

Find the value in your spend, then deliver it.

We turn raw transaction data into a clear view of where your money goes, identify where value is being lost, and work alongside your team to convert opportunities into contracted savings that Finance recognises.

The challenge

Cost pressure is rising. Visibility usually is not.

Inflation, supply disruption and tighter budgets put procurement under pressure to deliver. Without a reliable view of spend, the response tends to be blunt cuts rather than considered strategy.

01

Spend you cannot see clearly

Multiple ledgers, inconsistent coding and a long tail of suppliers make it hard to know what is bought, from whom and under which contract.

02

Savings that Finance does not believe

Without an agreed baseline and method, claimed savings never reach the P&L and procurement's credibility suffers.

03

Short-term cuts that erode value

Squeezing suppliers on price alone can raise risk and total cost. Sustainable savings need category strategy and stakeholder buy-in.

Our approach

Six steps from data to bankable savings

Select a step to see what happens, what you receive and how the savings are tracked. Steps five and six repeat for each wave of categories.

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The bluenorth Value Compass

Most savings programs look in one direction. We look in four.

Price and competition are only part of the picture. The Value Compass tests every category for levers that rethink need, engage the market, sustain value once contracted and create wider value, so nothing is left on the table. Rate how established each lever is in your organisation to see where your untapped value sits.

What you get

From data to dollars

Everything you need to run a disciplined savings program, and to prove its results.

✓Cleansed and categorised spend cube
✓Spend dashboards by category, supplier and business unit
✓Sized and prioritised opportunity register
✓One-page strategy per priority category
✓Sourcing and negotiation support
✓Savings baseline agreed with Finance
✓Benefits tracked in CPO360 Value Tracker
✓Category roadmap for the next 12 to 24 months
Tracked in CPO360

Savings you can prove, not just claim

Spend Cube gives your team a living view of spend after the engagement. Value Tracker records every initiative from pipeline to realised saving against an agreed baseline, so the number you report to the Board is the number Finance signs off.

Apps used on this service
Spend Cube Value Tracker Supplier Assure Carbon Cube KPIs CPO dashboard
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See what is in your spend.

Share a recent extract of your spend data and we will show you where the opportunities are likely to sit before you commit to a program.

Talk about your spend → hello@bluenorth.com.au