Sourcing Innovation: Category Archive for Spend Analysis

Good Data Will Not Guarantee Good Decisions

Posted by the doctor at 4/10/2012 6:00 AM | Add Comment

Storytelling in Data

Posted by the doctor at 3/2/2012 6:00 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Spend Visibility: An Implementation Guide - The Definitive Book on Next Level Performance

Posted by the doctor at 2/22/2012 6:00 AM | Add Comment

Managing Indirect Spend: An In-Depth Review, Part III

Posted by the doctor at 2/3/2012 6:00 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Managing Indirect Spend: An In-Depth Review, Part I.1

Posted by the doctor at 1/17/2012 6:00 AM | Add Comment

Peter Smith Nails Why the doctor Does Not Do Predictions

Posted by the doctor at 1/12/2012 6:00 AM | Add Comment

Spend Rappin' (4th RePost)

Posted by the doctor at 12/26/2011 6:06 AM | Add Comment

Why You Should Download The New Spend Visibility Implementation Guide Today!

Posted by the doctor at 12/16/2011 6:00 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Do You Know How Much Your Trash Costs You?

Posted by the doctor at 12/9/2011 6:00 AM | Add Comment

New White-Paper! Spend Visibility: An Implementation Guide

Posted by the doctor at 12/7/2011 6:00 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Caught Now In A Bind

Posted by the doctor at 12/3/2011 5:55 AM | Add Comment

Recovery Audits - Are They Worth It?

Posted by the doctor at 10/6/2011 6:00 AM | Add Comment

How To Increase Spend Compliance

Posted by the doctor at 9/20/2011 6:06 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Six Secrets of Successful Freight Tenders

Posted by the doctor at 9/15/2011 6:00 AM | Add Comment

Innovation in Sourcing

Posted by the doctor at 9/7/2011 6:00 AM | Add Comment

Better Data On Its Own Will Not Ensure Success

Posted by the doctor at 9/2/2011 12:21 PM | Add Comment

Organizational Data is Organizational Data -- NOT Department Data

Posted by the doctor at 8/9/2011 12:21 PM | Add Comment

What to Look For in a Spend Analysis System

Posted by the doctor at 7/13/2011 1:59 PM | Add Comment

Trade Extensions: No Rest for the Wicked-ly Powerful - Part II

Posted by the doctor at 6/29/2011 6:00 AM | Add Comment

Quick Hit Cost Savings Projects

Posted by the doctor at 6/5/2011 6:00 AM | Add Comment

It's Easy To Move Beyond Spreadsheets and Improve Operational Decisions

Posted by the doctor at 4/14/2011 12:00 PM | Add Comment

Demand for Procurement Systems is Up In General

Posted by the doctor at 3/14/2011 7:00 AM | Add Comment

When Will Analysis Be Ubiquitous?

Posted by the doctor at 3/4/2011 1:00 PM | Add Comment

BravoSolution: Making Spend Analysis More Useful to the Average Supply Management Professional, Part II

Posted by the doctor at 2/17/2011 7:00 AM

BravoSolution: Making Spend Analysis More Useful to the Average Supply Management Professional, Part I

Posted by the doctor at 2/16/2011 7:01 AM

A Great Case Study on Spend Analytics in Healthcare

Posted by the doctor at 2/11/2011 1:00 PM

Don't Forget The Most Important Principle of Performance Measurement

Posted by the doctor at 2/4/2011 1:00 PM | View Comments (1)

Next Generation Sourcing

Posted by the doctor at 1/26/2011 7:00 AM

Information ... Information ... Information

Posted by the doctor at 1/25/2011 7:00 AM

VFS Enablers: Competitive Enablers in a New Wrapper

Posted by the doctor at 1/7/2011 7:00 AM

Should You Really Care About the Finance Classification Hierarchy?

