Turning Supplier
Management into
Business Advantage
State of Flux is your partner for optimising supplier relationships. Leverage 20+ years of expertise and pioneering research to amplify value, manage risk, and foster transparency in your procurement and supply chain processes.
Industry experts in Supplier Management
Reduce costs
Smarter cost management starts by looking beneath the surface at how you engage suppliers, how capable your teams are, and how resilient your cost strategies are when disruption hits. These are the three most important areas to focus on when embedding cost discipline without compromising value.
Manage risk
Traditional risk strategies often rely on compliance checklists, static assessments, or delayed responses. But in reality, risk exposure can escalate quickly and quietly. Smarter risk management starts with visibility, collaboration and capability. These are the three most important areas to focus on to reduce disruption and build resilience across your supplier network.
Enhance performance
Effective supplier performance management begins with setting clear, shared expectations.
It is sustained through continuous engagement and strengthened by data-driven insight into what matters most. By embedding these practices, you can reduce risk, enhance outcomes, and unlock greater value from every supplier relationship.
Trusted by
Superior Supplier Management
Every organisation is different. Our services are built around yours by helping your teams deliver measurable improvement in supplier trust, performance, and value.
Consulting
Maximise the value of your supplier network with expert support across sourcing, contracts, sustainability, and relationship management. Our consulting team helps you identify opportunities, reduce risk, and turn supplier partnerships into measurable business results.
Maximise the value of your supplier network with expert support across sourcing, contracts, sustainability, and relationship management. Our consulting team helps you identify opportunities, reduce risk, and turn supplier partnerships into measurable business results.
Consulting
Training
Give your team the skills and confidence to manage suppliers strategically. Our training blends industry-leading insights with hands-on exercises using your own supplier relationships, so learning is practical, personalised, and delivers impact from day one.
Give your team the skills and confidence to manage suppliers strategically.Our training blends industry-leading insights with hands-on exercises using your own supplier relationships, so learning is practical, personalised, and delivers impact from day one.
Training
Technology
SupplierBase brings all your supplier data, performance insights, and collaboration tools into a single platform. Automate processes, gain visibility across your supply base, and strengthen relationships with integrated management of contracts, performance, and risk.
SupplierBase brings all your supplier data, performance insights, and collaboration tools into a single platform. Automate processes, gain visibility across your supply base, and strengthen relationships with integrated management of contracts, performance, and risk.
Technology
Managed Services
Free your people from supplier admin and focus on strategy. Our specialist team manages contracts, performance reviews, and risk monitoring on your behalf, ensuring consistency and best practice while unlocking more value from critical supplier relationships.
Free your people from supplier admin and focus on strategy. Our specialist team manages contracts, performance reviews, and risk monitoring on your behalf, ensuring consistency and best practice while unlocking more value from critical supplier relationships.
Managed Services
Research
Our annual SRM research is the most comprehensive global study of supplier relationships, now in its 17th year. Benchmark your organisation against peers, uncover emerging trends, and use evidence-based insights to drive smarter decisions and stronger results.
Resources and Events
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The Latest Article
Many CPOs delay SRM, believing they need to fix internal data and systems first. But sidelining supplier relationships can stall real progress and miss early wins. This article explains why SRM should be a core part of any transformation journey, not something to save for later.
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The Latest Case Study
Harbour Energy set out to build practical supplier management capability across three global regions. This article explores how their teams applied SRM principles in real time, created consistency across contracts and cultures, and started shifting supplier relationships from transactional to collaborative.
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Upcoming Events
The Supplier Management Summit brings together professionals from across procurement and supplier management to exchange ideas, explore current challenges, and connect with peers in the industry. It is free to attend and we will be serving drinks and canapés but places are limited.
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Power of 3
Welcome to "The Power of 3" where I, Alan Day, interview leading Procurement Officers and Executives about three things that have influenced their careers. From books to bosses, from music to movies, we explore the three things that shaped their success.
