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Executive Summary In this first assessment covering modules “driving value through procurement and supply and managing expenditures with suppliers”, the focus is outlining the importance of a category of spend to organisation stakeholders. The selected category is logistic services as sourced by Saudi Arabia Maaden Petrochemical Company (SAMAPCO). In specific, the logistics services are handled by JAS Company in Saudi Arabia. Further, in this assessment,  brief market analysis has been pursued with a detailed evaluation procisded on th scope of procurement and supply management (PS&M) department lead to development of value for money outcomes. At the end of this assessment, the current approaches in placxe for managing costs and prices for the logistics service spend area influencing markets in SAMAPCO has also been an area of focxus. The findings in this report are informed by various models and tools including Mendelow Matrix, STEEPLED analysis, SWOT and Porter’s 5 Forces all which evaluate PS&M functions in managing costs and operations in the highly competititve business environment. The main findings in this assessment evidence that for the logistics service sourced by SAMAPCO, value for money outcomes is successful. In particular, by engaging JAS Company, the organisation has managed to be appropriately positioned to leverage on competitive advantage in the petrochemical industry in Saudi Arabia (KSA). Another key finding is that by setting a priority in considering their different stakeholders interest and pursuing the set Key Performnce Indicators (KPIs) and Service Level Agereements (SLAs), SAMAPCO business objecives would be sustained and successful (future oriented). The findings and conclusions in this assessment inform on a set of gaps which could be managed by pursuing the following recommendations;

• Expansion of the best strategy in embracing on modernised technology as part of stakeholders management
• Come up with customised strategies for improving value for money outcomes unique to logistics spend area
• To involve local and regional supploers to cut costs through gaining in terms of discounted costs
• Consider re-evaluating their financial capability for an effective logistics sourcing with all uncertainities eliminated

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