PSF & Efficio: Transforming Procurement for Defence
Public Spend Forum (PSF), a leading market and intelligence platform for the public sector, and Efficio, a global leader in procurement and supply chain optimisation, are working together as part of a strategic partnership, aimed at driving innovation, efficiency and resiliency across defence and government procurement and supply chains.
Efficio is a global specialist in procurement and supply chain management, focused on helping organisations navigate change and improve performance. It combines strategic insight, advanced technology and hands-on support to help businesses adapt to cost pressures, supply chain disruptions and regulatory changes.
The company's main areas of expertise are in sustainable procurement, reducing costs, improving processes and upskilling client teams, supported by its proprietary eFlow platform.
Its approach ensures long-term value through ongoing cost management and progress tracking, including against carbon reduction plans.
AI-driven intelligence for rapid market insights
PSF provides innovation teams, investors and tech companies with actionable market and supply chain.
It harnesses a combination of human expertise and AI-driven analysis (AIMIā¢), delivering rapid, custom market insightsāsometimes within a single day.
What's more, the firm's Market Intelligence Sprints help clients discover solutions, map ecosystems and conduct deep due diligence, supporting faster and more informed decision-making.
The collaboration between PSF and Efficio blends the latter's global track record in procurement optimisation and supply chain transformation with the former's market and supply chain transparency tools.
Together, they will provide integrated, data-driven insights to support federal agencies in areas such as cost efficiency, innovation acceleration and supply chain resilience.
"Efficio is excited to serve the US government market alongside Public Spend Forum," says Jens Pedersen, Co-Founder and CEO at Efficio.
"Our experience in delivering transformational results for some of the world's largest organisations and private equity firms, combined with PSF's trusted market insights, positions us to bring immediate and lasting value to government supply chains."
Strengthening defence supply chains through private sector expertise
Key focus areas of the partnership include:
- Efficiency and innovation: Delivering insights and implementing frameworks inspired by private equity and global best practices to drive cost reduction and operational excellence across all procurement spending.
- Strengthening supplier base and defence supply chains: Leveraging Efficio's and PSF's expertise in defence and industrial supply chains to address gaps in capacity and resiliency specific to critical defence supply chains.
- Market and supply chain transparency: Leveraging PSF's market data and Efficio's expertise to rapidly create visibility into critical emerging technology and defence markets and supply chains.
Raj Sharma, Founder and CEO of Public Spend Forum, adds: "We are thrilled to partner with Efficio to bring proven private sector strategies and deep supply chain expertise to the public sector.
"This partnership represents a powerful combination of expertise, data, technology and experience designed to help defence and government strengthen the industrial base, accelerate innovation and create supply chain resiliency."
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