Food and Beverages

SCOUT FOR FOOD & BEVERAGE
Lower Costs and Stronger Supplier Partnerships: A Winning Recipe

Through The Edge Effect, Food and Beverage sourcing teams can churn out repeatable events, capitalize on vendor engagement, and decrease the cost of final goods throughout the entire business.

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FIND THE RIGHT BALANCE OF FLAVOR FOR STRATEGIC SOURCING

TRIPLE YOUR SOURCING CAPACITY
The Edge Effect’s intuitive platform helps organizations run 5x more eSourcing events annually than others, and allows for repeatability among lean teams — making it easy to engage more buyers, more suppliers, and triple your capacity for RFPs and auctions.

STAY AHEAD OF THE F&B CURVE BY PRIORITIZING VENDOR ENGAGEMENT
Almost two thirds of sourcing leaders say that engaging with suppliers to develop new markets is among their top strategic initiatives. With The Edge Effect, F&B sourcing teams can identify, select, and maintain quality vendor relations with easy-access stakeholder feedback, an up-to-date vendor directory, and painless supplier on boarding.

IMPROVE SUPPLIER SATISFACTION
Segment-leading brands capture market share by cultivating top-notch relationships with their strategic suppliers. Food and beverage companies that use The Edge Effect report upper-crust net-promoter scores, with their suppliers rating them an average of 8.3 out of 10 when asked “How likely are you to recommend us to your other customers?”.

“With an Edge Effect perspective, I’ll say we use the intake process now with pipeline, and our stakeholders have much more visibility into the milestones that we’re working on.” — Steve Kavayi, Chief Technology Officer

SOURCING DATA SHEET
FAST, SIMPLIFIED SOURCING WITH LIMITLESS IMPACT
Designed to work the way you do, no matter the complexity or category. The Edge Effect helps enterprises digitize sourcing, streamline supplier selection, and accelerate decisions that maximize ongoing business impact.

WHY USE THE EDGE EFFECT SOURCING?
To be genuinely strategic, the Sourcing team must be proactive and deliver measurable business value. Many procurement organizations still struggle with barriers to communication, disparate data, and manual processes, which limit their impact.

With The Edge Effect Sourcing, it’s a breeze to collaboratively build and execute sourcing events. The Edge Effect’s intuitive, cloud-based platform lets you run more events with fewer resources and measure your progress with better savings visibility. Say goodbye to updating cumbersome spreadsheets, digging through emails, and fielding supplier phone calls, and hello to truly strategic, collaborative sourcing.