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Procurement Insight & Strategy Reviews – Litmus Optimise
Streamline procurement with Litmus Optimise. Reduce costs, strengthen sustainability, and modernise systems to deliver lasting value across your supply chain.
Unlocking lasting value
The way you purchase goods and services directly affects both your financial performance and operational efficiency. When managed strategically, procurement can deliver far more than just cost savings — it can transform quality, sustainability, and productivity.
At Litmus Partnership, our Procurement Insight & Strategy Reviews — delivered through our Optimise programme — help organisations streamline their purchasing approach, modernise kitchen management systems and unlock lasting value from their supply chains.
We combine deep sector knowledge with robust data and technology insight to ensure your procurement strategy supports every aspect of service delivery — from cost control to quality assurance.
Transforming procurement into performance
Procurement isn’t just a back-office function — it’s a strategic driver of efficiency, quality and sustainability.
Our Optimise service helps clients modernise their approach to purchasing and supply management by reviewing current systems, structures and supplier relationships.
We work closely with your teams to identify areas where efficiencies can be achieved, where suppliers can add more value, and how technology can simplify and enhance your processes.
The result is a procurement function that’s leaner, smarter and more effective.
Find out what's involved
Our Procurement Insight & Strategy Reviews assess every stage of your procurement process to identify opportunities for improvement and long-term value.
We help you:
Achieve cost efficiencies – Secure better pricing and reduce overall food and beverage costs.
Streamline supply chains – Consolidate suppliers to simplify ordering, strengthen relationships and improve reliability.
Advance sustainability – Reduce food miles, lower CO₂ emissions, and boost social value by engaging with local suppliers.
Adopt smarter systems – Introduce procure-to-pay technology that digitises invoicing, enhances reporting, and makes allergen and nutritional information easily accessible.
Gain better insights – Access real-time dashboards and benchmarking data for smarter, faster decision-making.
Reduce administration – Cut paperwork, save time, and free up staff to focus on delivering high-quality service.
Our approach combines consultancy expertise with practical implementation support, ensuring improvements are not only identified but achieved.
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The benefits
Working with Litmus through Optimise enables organisations to realise tangible and measurable improvements across every aspect of procurement.
You’ll gain:
- Greater visibility and control over spend
- Reduced food and operating costs
- Simplified ordering and supplier management
- Stronger ESG and sustainability credentials
- Enhanced reporting and decision-making
- More efficient, empowered teams
The outcome is a modernised procurement function that delivers better value, higher quality, and improved outcomes for your organisation.
Results in action
Our work with Marlborough College is a strong example of how procurement transformation delivers measurable impact.
Through a full Procurement Insight & Strategy Review, we:
- Achieved significant food cost savings
- Reduced the number of suppliers by 20%
- Introduced a fully digital procurement system that streamlined operations and improved reporting
The result: a simplified, more sustainable and data-led approach to procurement that continues to deliver long-term value.
Why choose the Litmus Partnership?
With decades of experience across education, healthcare, business and the public sector, Litmus Partnership brings the commercial insight and technical expertise to make procurement work harder for your organisation.
We combine independent benchmarking, operational knowledge and hands-on delivery support to ensure every procurement strategy we design can be implemented effectively — and deliver measurable results.
When you work with Litmus, you don’t just get a report — you get a roadmap for transformation.
Client Success Stories
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Insights And News
Stay informed with the latest industry insights, expert commentary and project updates from the Litmus Partnership team.
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Take the next step
If you want to make your procurement smarter, more efficient and better aligned to your organisation’s goals, our Optimise programme can help.
Contact us to learn how we can help you streamline your procurement, strengthen supplier partnerships, and unlock lasting value.
Contact Us
We love to connect with business leaders that want to make a change. Contact our friendly team to request a no obligation chat about your current challenges and goals.