5 Essential Questions to Evaluate Your Indirect Spend Program
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5 Essential Questions to Evaluate Your Indirect Spend Program

It's important for all leaders to ask their procurement teams these 5 questions to assess the overall performance, financial impact, and efficiency of their indirect spend programs. These questions can help uncover hidden savings opportunities, identify inefficiencies, and ensure that indirect procurement strategies align with the company’s overall goals.

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Data Storytelling: To Maximize Indirect Spend
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Data Storytelling: To Maximize Indirect Spend

Learn how data storytelling can transform your indirect spend management. Discover strategies to turn complex data into actionable insights, driving cost savings and strategic decisions in procurement.

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Partner with Procurement to Transform Your ESG Strategy
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Partner with Procurement to Transform Your ESG Strategy

Leverage procurement's expertise in data analytics and strategic processes to enhance your ESG strategy. Learn how to align procurement with ESG goals, ensure regulatory compliance, and drive sustainability initiatives across your organization.

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5 Advantages of Hiring Interim Procurement Resources 
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5 Advantages of Hiring Interim Procurement Resources 

Discover the top 5 advantages of hiring interim procurement resources, including industry experience, cultural adaptability, knowledge transfer, and cost-effectiveness. Learn how this approach can enhance your procurement strategy and drive long-term success.

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What’s the Pulse of Your Travel Program?
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What’s the Pulse of Your Travel Program?

Is your travel program aligned with best practices? Discover how a thorough evaluation can identify areas for improvement, drive program savings, and enhance the traveler experience. Get actionable insights to optimize your business travel management.

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Managing Business Travel: What Does This Mean to Your Company?
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Managing Business Travel: What Does This Mean to Your Company?

Explore how strategic management of business travel can lead to cost savings, policy compliance, and enhanced employee safety. Learn why companies are focusing on travel expenses and how partnering with experts can optimize your travel program.

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Managing Indirect Spend
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Managing Indirect Spend

Indirect spending often flies under the radar in most organizations. By implementing better procurement practices, creating better visibility and control, and fostering stronger supplier relationships, businesses can significantly impact their bottom line.

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RFP Management: 5 Benefits to Partner with a Third-Party
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RFP Management: 5 Benefits to Partner with a Third-Party

One way we enjoy supporting our clients is through RFP Management.

In a time when resources are limited and budgets are constrained, have you ever considered teaming up with a third-party for this process?

Discover how collaboration in RFP Management, from cost savings to advanced tools, can seamlessly complement your team's efforts.

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How a Purchasing Card Program Transformed Tail Spend and Streamlined Procurement
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How a Purchasing Card Program Transformed Tail Spend and Streamlined Procurement

In a recent client engagement, a detailed spend analysis uncovered significant opportunities within often-overlooked tail spend.

With an annual indirect spend of approximately $300 million and a supplier network of around 6,000, the analysis unveiled a staggering fact: 95% of suppliers contributed to less than 5% of their total spend!

The solution? We recommended the implementation of a Purchasing Card (P-Card) program.

Discover why this strategic move was the perfect fit for optimizing our client's tail spend.

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Smart Procurement is Key for M&A Success!
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Smart Procurement is Key for M&A Success!

Procurement plays a crucial role for M&A success! With nearly half falling short of expectations, smart procurement is key.

Our Recommendation — Begin with a Spend Analysis

A well-executed spend analysis allows you to dive deep into the combined spending patterns of the merging companies and uncover cost-cutting opportunities, including:

  • Contract Optimization

  • Leveraging Spend Power

  • Rationalizing Suppliers

  • Sourcing Opportunities

  • Process Standardization

Let's elevate your M&A strategy together!

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Procurement Policy Expertise
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Procurement Policy Expertise

Improve your governance with a well-defined Procurement Policy!

Our team is ready to assist you with:

  • Procurement Policy development

  • Identifying gaps or risks within an existing policy

  • Increasing compliance to your policies and ensuring alignment with your company’s objectives

  • Utilizing a policy to support cost savings and efficiency targets

  • Integration of new policies into your existing operations

  • Continuous monitoring and refinement of your policy

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Procurement Transformation
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Procurement Transformation

Ready to shift your procurement function from transactional to strategic?

We've got the roadmap for a seamless transformation!

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