Sourcing Efficiency Improvement for the International Chain of Family Entertainment Centers

Procurement professionals today have a huge opportunity to make a powerful impact on business performance. The business contribution expectations for procurement professionals are increasing. The right approach to developing system, selecting supply strategies could be a key advantage in competitive environment. The management of companies is increase their expectations on the contribution of effective supply chain to the company's performance. Interest and attention to supply processes is enhanced not only by business, but also by the scientific community, various approaches, hypotheses and information systems are being developed that allow optimizing processes, increasing accuracy and speed. In this paper, the problem of constructing an efficient and sustainable supply system was considered. As an example, the company provides services in the field of edutainment. The author examined the main strategic components of the supply system, studied modern tools for building and optimizing the procurement process. Qualitative analysis of the company, including a detailed analysis of the external environment and players in the market has made it possible to distinguish the company's competitive advantages. Internal analysis of the company, existing processes, organizational and technical solutions allowed to identify the main supply problems and reserves for optimization. Based on the data obtained and the existing limitations of the system, an approach was developed and a list of tools, the application of which provides reliability and reducing current risks of the supply process. The recommendations offered by the author make it possible to release financial resources and increase the stability of the system as a whole, considering the organization as a complex system. One of the main advantages of the work is the universality of the recommendations, the proposed approaches can be implemented in other already existing locations, currently 24 in different countries.