blur Group's Enterprise Services Platform - Pilot Program

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Enterprise Services Platform - Pilot Program

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10 Steps to demonstrate the value of managing your tail spend in less than 90 days


Goal

Critical

Success

Factors

Use your current supplier information to

benchmark against blur’s Platform in a live

pilot program

● speed to vendor pitch and selection● cost savings● streamlined supplier sourcing and

management process● end user feedback


10 Step Pilot - 90 Days

1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10

Select projects Draft brief Finalize briefSet up Account Brief review

Benchmark costs Shortlist pitches Select Service Provider

Kick off project Complete project



Identify the best end-user group internally for the pilot based on pain points and cultural fit. Marketing and Tech are two obvious candidates. Then select 3-5 projects to submit for the pilot

Work with your blur account team to draft briefs for each of the 3-5 projects or, if preferred, use legacy internal systems/processes to define your project requirements and budget

Setup your account online at www.blurgroup.com (this takes about 5 minutes) and enter your project briefs

1.Select projects

2.Draft brief

3.Set up Account

http://www.blurgroup.com/submit

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Schedule one final check with your Global Customer Success representative at blur to make sure all aspects of your briefs are clearly defined to guarantee success of both supplier short listing and delivery throughout the lifespan of your projects

Your project briefs are finalized and moved to “pitching on” stage where service providers can begin asking questions about your projects and begin formulating their pitches

Through blur’s platform, vetted suppliers are qualified and costs are benchmarked for each project. This normally takes about 7-10 business days

5.Finalize brief

4.Brief review

6.Benchmark costs



blur shortlists the top pitches for each of your project briefs.A “pitch selection call” is setup with you (or the end user in your business) to share insights on the selection process and present the best service provider candidates for each of your projects

You (or the relevant end user in your business) selects the service provider from the presented shortlist. A statement of work is created and agreed

Your projects are completed with a formal review of project success as measured against the original brief, statement of work and Critical Success Factors defined for the Pilot

Your pilot projects begin with a kick-off call followed by weekly project status updates with blur, the end user at your organization and your selected service provider

7.Shortlist pitches

8.Select Service

Provider

9.Kick off project

10.Complete project


Enterprise Customer Roll Out

Pilot Roll out 1 Roll Out 2

Time

Users

Projects

Project Cost

90 days

1-3

3-5

$100K

Trial Supplier Management

120 days

5-10

Single Function/Single country

$500K

Share Supplier Management

Multi-year

10+

Multi-function/Multi country

$1M+

OutsourceSupplier Management


blur provides you with an Enterprise Services Platform

equipped to source, evaluate and manage the 20% tail of

unstructured spend. Immediate benefits for Platform users:

● Greater outputs from their delivery chain

● Access to world class Service Providers

● Increased visibility of overall spend behaviour

● Reduced (or abolished) maverick spending

● Speed to market - 7-10 days to select Service

Providers for project delivery

● Significant cost savings

● Easy, accessible cloud-based project delivery

What if using blur’s Platform you were able to save 1% of

your indirect spend? What would that look like to your

business this year?


“I quickly realised that we were not getting best value from our marketing suppliers and so using blur Group to source the best solution for each project has given me efficiencies I didn’t believe possible.”

“Using blur means our brand is back under our control. We get a better choice of agencies to deliver what we want without overheads or mark-ups.”

CMO, Coral

Head of Procurement, Danone

Customers who are using blur’s Marketplace to support delivery

“blur allowed for greater choice, faster delivery and a dedicated 24-7 project management team ready to work on their project from the word go.”

Head of Technology, South West Water

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blur Group is redefining the metrics to measure success and increasing the value within delivery

systems.

Prove your company can gain control of its

Tail Spend in just 90 days

Contact us to learn more.

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