SRM Strategy & Consulting

We understand best practice, and practical changes

State of Flux is a procurement and supply chain consultancy. We develop Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) programmes for organisations that want to get the maximum value from their strategic supply partners.

We can help you develop a best-practice SRM programme that suits your business, or work with you to find ways to get the most out of an existing one. We can also help you launch and run the programme – we understand the reality of SRM as well as the theory.

Our consultants and trainers can help you:

Design or improve your SRM processes

We will work with you to:

• Review the scope and effectiveness of current SRM practices.
• Build the SRM business case that will convince senior management that investment in SRM brings real returns.
• Analyse and segment suppliers to identify the strategic relationships where SRM efforts will deliver the most value.
• Build risk analysis, mitigation and management strategies into the SRM model.
• Design a governance model that reflects the structure, complexity and culture of your organisation, and assign responsibility to the right people (stakeholders, procurement team members and suppliers).

Launch the SRM process and raise SRM awareness

We will work with you to:

• Train procurement teams, business stakeholders and suppliers on SRM best practice. We’ll tailor the workshops to your business and give you an SRM Manager’s Toolkit that details the process and provides relevant templates.
• Advise on change management and communication strategies that will make sure that teams meet SRM objectives, and that SRM practices are consistently implemented with suppliers.