Industrial Hygiene Services Market Procurement Intelligence Report

Building Operations market around the world is undergoing rapid transitions that have a massive potential to influence the way companies strategize for Industrial Hygiene Services procurement and the cost they have to incur. Many companies are looking to engage Industrial Hygiene Services supplies in a long-term partnership to derive the highest ROI possible and creating an environment of trust and collaboration that allows for new optimization strategies.

A balanced approach to procurement of Industrial Hygiene Services has emerged, where buyers with multiple locations first outsource at individual locations and gradually move to standardize and consolidate the services across facilities.

Buyers of Industrial Hygiene Services are insisting on hard evidence to support cost reduction. Suppliers are responding with elaborate matrix of KPIs that provide managers actionable data on supplier performance and cost savings achieved.

It has become imperative for category managers to remain as agile as possible in terms of their procurement practices. However, it is not always easy to quickly spot and implement alternative practices in a category like Industrial Hygiene Services. To help quick decision making, this report advises on several procurement best practices that have worked well for category managers.

For example, Category managers must explore opportunities to integrate planning and management activities of categories using analytics, to gain better control over category spend. This will also allow them to consolidate their supply base easily, as well as to segment suppliers based on requirements and spend on each supplier.

Buyers must ensure the participation and collaboration of all related cross-functional teams (procurement, electrical, engineering, and housekeeping) in category management and planning activities. This is crucial, as these teams will be the primary end-users of the services offered by suppliers, and this step will ensure consistency in services.

Buyers must clearly define clauses pertaining to the ownership of sub-contracting services that are not a part of their preferred suppliers' portfolios. This will ensure consistency in the services of sub-contracted firms as well as protection of confidential data.

Industrial Hygiene Services procurement managers also need to proactively identify and mitigate potential risks that can arise in the supply chain or contracts for Industrial Hygiene Services procurement. Some examples include: