Anchor Insights · For procurement teams
More local suppliers. Less searching.
Finding local suppliers takes time. So does learning about each business and deciding which ones deserve a closer look. Anchor Insights helps your team do that research.
Research that helps your team move
Find businesses. Check the details. Decide what deserves a closer look.
Search for what you need
Look for businesses by service, location, industry, certifications, and other relevant criteria.
See the evidence
Review sourced findings with clear signals about what is known and where more information is needed.
Keep your team in control
Use the research to guide follow up. Your procurement process determines who qualifies and who you buy from.
Choose the depth of help
From a supplier question to a view of your whole list.
Talk with BEAM about current availability, scope, and pricing.
Basic
Sourced supplier lookup. Ask about businesses, certifications, industries, and geography. See where the findings came from and how certain they are.
Pro
Lookup plus Supplier Scorecards. Organize key findings about a business for review and identify questions worth following up on.
Enterprise
Analysis using your procurement data. Examine your spend and supplier relationships, then explore agreed questions about local suppliers and continuity.
BEAM provides the intelligence. Procurement makes the decision. Research does not certify a supplier or replace your review.
An example of a useful question
Which local businesses offer the service we need?
Bring us a supplier research question or describe the list your team works with. We can discuss how Anchor Insights fits your process.
Illustrative question. No supplier result or recommendation is shown.
Your next step
Where is your team spending too much time searching?
Start with one research question. We will help you explore the right level of support.