We have hundreds of suppliers. How do we avoid drowning in data?

Inact helps you segment your supplier base, so you can see which suppliers require strategic attention and which can be managed more efficiently. Instead of applying the same follow-up to every supplier, you can prioritize based on performance, risk, and strategic importance.

What is the difference between measuring OTIF here and in our own systems?

Many systems can show an overall OTIF figure. Inact puts supplier performance into context by connecting it with data on products, purchasing, inventory, and business impact. This makes it possible to see which supplier issues actually affect delivery performance, risk, and customers.

Supplier Performance: Prioritize Suppliers Beyond Price

What does the cheap supplier really cost?

A low unit cost may look attractive on the purchase order. But if it requires larger order quantities, causes delays, or ties up unnecessary working capital in inventory, the equation quickly changes.

You may recognize the situation:

Suppliers require larger order quantities than demand justifies.
Deliveries arrive late or with inconsistent quality.
Negotiations focus on price rather than total value.
Strategic suppliers do not receive the attention they deserve.

As a result, the cheapest supplier can quickly become the most expensive.

Understand supplier performance, risk, and overall business impact

Prioritize suppliers based on strategic importance and performance

Adapt collaboration, follow-up, and negotiations accordingly

Supplier Segmentation

See which suppliers require strategic attention – and which do not.

Performance & Risk

Gain insight into delivery performance, quality, and trends over time.

Data-Driven Negotiations

Negotiate based on performance, risk, and value – not just price.

Supplier categorization

Get a quick and simple overview of the supplier base and see where you should focus efforts.

Performance trend

Get one collective overview of all relevant KPI's for every supplier. OTIF, lead time, and spend.

Supplier benchmarking

Measure all supplier performance against top-performing suppliers in the portfolio and discover improvement points.

Spend analysis

See how much is spent with each supplier and use the insight to consolidate and achieve savings.

Supplier negotiation

Get alle the necessary information to negotiate better terms and deals with each supplier.

Actions

Daily task lists that direct resources where they create the most value.

Do you want to see all the possibilities?

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"It's a user-friendly solution that constantly updates itself and continuously guides us with concrete recommendations on what to do."

Kenneth Krogh Jakobsen

Purchasing Manager at Elcor

"This tool, which teaches us about our assortment, our products, our suppliers, and the distribution of our business, has made a huge difference."

Josefine S. Christensen

Project Manager at Specific Pharma

Consultancy

We make sure that the solution is installed based on your needs and ready to use. You also receive continuous guidance, best practice recommendations and technical support.

Yearly business reviews

We take co-responsibility and evaluate your return-of-investment as well as how the solution is supporting your business goals.

Academy program

Gain access to our learning-universe, inspiration meetings and networking events where you can exchange experiences with other organisations.

Frequently Asked Questions about our Supplier Performance Solution

We integrate with your existing systems (typically your ERP system) to retrieve the data you already have, such as purchase orders, goods receipts, and invoices.

Based on this data, we automatically calculate and visualize KPIs such as OTIF (On-Time-In-Full), lead times, and quality performance.

Yes, and that is a central part of the value.

The solution makes it easy to generate and share simple 'Supplier Scorecards,' so you can have a more objective and data-driven dialogue with your partners.

This removes gut feelings from the conversation and creates a common basis for improvements.

That is precisely one of the core challenges we solve.

Our solution helps you automatically segment your suppliers (e.g., into Strategic, Opportunistic, Risk) and uses heatmaps to visualize where you should focus your efforts.

Instead of looking at everyone, you can concentrate on those who have the greatest impact on your business.

While many systems can provide an overall OTIF figure, Inact connects this performance with commercial data.

For example, you can see that a supplier with low OTIF primarily delivers components for your A-products, which constitutes a major business risk.

It is this context that makes the data action-oriented.

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Ready to see which suppliers create the most value?

We start with your challenges and show you how to prioritize your supplier base based on performance, risk, and strategic importance.

The solution is for you, if you:

Want to build a more resilient supplier base without compromising delivery performance.
Want to negotiate based on the total value of the relationship rather than unit cost alone.
Need a shared foundation for prioritizing suppliers across procurement, supply chain, and management.

Supplier Performance
The lowest unit cost
is often not the best Deal

What does the cheap supplier really cost?

Price is only part of the deal

Understand supplier performance, risk, and overall business impact

Prioritize suppliers based on strategic importance and performance

Adapt collaboration, follow-up, and negotiations accordingly