In one working day, your ERP export becomes a spend analysis with prioritised opportunities. From there, sensus takes you through category strategy to the signed contract – for Swiss industrial SMEs, without an IT project or an enterprise budget.
Pilot programme from December 2026 – limited places.
| Document | Vendor | Text | CHF |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4500018273 | KELLER WERKZEUGE AGDuplicate, merged | Carbide end mill D12 | 5'110.00 |
| 4500018274 | Keller WerkzeugeCutting tools | HSS-E drill 8.5 | 2'960.00 |
| 4500019102 | Brunner Drehteile AGMachined parts | Shaft Ø 22, lot 400 | 14'820.00 |
| 5100002291 | Sundry vendorsOne-time vendor detected | Misc. material | 418.50 |
| 4500018291 | Huber Logistik GmbHLogistics and freight | Freight CH–DE wk 31 | 1'840.00 |
| 4500018302 | Elektro Meier AGElectrical components | Contactor 24 V DC | 312.40 |
| 4500018377 | Pack-Tec AGPackaging | Folding box 600×400 | 2'245.00 |
12'847 invoice lines from 312 vendor records
Sample data of a fictitious machine builder with CHF 18.4m annual spend. How the ranges are calculated is shown under Method.
In most industrial SMEs, procurement is busy with operations: placing orders, chasing deliveries, solving shortages. Strategic work lacks time and a basis. Five findings we see in almost every company:
Nobody can say at short notice which categories are the largest. The data sits in the ERP, but not in a form you can analyse.
Supplier relationships have grown historically. Whether a category was ever tendered, often nobody remembers.
Contracts live in folders, inboxes and people's heads. Notice periods lapse and contracts renew automatically.
Established procurement suites are built for corporations: high implementation costs, months-long projects, a dedicated team to run them.
A project delivers the analysis – as slides. Afterwards there is no tool to keep it current. Two years later, it all starts again.
sensus guides you through the methodology of strategic procurement – in the order an experienced head of procurement would follow.
Day one
Vendor invoices as Excel or CSV from your ERP. sensus maps the columns, checks data quality and merges duplicate suppliers.
Day one
Every line is assigned to a category, with a confidence score. You see where the money goes – down to the individual invoice line.
First weeks
sensus derives opportunities with a reasoned potential range and positions your categories in the portfolio. You decide where to start.
Ongoing
Opportunities become initiatives with an owner and a due date. Savings are verified with finance; contracts and deadlines stay in view.
Analysis, strategy, initiatives and contracts work on the same data. What you see in the analysis becomes an initiative – and the initiative becomes evidence.
Structure, ABC analysis, supplier concentration, tail spend and price development – with drill-down to the individual invoice line. Your own dimensions such as site, material type or cost centre are available in every analysis.
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2 of 9 suppliers account for 61 % of spend. Identical parts are bought from 4 suppliers at different prices.
116 suppliers together account for 5 % of spend.
sensus derives prioritised opportunities from your data. Each shows its potential range, the assumptions behind it and the effort required to realise it. You confirm, reject or adjust.
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| Category and lever | Potential | Effort |
|---|---|---|
| Machined partsConsolidate the supplier base | 84–148 | low |
| Logistics and freightRe-tender | 79–131 | low |
| Electrical componentsHarmonise prices | 46–76 | medium |
| Raw material steel and aluminiumLink price clause to an index | 34–84 | high |
| PackagingStandardise specifications | 29–47 | medium |
Why machined parts first? Two suppliers account for 61 % of spend, and identical parts cost different amounts at four suppliers. Calculation: CHF 2.64m × 80 % addressable × 4–7 % lever rate.
The Kraljic portfolio positions each category by profit impact and supply risk – from a weighted factor model rather than gut feeling. For each quadrant sensus proposes standard strategies and value levers. Every change of position needs a rationale and is logged.
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Use competition: bundle demand, streamline the supplier base, tender and negotiate.
Opportunities become initiatives with an owner, a due date and a baseline. Every stage has clear conditions: no implementation without finance approval, no verification without evidence. The pipeline shows what actually reaches the income statement.
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CHF 412'800 verified against CHF 13.1m addressable spend
Contracts are linked to supplier and category. sensus shows terms, notice periods and automatic renewals, and alerts you in good time. Suppliers are rated on consistent criteria, including approval status and certificates.
