Kairos/Procurement Review

Supplier Decision War Room™

Demo Workflow

Procurement Decision Review™

Compare suppliers, test decision priorities and generate an explainable procurement recommendation.

Demo narrative: Use this workspace to show how Kairos compares suppliers, evaluates total cost of risk and explains why the recommended supplier is not always the lowest-price option.

Procurement scenarios

Select a live procurement decision

Decision Type
Procurement
Business Unit
Wireline Manufacturing
Decision Name
Critical Electronics Supplier Selection
Decision Value
£1.70M
Deadline
12 Jul 2026
Owner
L. Bianchi

Executive recommendation

NordTech Electronics · Recommended with Conditions

Supplier B (NordTech Electronics) provides the strongest risk-adjusted outcome despite not being the cheapest supplier. Lead time, quality and compliance outweigh the £140k cost delta versus Supplier A.

Decision Confidence™
84%
Decision DNA™
81%

Section 01

Supplier Comparison

Three qualified suppliers evaluated across quality, compliance, dependency and cost of risk.

Supplier A
VoltEdge Components
3
Quoted
£1.48M
Lead time
9 weeks
Quality
Medium
Compliance
Pending
Dependency
High
Total risk
68/100
Not Recommended

Lowest price but creates concentration and compliance risk.

Supplier B
NordTech Electronics
1
Quoted
£1.62M
Lead time
7 weeks
Quality
Strong
Compliance
Approved
Dependency
Medium
Total risk
34/100
Recommended with Conditions

Best risk-adjusted supplier despite not being cheapest.

Supplier C
Helix MicroSystems
2
Quoted
£1.71M
Lead time
5 weeks
Quality
Unknown
Compliance
Approved
Dependency
Medium
Total risk
52/100
Conditional

Fastest option but quality history is insufficient for critical components.

SupplierQuotedLeadQualityComplianceDependencyKairos
VoltEdge Components
Supplier A · Rank 3
£1.48M9wMediumPendingHighNot Recommended
NordTech Electronics
Supplier B · Rank 1
£1.62M7wStrongApprovedMediumRecommended with Conditions
Helix MicroSystems
Supplier C · Rank 2
£1.71M5wUnknownApprovedMediumConditional

Section 02

Live Supplier Ranking

Ranking updates as scenario and What-If priorities change.

  1. 1
    NordTech Electronics
    £1.62M · 7w lead · Strong quality
    Score
    104
  2. 2
    Helix MicroSystems
    £1.71M · 5w lead · Unknown quality
    Score
    55
  3. 3
    VoltEdge Components
    £1.48M · 9w lead · Medium quality
    Score
    24

Section 03

Procurement Committee Readiness

Cross-functional sign-off status for this decision.

  • Procurement
    Ready
  • Finance
    FX review pending
  • Engineering
    Quality certificates required
  • Legal
    Penalty terms pending
  • Operations
    Delivery window acceptable

Section 04

Total Cost & Risk Breakdown

Quoted cost
£1.62M
Delay risk
£110k
Quality risk
£65k
Compliance risk
£40k
Concentration risk
£95k
Expected total cost of risk
£1.93M

Section 05

Top Procurement Risks

Supplier A creates high dependency risk (62% of critical electronics spend)
High severity
Supplier C has insufficient quality history for safety-critical use
Medium severity
Supplier B requires delivery penalty clarification
Medium severity
FX exposure requires Finance review
Medium severity
Dual-source strategy not yet approved
High severity

Section 06

Required Actions

  • 1Confirm Supplier B delivery penalty terms
  • 2Request updated quality certificates
  • 3Validate FX exposure with Finance
  • 4Confirm second-source contingency
  • 5Obtain procurement committee approval

Section 07

Decision Replay™

Similar procurement decisions from the last 36 months.

  1. 2024
    Electronics Board Supplier Switch
    Negative precedent

    Lowest-price supplier caused an 11-week delay

  2. 2025
    Detector Assembly Procurement
    Positive precedent

    Approved supplier delivered at 98.7% on-time

  3. 2023
    Cable Head Component Purchase
    Cautionary precedent

    Single-source dependency triggered contract penalty exposure

Section 08

Procurement What-If Simulator

Shift procurement priorities and watch ranking and recommendation evolve.

Live recommendation
NordTech Electronics
Confidence™
84%
DNA™
81%
Risk
46%
Expected cost of risk
£1.93M
Applied priorities
Baseline

Supplier B (NordTech Electronics) provides the strongest risk-adjusted outcome despite not being the cheapest supplier. Lead time, quality and compliance outweigh the £140k cost delta versus Supplier A.

Section 09

Ask Kairos

Suggested questions from the procurement committee.

Procurement Decision Review™ is a future Kairos workflow. The MVP begins with RFQ Decision Review™ and expands into supplier, procurement and capital decision workflows.