About a year ago, Bob Matthews of Paladin Associates penned a great post over on e-Sourcing Forum.

It's the Fourth Quarter ... Do You Know Where Your Cash Went?.

It's a good question ... and one that is as poignant as ever. Do you?

If you don't, now would be a really good time to find out. There are a number of sourcing service providers with expertise in spend analysis that can quickly get you on the right track and, if you don't already have one, help you get a spend analysis solution that will allow you to answer this question whenever you need to ask it.

Here are just a few of the service providers you can call (who are on the list because I've talked to them recently and/or verified recent wins for their customers):

Claro Group
iq West
Lexington Analytics
Mitchell Madison Group
MPower Group
Opera
Paladin Associates
Power Advocate
Source One
Treya Partners