Exam L4M5 Topic 8 Question 164 Discussion

Buying organisation may increaseits leverage with suppliers by concentrating spend. Supplier spend consolidation can take many forms as outlined below:
Vendor base reduction: straightforward reduction of number of suppliers in any category Volume pooling: pooling cross organisational requirement until your order volume is high enough to attract new bidders/additional discounts Volume redistribution: making recommendations following spend analysis to move from one supplier to another Volume consolidation across categories: certainpurchase requirements may be common across a number of categories Standardisation and harmonisation of specifications: analysis of specifications and standards for a high spend purchased input, may show that there is a little difference between them and that the specification can be standardised or at least harmonised across the group or across national, regional or global operations.
Forming purchasing consortia: buyers may decide to come together and combine their purchase volumes to attract better deals.