Provider intelligence is most useful when it connects market research with collaborative selection and ongoing quality feedback.
What to expect
- 01
Recognise the category’s specific challenges
One-off needs, evolving specifications and changing internal customers distinguish professional services from material purchasing.
- 02
Combine procurement and business expertise
Procurement methods and the business unit’s subject knowledge need to work together throughout the selection process.
- 03
Link search, sourcing and monitoring
Connect provider research, selection and quality feedback in one lifecycle, from market search through award to ongoing monitoring.
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Turn quality feedback into provider intelligence
Feed project quality assessments back into provider selection. Market profiles help identify candidates; delivery experience helps judge their suitability for the next project.
In conversation
In an interview with Technik + Einkauf (06/2022), apadua co-founders Gregory N. Vider and Markus Sinz explain how real-time provider intelligence, collaborative sourcing and quality feedback connect the services lifecycle. The interview was conducted by Kathrin Irmer.
Topics
- Longlist/Shortlist
- Sourcing Software
- Supplier Evaluation
- Market Research
- Prequalification