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| Contract | Notice by | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Machining centre maintenanceKeller Werkzeuge AG | 30.09.2026 | renews for 12 months |
| Framework agreement, turned partsBrunner Drehteile AG | 31.12.2026 | 55 days left |
| Freight Switzerland–GermanyHuber Logistik GmbH | 31.03.2027 | active |
| Electricity supplyRegionalwerk Mittelland | 30.06.2027 | active |
| On-time delivery 97 % | Complaints 120 ppm | ISO 9001 valid until 30.11.2026 |
Structured price sheets, bid comparison and negotiation rounds follow in 2027 as the sensus source module. Until then, you hand over opportunities as a clean basis to your existing process.
Many tools present potential as a black box. sensus discloses the calculation – so you can defend it in front of your management.
A built-in category tree for industry that maps to your own structure.
Profit impact and supply risk come from weighted factors, not from gut feeling.
A potential becomes a saving only once it is proven. Every initiative passes through five stages:
For manufacturing companies with 50 to 500 employees and CHF 5 to 100 million annual spend – machinery and plant engineering, suppliers, construction and electrical engineering.
Head of procurement
You are stretched by operations and still expected to deliver figures and a strategy. sensus does the analysis for you and gives you a basis that stands up in front of management.
Management and owners
A large share of your revenue goes to suppliers. sensus shows in Swiss francs where the potential lies, what it takes to realise it, and how far you have come.
Finance
Every saving has a baseline, an approval and evidence. You also see contracts and notice periods at a glance.
Buyers
No corporate category manager needed: sensus guides you step by step from category to strategy to negotiation.
Excel is quick to hand, but every analysis is a new project. Enterprise suites can do a lot, but need a team. sensus sits deliberately in between.
| Criterion | Excel and email | sensus | Enterprise suite |
|---|---|---|---|
| First result | After weeks of manual work | On the day you deliver the data | After months of implementation |
| Implementation | None – but every time from scratch | One ERP export, no IT project | Integration project with a partner |
| Methodology | In the heads of a few people | Built in and disclosed | Configurable, needs its own expert team |
| After the project | The analysis goes stale | Analyses stay current, initiatives are tracked | Runs as long as someone administers it |
| Cost | Internal working time | Annual subscription at an SME price | High implementation and licence costs |
| Data | Local, in many versions | In Switzerland, with roles and audit trail | Depends on vendor, often EU or US |
sensus is a product of jomax swiss GmbH. Behind the methodology are many years of consulting experience in supply chain management and strategic procurement. You choose how much support you want.
The fast overview, supported by jomax swiss
Fixed price – quote on request
For companies that want to help shape sensus
Limited places – reduced and price-guaranteed
For ongoing use by your own team
By spend volume – quote on request
Prices, contracts and supplier relationships are trade secrets. sensus treats them accordingly.
Hosting and processing exclusively in Swiss data centres.
Every sign-in is confirmed with an authenticator app or an email code.
Access per person, site and category. Exports only for authorised users.
Every change to a classification, rating or initiative, with person and time.
Is your question missing? Write to us at kontakt@getsensus.ch.
Any ERP that can export vendor invoices as an Excel or CSV file. For common Swiss systems such as Abacus, SAP Business One, Microsoft Dynamics, Proffix and Infor you receive export instructions and our data template.
No. An export is enough. You update with a new export, for example every quarter.
An export of vendor invoices for the last two to three years and a short conversation about your specifics. The first analysis is ready on the day you deliver the data.
No, and that is deliberate. Orders and invoices stay in your ERP. sensus covers the strategic part – from spend analysis to contract – and replaces neither your ERP nor your master data management.
Your data is stored and processed exclusively in Swiss data centres. Access is limited to the people you grant permissions to. jomax swiss works with your data only under an assignment, for example a Quick Scan.
sensus uses it where it saves work, for example when assigning invoice lines to categories. Every suggestion shows its confidence or reasoning, and your corrections become rules. sensus suggests – you decide.
No. The methodology is built in and sensus guides you through the steps. If you want to start faster or get a second opinion, begin with a Quick Scan by jomax swiss.
The licence is an annual subscription, tiered by your spend volume. The Quick Scan has a fixed price. Pilot customers receive reduced, guaranteed terms. You receive a concrete quote after a short conversation.
Manufacturing companies with 50 to 500 employees and CHF 5 to 100 million annual spend that have an ERP but no procurement system. Below CHF 5 million the effort rarely pays off – and we will tell you so.
Send us a short request. We will get back to you within two working days and discuss what data a Quick Scan needs.
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