GNFR SAVINGS CALCULATOR

By reviewing your GNFR strategy at least annually, you're giving yourself regular visibility over rising costs and changing operational needs. This puts you in a stronger position to manage inflationary pressures and consistently identify savings opportunities.

If you review your GNFR strategy every 1–2 years, you likely have a structured approach in place, but updates may lag behind fast-moving cost and supplier changes. You may be controlling spend reasonably well, while still leaving some incremental savings unrealised.

Reviewing GNFR every 3–4 years means your strategy can quickly become out of step with changes in scale, channels, and input costs. This often makes it harder to spot inefficiencies as consumables, packaging, and service costs rise over time.

If you only review GNFR every 5+ years, decisions are more likely to be reactive than informed by current data. This increases your exposure to embedded cost increases and inconsistent purchasing across the business.

Without a GNFR management strategy, you're likely managing essential operating costs on an ad hoc basis across stores, offices, and fulfilment. Research shows this often leads to higher cost leakage and missed opportunities to unlock achievable savings.

A small number of supplier contracts already supports a more consolidated cost base, which can be further optimised through alignment with a single strategic supplier to enhance savings.

A limited supplier base presents a strong opportunity to consolidate with one strategic supplier, helping to improve pricing consistency and overall cost savings.

A moderate number of supplier contracts indicates clear potential to consolidate spend with a single supplier, increasing purchasing leverage and driving cost efficiencies.

An expanded supplier base often dilutes buying power, where consolidation with one strategic supplier could significantly improve cost control and savings.

A broad supplier base typically fragments spend, making consolidation with a single supplier a key opportunity to unlock improved pricing and cost reductions.

A highly fragmented supplier landscape strongly suggests that consolidating with one strategic supplier could deliver meaningful economies of scale and substantial cost savings.

If none of your GNFR spend goes through approved suppliers, purchasing is likely highly decentralised and difficult to control. This typically limits visibility over pricing and volumes, increasing the risk of cost leakage and inconsistency across the business.

With only a small proportion of GNFR spend going through approved suppliers, you may have some preferred arrangements but limited compliance in practice. This often means negotiated benefits are diluted, and buying behaviour varies significantly across locations or team.

Routing 20–39% of GNFR spend through approved suppliers suggests partial adoption of preferred sourcing. While this provides some cost and process benefits, a large share of spend may still sit outside agreed terms, reducing overall efficiency.

If 40–59% of your GNFR spend goes through approved suppliers, you're likely seeing meaningful benefits from standardisation, alongside ongoing exceptions. At this level, off-contract purchasing can still limit your ability to fully leverage scale and supplier relationships.

With 60–79% of GNFR spend routed through approved suppliers, most purchasing is aligned to agreed terms and specifications. This typically supports stronger cost control, better data visibility, and more consistent service levels across operations.

Directing 80–99% of GNFR spend through approved suppliers indicates high levels of compliance and control. This allows you to capture the majority of negotiated savings while retaining some flexibility where needed.

If all GNFR spend goes through approved suppliers, purchasing is fully aligned to agreed contracts, specifications, and processes. This maximises visibility, strengthens supplier leverage, and reduces the risk of unmanaged spend across the organisation.

If your GNFR spend is tracked across multiple systems with limited visibility, it's likely difficult to get a clear, timely view of what is being bought and where costs are rising. This fragmentation often makes it harder to control spend consistently or identify savings opportunities across the business.

With GNFR data partially consolidated, you have visibility into certain categories or areas, but gaps remain. This can support some informed decision-making, while still leaving blind spots that limit overall cost control and consistency.

Managing GNFR spend through a single system provides a solid foundation for control and standardisation. However, limited reporting or analytics can restrict deeper insight into trends, supplier performance, and emerging cost pressures.

An integrated GNFR system with advanced analytics gives you clear, real-time visibility over spend, suppliers, and performance. This level of insight supports more proactive decision-making, stronger governance, and better identification of efficiency opportunities.

Your GNFR purchase orders are manual and time-intensive. This typically increases processing costs, slows purchasing, and limits visibility and control over day-to-day spend.

With only a small share of GNFR purchase orders automated, you may be piloting digital processes but relying heavily on manual intervention. This often results in inconsistent compliance and limits the efficiency gains automation can deliver.

Automating 20–39% of GNFR purchase orders suggests early progress toward more efficient processes. However, a significant volume of manual work likely remains, constraining speed, accuracy, and scalability as operations grow.

If 40–59% of GNFR purchase orders are automated, automation is supporting a meaningful portion of day-to-day purchasing. At this level, further gains are often available by reducing exceptions and standardising processes across more categories.

With 60–79% of GNFR purchase orders automated, most transactions flow through structured, rules-based processes. This typically reduces manual effort, improves data quality, and supports more consistent cost control.

Automating 80–99% of GNFR purchase orders indicates a highly efficient purchasing operation with limited manual intervention. This supports faster ordering, stronger compliance with preferred suppliers, and cleaner, more reliable spend data.

If all GNFR purchase orders are fully automated, purchasing is consistently controlled through digital workflows with minimal friction. This maximises efficiency, reduces administrative cost, and provides real-time visibility into GNFR spend and performance.