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The Procurement and Supply Chain Analyst You Can Watch At Work

Spend analysis, supplier reviews, Power BI reporting and Microsoft automation for UK manufacturers, distributors and growing businesses: fixed price, and visible step by step in your own Client Workspace.

  • Fixed price agreed up front
  • Your data handled securely
  • No obligation
FIC · Client Workspace The Client Workspace for a sample project: each project shows its stage, whose move it is and the next step with its date.
Delivered: ready for your review Your move: upload your data by 26 Oct Completed
Sample project: fictional company and data
  • 23fixed-price service options, all published
  • ex + inc VATevery price shown both ways
  • 5 stepsin every project, each with an owner and a date
  • No. 15550258UK registered company

Client Workspace

Watch your project, step by step.

See every stage of your project, who has it, and when it is due.

FIC · Client Workspace
Everything waiting for you, across all your projects, at the top of the page.

Everything waiting for you, across all your projects, at the top of the page.

  1. 1Actions waiting for you, counted across your projects
  2. 2One card per project, with its order reference and payment status
  3. 3Filter: needs you, with us, complete
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When the next step is yours, the workspace says what is needed and by when.

When the next step is yours, the workspace says what is needed and by when.

  1. 1Waiting for you: the next step is yours
  2. 2Stage and progress, with the planned finish
  3. 3The next action and its date
  4. 4Every step with its owner and due date
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Every stage, who has it and when it is due. Finished stages are ticked on the line.

Every stage, who has it and when it is due. Finished stages are ticked on the line.

  1. 1In progress with us: nothing is needed from you
  2. 2Stage and progress, with the planned finish
  3. 3Finished stages are ticked on the line
  4. 4The project history: every event, dated
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Deliveries arrive in their stage: review the files, then accept or ask for changes.

Deliveries arrive in their stage: review the files, then accept or ask for changes.

  1. 1Ready for your review
  2. 2The deliverable, released into its stage
  3. 3Accept the delivery…
  4. 4…or say what should change

Sample project: fictional company and data Explore the Client Workspace

Project office

A project office watches every step.

  1. 01OverdueAny step past its due date, flagged for follow-up.
  2. 02Due To StartSteps whose start date has arrived, so work begins on time.
  3. 03Waiting For ClientSteps that are yours: the workspace shows what is needed and by when, and reminds you.
  4. 04Awaiting AcceptanceDelivered work waiting for your review: accept it or ask for changes.
  5. 05CompletedAccepted and closed, with the full history kept.
  • An owner for every step: you or us
  • A date for every step, visible to you
  • A check before anything is closed

How we work

Five steps. You always know whose move it is.

  1. 01AgreeWe agree the question, the scope and a fixed price in writing.
  2. 02Your workspaceYour Client Workspace opens: brief, uploads and every step in one place.
  3. 03We deliverYou see each stage start and finish, with the date it is due.
  4. 04You acceptDeliverables arrive in the workspace; you accept or ask for changes.
  5. 05Keep it currentOptional monthly care keeps dashboards and reports up to date.

How we work

Examples

Examples of the questions we answer

  • Distribution

    Where does our money go?

    A building-products distributor's 400 suppliers mapped by category, with duplicate suppliers and price differences found.

    Worked example: fictional company and data

    Read more about Where does our money go?
  • Manufacturing

    Which suppliers let us down?

    A components manufacturer's key suppliers scored A–D on delivery, quality and price, with a review pack for each.

    Worked example: fictional company and data

    Read more about Which suppliers let us down?
  • Food wholesale

    Why does month-end take three days?

    A spreadsheet pack rebuilt in Power BI that refreshes itself every morning.

    Worked example: fictional company and data

    Read more about Why does month-end take three days?

Anywhere

The same project on every screen.

Desktop: every project, its stage and the next step.
Desktop: every project, its stage and the next step.
Tablet: the same workspace, laid out for touch.
Tablet: the same workspace, laid out for touch.
Phone: whose move it is, at a glance.
Phone: whose move it is, at a glance.

Sample project: fictional company and data

Assurance

What you can rely on

  • A registered UK companyFreelance Information Company Ltd, company number 15550258. Registration details are at the foot of every page.
  • A fixed price, agreed in writingEvery option is published excluding and including VAT; the scope is confirmed before you order.
  • Your own Client WorkspaceYour brief, your files, every step with its owner and date, and the deliverables, in one private place.
  • A project office on every stepLate steps are flagged, uploads are reviewed, and you always know whose move it is.
  • Nothing closes without your acceptanceYou review the delivery in your workspace and accept it, or say what should change.
  • Your data stays yoursUsed only for your project and deleted on request. We are happy to sign your NDA.

Next step

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