Posted by the doctor at 12/30/2010 7:00 AM | View Comments (2)

Spend Rappin' (3rd Repost)

Posted by the doctor at 12/26/2010 7:00 AM

Analytics is for Industrial Manufacturers Too

Posted by the doctor at 12/7/2010 1:12 PM

You Cannot Overlook SSDO And Optimize Your Supply Chain

Posted by the doctor at 11/30/2010 1:00 PM

Analytics VI: Conclusion

Posted by the doctor at 11/15/2010 7:00 AM | View Comments (1)

Analytics V: Spend "Analysis"

Posted by the doctor at 11/8/2010 7:00 AM

The Time for One Vision is ... Not Any Time Soon

Posted by the doctor at 11/3/2010 7:00 AM

Analytics IV: OLAP: The Imperfect Answer

Posted by the doctor at 11/1/2010 7:00 AM

Spend Analysis Is Not Strategic. It Isn't Always Strategic! Part II

Posted by the doctor at 10/28/2010 1:01 PM

Analytics III: The Data Expert and His Warehouse

Posted by the doctor at 10/25/2010 7:00 AM

Analytics II: What is Analysis?

Posted by the doctor at 10/18/2010 7:01 AM

Analytics I: Optimization Comes of Age

Posted by the doctor at 10/11/2010 7:00 AM

An Analyst Finally Gets BI Right!

Posted by the doctor at 10/6/2010 1:01 PM

Auto-Classification is NOT the Answer, Part II

Posted by the doctor at 10/6/2010 7:00 AM

Auto-Classification is NOT the Answer, Part I

Posted by the doctor at 10/4/2010 7:00 AM

Clean Data Is Good ...

Posted by the doctor at 9/29/2010 7:00 AM

A Hitchhiker's Guide to e-Procurement: Analysis, Part II

Posted by the doctor at 8/18/2010 7:00 AM

A Hitchhiker's Guide to e-Procurement: Analysis, Part I

Posted by the doctor at 8/16/2010 7:00 AM

A.T. Kearney Confirms Huge Savings Potential in Indirect

Posted by the doctor at 8/9/2010 1:01 PM

Hackett, Hast Thou Forsaken Us?

Posted by the doctor at 8/3/2010 7:00 AM

Strategy and Innovation Start with Real Analysis

Posted by the doctor at 7/30/2010 1:01 PM

The Vendor in Black Comes Back

Posted by the doctor at 7/15/2010 1:01 PM | View Comments (1)

Want Savings? Stop Ignoring Indirect Spend!

Posted by the doctor at 7/15/2010 7:00 AM

Good Supplier Performance Management Starts With Performance Analysis

Posted by the doctor at 7/12/2010 1:01 PM

When You've Got to Cut Costs

Posted by the doctor at 7/4/2010 7:00 AM

Finance Needs Spend Analysis and e-Procurement, Part II

Posted by the doctor at 6/29/2010 7:00 AM

Finance Needs Spend Analysis and e-Procurement

Posted by the doctor at 6/22/2010 7:00 AM | View Comments (1)

There's No Need for CFOs to have Poor Visibility of Key Financial Information

Posted by the doctor at 6/11/2010 7:00 AM | View Comments (1)

Marketing is a Huge Savings Opportunity

Posted by the doctor at 5/7/2010 1:01 PM | Add Comment

Strategic Spend Visibility: Untapped Potential for Cost Reduction

Posted by the doctor at 4/26/2010 5:01 PM

Efficient Sourcing In Marketing, Part II

Posted by the doctor at 3/26/2010 7:00 AM

Efficient Sourcing In Marketing, Part I

Posted by the doctor at 3/24/2010 7:00 AM

Purchasing 0.3

Posted by the doctor at 2/22/2010 7:00 AM | View Comments (4)

Purchasing Gets it Wrong Again: Spend Analysis IS Cheap.

