Positive Purchasing Ltd are a strategic partner and agent for the Decideware Relationship Optimizer tool. We can supply the software platform or we can provide a full Supplier Relationship Management solution with Relationship Optimizer fully integrated within our SRM process and toolkit to provide world class supplier performance management.

Relationship Optimizer is an on-line, on-demand software tool that enables highly effective management of suppliers and key partners across a broad range of business activities. Relationship Optimizer is well proven to enable improved supplier performance and relationships, reduce cost and risk and overall help achieve business goals.

Once set up within your organisation, users can configure Relationship Optimizer for each relationship and identify the performance assessment criteria and their relative importance. Relationship Optimizer incorporates Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), a unique approach allows multiple stakeholders or a senior team to identify the most important supplier assessment and measurement criteria.

Relationship Optimizer allows users to see the outcome of criteria setting immediately providing the opportunity to go back and make revisions until the required final set of assessment criteria is determined.

This set-up step ensures that the actual measures that will be used on an ongoing basis truely reflect the needs of the business and all key stakeholders.

Relationship Optimizer enablers users to choose one-way mesurement of suppliers or two-way collaborative measurement providing the opportunity to dramatically improve the overall effectiveness of the relationship.

Relationship Optimizer also provides multiple performance measurement, assessment and scoring options ranging from updates provided by nominated individuals to collective inputs from multiple stakeholders, for example; those who work with a supplier or as part of a collaborative review meeting with Relationship Optimizer aggregating all scores.


Relationship Optimizer allows those involved with a supplier to score and comment on every aspect of the relationship. This is not limited to numerical ratings but Relationship Optimizer provides the facility to record multiple comments, from multiple stakeholders, in plain english; establishing a rich body of measurement data that can play a key part in later supplier reviews.

Relationship Optimizer delivers a wealth of charts and reports that bring to life the consolidate picture of how those involved view the relationship and the performance of the supplier/both parties. Relationship Optimizer provides a standard set of summary reporting; enabling supplier reviews, supplier improvement programs and to allow ongoing tracking of performance over time. 

Relationship Optimizer can allow you to manage multiple suppliers and provides reporting and analysis across multiple relationships. This key feasture enables direct supplier by supplier comparison of performance assessed in different ways.

The multiple supplier view from the tool enablers Relationship Optimiser to provide an essential reference point for supplier benchmarking.

Relationship Optimizer is incredibly easy to set up and use and provides ultimate flexibility allowing your teams to easily manage suppliers and measure performance. The insightful analysis and reporting enables improvement plans to be identified and pursued making this an essential tool to secure dramatic uplifts in supplier performance. 

Relationship Optimiser fully integrated with Positive Purchasing SRM

Relationship Optimizer is fully integrated with Positive Purchasing Supplier Relationship Management with this powerful tool providing the primary engine for supplier and two way performance measurement within the overall SRM system and approaches. This powerful combination provides a single effective approach within the organisation to the segmentation, qualification, measurement and relationship management of key suppliers as well as enabling supplier improvement programs to deliver real and dramatic benefits.

Call us today to find out how Positive Purchasing SRM powered by Decideware Relationship Optimizer can help your business.