€4B
Savings achieved
Performance Diagnostics
Understand where you stand – and what to do next. EFESO’s diagnostics provide fast, fact-based insights to benchmark performance, uncover improvement levers, and guide procurement transformation.
Bringing Clarity to your Procurement Processes
Procurement teams are used to facing pressure – but they often lack clarity. Without a structured assessment, it’s hard to know where value is being lost or which levers to prioritize.
EFESO’s diagnostics bridge that gap. In just 3 weeks, we evaluate your procurement maturity, benchmark against best practice and highlight actionable areas – spanning costs, digitalization, ESG, risk, supplier collaboration and more.
We help companies assess your procurement capabilities, identify gaps to world-class benchmarks, and prioritize actions – both in material costs and organizational functions. Our support also empowers decision-makers and teams to proactively respond to evolving procurement trends.
Real Results Achieved with our Clients
Our diagnostics have helped leading procurement organizations unlock significant savings, boost productivity, and streamline processes – fast. Selected results:
5% - 20%
Gains in workforce productivity by function
15% - 50%
Process efficiency improvements
A Tailored and Pragmatic Approach that Fits your Reality
Our performance diagnostics assess seven dimensions: procurement strategy, structure, processes, people, tools, digitalization and performance. We conduct gap analyses and co-create roadmaps to close critical gaps.
We also review procurement price positioning using spend cubes, benchmarks, and LPP to highlight cost-reduction opportunities. Within 1 – 3 weeks, we'll be able to help you gain full visibility into strengths, weaknesses, and high-impact improvement areas – with clear next steps and measurable goals.
Performance Diagnostics Client Results
$3.87M
Annual cost reduction vs. baseline
Chemicals
Optimizing Network Footprint to Offset Raw Material Costs and Enable Strategic Growth
Network redesign delivered $3.87M savings, offsetting raw material cost increases while enabling international expansion.
>10%
Material and manufacturing savings indicated
Automotive and Commercial Vehicles
Product Cost Optimization for Automotive Thermal Management System
Transformed unprofitable thermal management module through systematic cost optimization, achieving material, manufacturing and investment savings exceeding targets.
+30%
Productivity improvement
Life Sciences
A Long-lasting Partnership, Driving Productivity Gains and Strategic Transformation
Transformed seven manufacturing facilities across three countries, achieving 30% productivity gains and 45% faster innovation.
The EFESO Touch
What sets EFESO apart is the speed, depth, and actionability of our diagnostics. In as little as one week, we provide a 360° view of your procurement maturity – backed by benchmarks, dashboards, and structured next steps. Our diagnostics give you the insights to lead with precision – focusing effort where it matters most and moving fast towards results.
We don’t just diagnose; we deliver actionable insight. Our diagnostics are grounded in 500+ projects and enriched with industry benchmarks – ensuring recommendations are realistic and results-driven. Whether you’re launching a full transformation or sharpening execution, our structured tools, gap models, and price position reviews make the path to improvement clear and credible.
Together, we turn performance insight into long-term capability and measurable business value
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Ready to See What's Really Happening?
- Diagnose root causes, not just visible symptoms
- Stop guessing why performance isn’t improving
- Get the clarity that enables breakthrough performance
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