PROACTIS Releases Government Report that Shows Public Servants how to Cut Waste & Achieve Cost Savings

News Facts

  • PROACTIS, a market leader in spend control and eProcurement, today unveiled twelve areas where the public sector can cut waste and achieve significant savings without impacting frontline services.
  • The report titled: 'Public Sector Efficiency and Reform: The Case for Spend Control & eProcurement' identifies the pressure to reduce spending and operate more efficiently as an opportunity for reflection, innovation and major system transformation.
  • The focus of the report is on spend control and eProcurement - the process of identifying, capturing and controlling expenditure, that when deployed properly, translates money saved into cashable benefits and improved services.

Report: 'Public Sector Efficiency and Reform: The Case for Spend Control & eProcurement'

  • The report sheds light on management priorities for creating a leaner environment for public sector procurement and reveals twelve key areas for planning for change.
  • With some parts of the public sector barely changing some of their processes for spend control and procurement in the last decade, the report challenges public servants to put forward bold new ideas and embrace new ways of working.
  • Management priorities are outlined including: reducing complexity and bureaucracy, running a leaner back office and increasing procurement capacity, building innovative thinking into management procedures and embracing technology wisely.
  • Twelve steps for planning for change are identified, from: establishing roles and responsibilities, understanding how and where money is spent and rationalising the number of suppliers, through to; reforming strategic sourcing, pursuing alliance and collaboration opportunities and ensuring purchasing compliance.
  • The common types of procurement automation solutions used to address public sector challenges are also described.
  • Download the report here.

Supporting Quotes

  • "Procurement teams are pivotal in delivering real, cashable savings and must demonstrate they can bring 100% of the organisation's non-payroll spend under management" said Simon Dadswell, Director of Marketing, PROACTIS. "But many are burdened by labour-intensive processes that stop elimination of waste and duplication of effort. It's no surprise that there is a large untapped opportunity for spend control and eProcurement."
  • "Politicians and senior management must assist Procurement by realising that 'grandstanding' just adds to the pressure. Equally, there is no room for accounting tricks or re-budgeting. Ministers must start using the mantra: a saving is made when you don't spend money you would have otherwise spent. This means getting rid of much of the "institutionalised waste." continued Dadswell.

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