Value Lever Analysis Tool
Value lever analysis is a way of identifying and prioritising the commercial levers available in a spend category, such as competitive tendering, benchmarking, demand management or supplier consolidation, by scoring each lever on value impact and ease of implementation. Use this free tool to build a value lever map for any category: score your levers, see them plotted on a quadrant chart, and get a prioritised set of short, medium and long-term recommendations. It works well alongside our strategic sourcing and procurement transformation services, and sits with our other free procurement tools.
Name your category, list up to ten value levers with a short opportunity description, and score each for value impact and ease of implementation. Generate a quadrant map, a RAG-rated lever table and phased recommendations, then print the lot as a one-page A4 summary.
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Value Lever Analysis
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Your value lever map
Value driven through aligning business requirements and the key value levers behind the category. Quadrants: major opportunities (high value, easy), transformational (high value, hard), momentum builders (lower value, easy), derailers (low value, hard).
Value impact vs ease of implementation
Value levers and opportunities
| # | Value lever | Opportunity description | Quadrant | RAG |
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Key recommendations
What your lever map suggests
Want help pulling the levers?
Identifying the levers is the easy part; the value lands when someone runs the tenders, holds the negotiations and manages the change. That is what we do, embedded in your team, typically starting with the quick wins to fund the rest.
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Value lever analysis FAQs
What is value lever analysis?
Value lever analysis is a procurement technique for identifying the commercial levers available in a spend category and prioritising them by scoring each lever on value impact and ease of implementation. The output is a quadrant map that separates quick wins from longer-term transformational opportunities.
What are procurement value levers?
Procurement value levers are the mechanisms through which procurement creates value in a category. Common examples include competitive tendering, benchmarking, target pricing, supplier consolidation, contract compliance, demand management, specification standardisation, KPI and SLA strengthening, supplier relationship management and technology enablement.
How do you prioritise value levers?
Score each lever on value impact and ease of implementation. Progress high-value, easy levers first as major opportunities, plan high-value but difficult levers as managed programmes with executive sponsorship, run low-effort levers alongside for momentum, and deprioritise levers that offer low value for high effort.
What is the difference between a value lever and a savings initiative?
A value lever is the mechanism, such as competitive tendering; a savings initiative is a specific application of that lever to a category, with an owner, timeline and target. Lever analysis comes first and decides which initiatives are worth setting up.
When should you run a value lever analysis?
At the start of any category strategy or sourcing exercise, when taking over a new category, or when a cost reduction target lands and you need a credible, prioritised plan rather than a blanket demand for supplier discounts.
Is this value lever analysis tool free?
Yes. There is no sign-up, no email gate and no data stored. Everything runs in your browser and you can print or save your lever map as a PDF.