Portland Group possesses an extensive list of satisfied clients. Our success ranges across a wide cross-section of industries and assignments, from large corporate-wide strategic sourcing programmes through to redesigning national logistics networks.
| Client Industry |
Project Type |
Focus |
Business Challenge |
 Financial Services |
Portland Procurement Services |
Category Management |
Provide Sourcing and Category Management for the professional, consulting and advisory services category |
| Specialty Retail |
Portland Procurement Services |
Compliance and Demand Management |
Improve visibility and management of spend, compliance, opportunities and benefits in temporary labour hire |
| Specialty Retail |
Portland Procurement Services |
Contract Management |
Specifications, sourcing, supplier performance management and performance reporting for cleaning of 1,100 sites |
| Airlines |
Supply Chain Consulting |
Supply Chain Plannin |
Cost savings and environmental benefits from waste reduction along with improved customer service performance |
| Spare Parts |
Supply Chain Consulting |
Spares Distribution |
Improve serviced parts availability with shorter lead-times and lower total cost for customers in every region of the world |
| Publishing |
Supply Chain Consulting |
Warehousing |
Manage the entire process of warehouse review, redesign, approval, selection, implementation and handover |
| Distribution |
Supply Chain Consulting |
Network Optimisation |
Redesign a national distribution network to significantly reduce costs and improve customer service |
| Specialty Retail |
Supply Chain Consulting,
Supply Chain Solutions |
Supply Chain Planning |
Design and deploy a fully operational national sales forecasting and inventory management solution |
| Building Materials |
Supply Chain Consulting,
Supply Chain Solutions |
Transport Model |
Redesign logistics operations to reduce costs by more than 10% and provide better customer service |
| Agribusiness |
Supply Chain Consulting,
Supply Chain Solutions |
Cost to Serve |
Supply chain transformation to reduce inventory by $50 million and costs by $20 million per year |
| Distribution |
Supply Chain Consulting,
Supply Chain Solutions |
Network Optimisation |
Initiatives and action plans to optimise the performance of a complex national distribution network |
| Industrial Hire |
Supply Chain Consulting,
Supply Chain Solutions |
Transport Services |
Develop and implement a Lead Transport Management Provider model and rationalise the 3PL supplier base |
| Paper Goods |
Procurement Consulting,
Low Cost Country Sourcing |
Low Cost Country Sourcing |
China sourcing, benchmarking and trial ordering for industrial Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) items |
| Publishing |
Procurement Consulting |
Packaging and Sustainability |
Provide a fact base to build recycling and carbon footprint considerations into packaging sourcing decisions |
| Healthcare |
Procurement Consulting |
Policies and Systems |
Develop new procurement policies and a new invoice-to-pay process to lock in sourcing savings |
| Manufacturing |
Procurement Consulting |
Raw Materials Sourcing |
Deliver net cost savings on raw material commodities spend in the face of rising market prices |
| Mining |
Procurement Consulting |
Procurement Strategy |
Develop a global procurement strategy and organisation to deliver in excess of $100M in cost savings |
| Resources |
Procurement Consulting |
Diagnostic and Sourcing |
Help a private equity group deliver procurement savings to each of its portfolio companies |
| Metals |
Procurement Consulting |
Stategic Sourcing |
Source specialised industrial categories such as repair parts which have difficult supply market characteristics |
| Airlines |
Procurement Consulting |
Organisation and Skills |
Assess procurement team capabilities and create individual skills development plans |
| Publishing |
Procurement Consulting |
Strategic Sourcing |
Source indirect categories including print |
