governments ,” he says . “ One of our suppliers created a single solar farm solely for our councils .”
LGP has also built a sustainability toolkit that it shares with councils , to help them get started on their sustainability journey . It has proven very popular .
“ We use dashboards to glean insights around contract and supplier performance ; this helps us investigate what ’ s working and what ’ s not working ,” says Madan . “ We are also looking at building dashboards that can compare one council with another , in terms of outcomes they ’ ve been able to deliver . The idea is to showcase best practices from the sector at our events so everyone can benefit .”
Partner ecosystem vital for LGP With such a vast supplier network in place , it is no surprise that the partner ecosystem is hugely important to LGP as a company .
As part of its supplier relationshipmanagement programme it has segmented its supply base into multiple tiers , and it meets with specific suppliers on a quarterly basis . Madan says that , together with its suppliers , “ we plan how to partner with them on improving outcomes in the sector as a whole ”.
“ There are many initiatives that have come out of this ,” Madan continues . “ For example , webinars around how energy markets are going to change , and how every council can prepare to be a part of that change .”
He reveals that LGP is also looking at establishing a technology grant fund that allows councils to access money from tech providers , to help them implement digital transformation initiatives .
“ What we do with our partner network – especially at the top end – is ensure they ’ re engaged and are helping the sector achieve more for the benefit of the people of New South Wales ,” Madan says .
One of LGP ’ s newest partners is Portt – an Advanced company – who provide an intelligent procurement , contracts and supplier management platform .
Madan says : “ Portt will provide our contract lifecycle management system , which is essentially our nerve centre . This is where we can store contracts and where we can automate multiple processes around contracts to make sure they ’ re always relevant to a supplier .” Madan explains that , once a contract is
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