1. OVERVIEW & CAPABILITIES
©2014 The Smart Cube. All Rights Reserved.
Who are we?
Key Features
Contact:
Andreas Kluß| andreas.kluss@thesmartcube.com | +49-2150-609543
The Smart Cube (TSC) provides custom, procurement, strategy & investment research and analysis services
to help procurement teams and their companies make optimal fact-based business decisions and unlock
hidden value.
We work with some of the world’s largest and most successful companies and professional service firms. TSCs
unique model enables them to tap into the specialist skills, experience and scalability of our 500+ professional
analysts who deliver a world class strategic capability whilst acting as an extension of our clients own in-house
procurement teams.
Specialist Skills
 Specialised skills in
Procurement & Supply Chain
Analytics, Research and
Market Intelligence
 Domain experts in key
verticals (such as Utilities,
Telecom, IT, etc.) and
functional areas (such as
Customer Experience,
Operations Research, etc.
 Project managers with 5−10+
years experience
Why should you be speaking to us?
Customized Research and Analysis
 Provide customized analytics solutions that
addresses client objectives and is aligned to the
client business
 Focus on structured, actionable insight
 All research and analyses are proprietary and are
never shared or syndicated
Proven and Unique Engagement Model
 Global delivery model —with TSC-owned and
employed analyst teams
 Optimal mix of off-shore, near-shore, and on-
shore analysts based on client need
 Best-in-class project management, quality
assurance, and right-scoping processes
Award Winning, High Growth Firm
 More than 30 % growth for last years, driven by
existing clients and their referrals
 Recognized by the Black Book of Outsourcing as
one of the Top 3 Best Managed Outsourcing
Providers among 2,751 vendors
Industry Leading Depth in the Procurement &
Supply Chain Domain
 Cater to more than 20 of the Fortune 100 and
more than 80 of the Fortune 500 companies
 Combine analytics solutions with secondary
research, quantitative analytics, financial
analysis, and modeling capabilities — skills not
available under any other single KPO
Diverse Experience
 20,000+ projects across
Analytics, Operations
Research, Marketing and
Strategy
 Support various blue chip
organisations across verticals,
including Utilities, Digital
Media and Telecom
 Work closely with Customer
Insight and Operations teams
in large corporates across
industries
Specialist Tools
 Variety of statistical
techniques and sophisticated
tools
 Dedicated team for business
application development
 Network of experts for
insights in any industry or
functional area
 Host of subscribed databases
and industry-specific sources

2. OVERVIEW & CAPABILITIES
©2014 The Smart Cube. All Rights Reserved.
Our analyst team acts as an extension of clients’ procurement team at all organisational levels…
Summary
The Smart Cube has been the leading provider of Procurement & Market Intelligence services globally
for over 12 years. More than 500 employees are associated with the delivery of services to clients across
multiple industries. TSC has conducted more than 20,000 projects across a wide range of sectors,
category and sub-category levels. Our key differentiators include:
Service Offerings
Whether you are looking to build a strategic
capability or solve an ad-hoc problem the
TSC team work with each client to ‘right-
scope’ both their overall optimal
engagement (and also each specific project
undertaken), this ensures we fully
understand the business objectives, scale &
scope (and any limitations or sensitivities).
This approach ensures we meet the business
objectives and add tangible value to the
client (and in turn it gives us industry leading
levels of client satisfaction and retention).
• In-depth procurement expertise • Local relationship manager & support team
• Custom research & analysis • Flexible deployment models
• Global service capability • Focus on client engagement & service delivery
• Total analyst solution • Low staff turnover & high client retention
• Proven engagement model • Strong professional standards & ethics
• G-Cloud approvedfor UK public sector • ISO27001 accredited for security of data & confidentiality.
CPO Decision Support
Program Support
Category Management
Support
 Critical Supplier Tracking and Risk Dashboards
 Supply Chain and Value Chain Risk Analysis
 Open Book framework development & systematic analysis
 Category Playbook Creation, Negotiation Fact Packs
 Analysis, eAuction Programme Planning, Negotiation Fact Packs,
Executive/Buyer Briefing Packs
 Savings Tracking, MIS, KPI Dashboards
 Spend & Demand Profiling
 Supply Market and Supplier Intelligence
 Cost Modelling and Price Forecasting
 Procurement Transformation
 Spend Analysis and Savings Opportunity Identification
 Project Benefits Tracking, MIS, Stakeholder reporting
 Inflation Modelling, Scenario Analysis
Strategy Development & Execution
Internal Demand Analysis
External Market Intelligence
Risk Management
Supplier Performance/SRM
Open Book Contracting
Strategic Sourcing Tools
Functional Strategy Support
Procurement/Organisation Design
Project Management Office
Budgeting/Business Planning