Enabling AtkinsRéalis to simplify supplier assurance through JOSCAR
How JOSCAR removes complexity, reduces cost, and supports better buyer–supplier collaboration for AtkinsRéalis.
Who is AtkinsRéalis?
AtkinsRéalis is a world-class engineering services and nuclear organisation delivering complex, high-value programmes across infrastructure, Defence, and sustainability-led markets worldwide.
The organisation brings together deep technical expertise, innovation, and global delivery capability to support critical projects for public and private sector clients.
What was their challenge?
Managing supplier assurance at scale created significant operational overhead for AtkinsRéalis.
Internally managing extensive questionnaires, maintaining large supplier databases, and keeping information current required considerable time, resource, and cost - all while trying to keep pace with evolving governance and best-practice requirements.
By joining the JOSCAR community, AtkinsRéalis removed the need to manage its own supplier assurance framework in isolation
“The biggest headache JOSCAR has taken away is managing our own database of 500 questions. Someone else is managing that for us.”
Shaun Barker, Head of Supply Chain Systems at AtkinsRéalis
Rather than resourcing internal teams to build and maintain supplier questionnaires
AtkinsRéalis benefits from a shared, community-led approach. This delivers:
Reduced duplication for suppliers
Lower internal resource and management cost
Greater confidence in the quality and consistency of supplier data
Better value than maintaining an equivalent in-house solution
Learning from the wider community
JOSCAR enables AtkinsRéalis to benefit from collective insight across the community, including participation in governance and technical working groups that help shape shared questionnaires and standards.
This exposure allows AtkinsRéalis to benchmark against industry best practice, move beyond internal assumptions and governance limits, ask more relevant and informed questions of suppliers, and continuously improve the way it engages with its supply chain.
Connecting with suppliers
Through JOSCAR Live and structured engagement opportunities, AtkinsRéalis can connect directly with suppliers it may not otherwise encounter. These interactions:
Help uncover niche and specialist capabilities
Create more meaningful, focused conversations
Give wider teams the opportunity to engage with the market
JOSCAR allows AtkinsRéalis to focus on delivery and supply chain capability -supported by a trusted, collaborative community
“It’s not just the product, it’s the community around it - the governance and technical working groups are really useful. It’s valuable to us and to suppliers. It’s a cooperation.”
Shaun Barker, Head of Supply Chain Systems, AtkinsRéalis
This shared, network-led approach allows AtkinsRéalis to focus less on administration and more on building capable, resilient supply chains that support successful programme delivery.
