Savin'side®, Manutan's approach to optimising Class C purchasing

Location

Europe

Expertises

Long tail spend optimisation service brand, backed by Manutan

Targeted audience

Purchasing departments, key accounts, mid-sized companies, multi-site organisations, procurement teams, finance, and operations

Offer and services

Maturity audit, data analysis, action plan, cost savings management, supplier rationalisation, product selection optimisation, transaction digitization, sustainable procurement, agreement implementation, and optimised project procurement

Savin'side® is our methodology, developed by buyers for buyers, to help businesses strengthen their competitiveness. It aims to optimise the total cost of ownership of low-value and non-strategic purchases (Class C / long tail spend), a segment where hidden costs are often underestimated.
Through a structured and pragmatic approach, Savin'side® helps organisations gain greater control over their spend, achieve s ustainable savings and improve overall procurement performance.

Expertise

Savin’side® addresses a real-world challenge: long tail spend involves low unit prices but a large volume of orders, suppliers, quotes, and administrative costs. Without a dedicated method, their total cost of ownership remains difficult to manage.
Developed by buyers for buyers, the method combines data analysis, a Lean approach, an agile framework, and long-term monitoring. It helps teams assess their maturity level, estimate savings potential, prioritize actions, and measure progress.

Added value

Savin’side® embodies Manutan’s value proposition for optimising long tail spend. This approach provides a framework, a method and evidence to support an expertise: helping procurement departments identify hidden costs, reduce total cost of ownership and improve their processes.
It transforms what is often a scattered expense into a measurable path to performance: fewer suppliers to manage, fewer unnecessary transactions, greater compliance with agreements, more sustainable alternatives, and better control over requests for quotes.

Offer

Supplier streamlining

Reducing the number of scattered suppliers, replacing them with a preferred distributor, and streamlining orders, deliveries, and invoices.

Optimising product selection

Analysis of purchasing behavior, identification of target categories, and recommendations for alternatives that meet functional requirements, offer the right level of quality, and are priced fairly.

Digitisation of transactions

Digitization of the transaction process, from accessing the product catalog to invoicing: Punch-Out, hosted or web-based catalogs, electronic orders, and electronic invoices.

Sustainable purchasing

Integration of environmental criteria into purchasing decisions: mapping of high-impact categories, refurbished, low-carbon, eco-labelled or certified alternatives, measurement of environmental and economic gains.

Implementation of the agreement

Change management to ensure the effective implementation of the negotiated terms across all sites: visit schedules, call campaigns, information initiatives, and compliance reporting.

Projects

Concentration of quotation requests on project purchases with real added value, redirection of requests already covered by the catalogue and sourcing of off-catalogue products in order to limit the onboarding of new suppliers.

Commitments

Savin’side® supports procurement teams on a continuous improvement journey tailored to their priorities and level of maturity. This approach favours practical support, built over time and focused on measurable results.

Method and evidence

Savin’side® follows a three-step approach: conducting an audit, developing an action plan, and then tracking gains and improvements through regular reviews.
The method links cost savings to actual usage. It goes beyond the purchase price: it monitors processing costs, compliance with agreements, environmental impact, and the time spent on requests outside the standard process.

Within Manutan Group

Savin’side® provides a visible and practical expression of Manutan’s expertise in procurement performance. It demonstrates the Group’s ability to go beyond distribution: to analyse, structure, implement, and measure tangible progress with clients.
It contributes to a clear goal: to help organisations buy better, with simpler processes, more responsible decisions, and more sustainable procurement performance.