Costmap Advisory

Costmap is a specialised Advisory, Consulting, Organisational Development, Advocacy, Research and People Development firm. We help companies across a wide range of sectors to transform their way of working and build organisational competence in Procurement Supply Chain Management to take them forward; into the future. Our aim is to let our consultants work with your organisation throughout the productivity journey from strategy formulation to value delivery. To achieve this, we use a variety of methods including market insight, cutting edge techniques, publications, patented products and our know-how to provide breakthrough thinking and guidance along with both strategy and execution milestones. Procurement has been a grossly underestimated function, mostly regarded as an admin discipline subservient to the core disciplines of the organisation. Lately, leading organisations have embraced procurement as a key lever of value addition which can be instrumental in improving bottom line financial performance. Revolutionary management concepts, impact of new technologies and cutting edge digital technologies have highlighted the importance of procurement as strategic to business. From merely a requisition processing function to spend management powerhouse; modern procurement has evolved to constantly innovate sourcing strategies, inventing new ways of looking at internal demand, relationship management and discovering new methods of approaching the marketplace. In short, Procurement has transformed from tactical to strategic delivery. Consequently a new set of expectations has emerged in terms of capability, processes and value delivery. A unique opportunity exists as most organisation still carry on business in the traditional way and are intensely focused on day to day activity. Value creation through procurement still remains an unfulfilled dream. The challenge is to transform the Procurement function to deliver value that is fully aligned to business strategy