The NSPCC, the UK’s leading charity for the protection of children, is set for major cost savings by adopting a cloud-based analytics and contract management platform.
 
The charity has entered into a contract with the supplier Rosslyn Analytics to use its RA.Pid platform. The tools available will simplify the charity’s data analytics through ‘one-click data discovery’ and business intelligence (BI) software.
 
Just days after the solution’s implementation earlier this month employees from within the NSPCC were able to view and assess the charity’s expenditure. As such, the NSPCC is confident that the cloud-based analytics platform will facilitate cost savings across the organisation as well as help improve the productivity and efficiency of its workforce.
 
Catherine Dixon, NSPCC’s company secretary, said: “Rosslyn Analytics has developed a unique offering that significantly reduces time and cost spent manually obtaining, managing and reporting data – these resources combined with the savings that RA.Pid will help us to identify, can now be dedicated to helping children.
 
“Employing best business practices and technologies used in the private sector that release funds to help even more children and assist us to navigate this difficult economic climate is a ‘win win’ for the legal and procurement teams.”
 
“RA.Pid has given NSPCC a true cross-organisational analytical platform which meets the diverse reporting needs of multiple internal stakeholders.”
 
Rosslyn Analytics, which has headquarters in both London and New York, specialises in advanced analytical BI technologies. Chris Richfield, head of procurement for the NSPCC, is confident the partnership will prove to be a fruitful one for the procurement department and the charity as a whole. “Rosslyn Analytics provides the procurement team with a categorised view of spend within minutes of loading data into the RA.Pid platform,” he said.
 
“Through enhanced spend visibility, we will implement a strategic category management approach focused on identifying and tracking saving opportunities through improved purchasing of goods and services.”