In today’s procurement environment, knowing your supplier is no longer enough, you need to understand their market. Who controls pricing? Are there substitutes? Can new entrants disrupt your supply chain? These are strategic questions that Porter’s Five Forces helps answer — and at Scale, we’ve embedded this thinking to help

In 2013, we were just getting started in business. Young. Ambitious. Fired up by the promise of the Access to Government Procurement Opportunities (AGPO) program; a bold initiative that set aside 30% of public procurement for youth, women, and persons with disabilities. People just like us. We believed this was

Procurement often looks deceptively simple—sourcing, negotiating, and saving costs. But like an iceberg, the true work lies below the surface. Hidden from plain view are the systems, processes, and decisions that determine whether procurement runs smoothly—or not at all. At Scale, we’ve spent years building the technology that handles the

Procurement is evolving. It’s no longer just about price, timelines, and compliance. Today, it’s about purpose, and procurement teams are stepping up to drive real change in how businesses impact people and the planet. At Scale, we’re building the tools to make sustainable, inclusive, and responsible procurement the new normal.

The Negotiation Line You’re on a call with a supplier quoting $60 per unit when $50 is the market norm. Sound familiar? Procurement pros face this daily—construction budgets bloated by inflated material costs, logistics margins squeezed by rising freight rates. The best don’t guess or haggle—they rely on data-driven procurement