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How effective Tail Spend Management can drive cost savings

Procurement Software

Instead of looking at direct materials and purchased parts, the hidden opportunity is often found in effective tail spend management. But Procurement plays a vitally important role to plug the holes in the bucket, stopping the leakages from all of that new revenue that our Sales colleagues are generating.

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How effective Tail Spend Management can drive cost savings

Procurement Software

Instead of looking at direct materials and purchased parts, the hidden opportunity is often found in effective tail spend management. But Procurement plays a vitally important role to plug the holes in the bucket, stopping the leakages from all of that new revenue that our Sales colleagues are generating.

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Cost Avoidance: The Invisible Procurement Performance Metric

Procurement Software

Procurement organisations are still primarily measured on cost savings. For anyone working in indirect procurement, this is especially frustrating. It’s not only a problem for indirect spend though. Acknowledging cost avoidance: Why measuring procurement performance on hard savings alone is futile.

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Cost Avoidance: The Invisible Procurement Performance Metric

Procurement Software

Procurement organisations are still primarily measured on cost savings. For anyone working in indirect procurement, this is especially frustrating. It’s not only a problem for indirect spend though. Acknowledging cost avoidance: Why measuring procurement performance on hard savings alone is futile.

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Pareto Analysis in Procurement: How To Use Spend Analysis To Cut Costs

Planergy

How to report and analyze indirect spend to identify savings opportunities. How strategic sourcing, cost management, and cost avoidance strategies can be applied to indirect spend. Practical Applications of Pareto Analysis Tips for Conducting a Successful Analysis How Pareto Analysis Helps Your Procurement Strategy?

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An Indirect Path to Manufacturing Savings and Cost Reduction?

Jaggaer

However, by focusing only on your largest spend categories, you may be overlooking easy opportunities for big savings. . Indirect Spend in a Direct Environment. Curiously enough, big companies that are providing raw materials to other P2P companies tend to have their procure-to-pay be less of a focus,” Charles says.