WHAT WE HEARD
The sales process has four unaccounted-for handoffs between qualification and contract. Three stakeholders attributed the same delay to the same person.
WHERE PEOPLE DISAGREED
Five stakeholders said proposal review takes 3 days. Activity logs show median 11 days. The five did not include the person who runs review.
WHAT TO DO FIRST
Assign an owner to the vendor-approval queue. Three mentions of pending approval, no responsible party, surfaced four times across two months.