Posted by the doctor at 2/18/2010 1:01 PM | View Comments (7)

Bravo: Analysis and Supplier Performance Management for Contract Compliance

Posted by the doctor at 2/16/2010 7:00 AM

Spend Analysis V: User-Defined Measures, Part 2

Posted by the doctor at 2/1/2010 7:00 AM

Spend Analysis IV: User-Defined Measures, Part 1

Posted by the doctor at 1/29/2010 7:00 AM

Rosslyn Analytics - Building an Analytics Visibility Platform The Massess Will Rally Around

Posted by the doctor at 1/28/2010 7:00 AM

There's More to Cost than Cost Analysis

Posted by the doctor at 1/27/2010 1:01 PM

Spend Analysis III: Crosstabs Aren't "Analysis"

Posted by the doctor at 1/27/2010 7:00 AM

Rosslyn Analytics - Taking Analytics-Based Insights to the Masses

Posted by the doctor at 1/26/2010 7:00 AM

Spend Analysis II: Why Data Analysis Is Avoided

Posted by the doctor at 1/25/2010 7:00 AM

Spend Analysis I: "It's The Analysis, Stupid."

Posted by the doctor at 1/22/2010 7:00 AM | View Comments (2)

What Impact Will the BI Megatrends from 2009 Have on Next Generation Spend Analysis?

Posted by the doctor at 1/20/2010 7:00 AM

Will the Tigers Truly Latch On To Analysis and Optimization?

Posted by the doctor at 1/14/2010 1:01 PM | View Comments (1)

Business Intelligence is More than Data Mapping and Cleansing!

Posted by the doctor at 1/6/2010 1:01 PM | View Comments (2)

Use Your Data Analysis System to Analyze Your Green Data and Save Money

Posted by the doctor at 12/30/2009 1:01 PM | View Comments (1)

Spend Rappin' (2nd Repost)

Posted by the doctor at 12/26/2009 7:00 AM

The Role of Optimization in Strategic Sourcing - Optimization Results, Spend Applicability and Business Cases

Posted by the doctor at 12/11/2009 7:00 AM

Want That New Analytics System? Join Forces With The CIO!

Posted by the doctor at 12/2/2009 1:01 PM

Have You Figured Out Where Your Cash Went Yet?

Posted by the doctor at 11/12/2009 5:00 PM

7 Sourcing Secrets More Than 2 People Should Know

Posted by the doctor at 10/26/2009 7:00 AM | View Comments (1)

If You Truly Want Intelligent Decisions, Get a Real Data Analysis Tool

Posted by the doctor at 9/24/2009 1:01 PM | View Comments (1)

Service Leaders Speak: Bernard Gunther of Lexington Analytics on "Reducing Bypass Spend"

Posted by the doctor at 9/24/2009 7:00 AM | View Comments (1)

Simulation and Modeling Can Help You Go Lean AND Save

Posted by the doctor at 8/18/2009 1:01 PM

The Benefits of Business Intelligence ... With or Without SaaS

Posted by the doctor at 8/14/2009 1:01 PM

Today's Spend Management Priorities ARE Today's Spend Management Priorities

Posted by the doctor at 8/2/2009 7:01 AM | View Comments (2)

Praise for Purchasing's Paltry Precise of Payment Partitioning? Puh-leaze!

Posted by the doctor at 7/23/2009 7:01 AM | View Comments (1)

Innovative Analytics & Training is Unleashing Strategic Sourcing 2.0 ...

Posted by the doctor at 7/21/2009 7:01 AM

Getting Ready for the Recovery ... Whenever It May Be

Posted by the doctor at 7/9/2009 7:00 AM

Optimizing Your Procurement Technology Investments

Posted by the doctor at 3/25/2009 1:01 PM

Cross Blog Challenge: (Supply Chain) Anti-Trends for 2009

Posted by the doctor at 2/17/2009 8:00 AM

Working with Your Users III: (Spend Analysis) Reports keep changing -- and that’s a good thing.

Posted by the doctor at 2/2/2009 8:00 AM

Working with Your Users II: Creating Commodity Structures (in Your Spend Analysis System)

Posted by the doctor at 1/19/2009 8:00 AM

Working with Your Users is Key (to Spend Management Success)

Posted by the doctor at 1/5/2009 8:00 AM

Spend Rappin' (Repost)

Posted by the doctor at 12/26/2008 8:00 AM

On the Eighth Day of X-Mas ... (Supply Chain Trends in 2009)

Posted by the doctor at 12/20/2008 8:00 AM

On the Seventh Day of X-Mas ... (Strategic Sourcing Success Strategies)

Posted by the doctor at 12/19/2008 8:00 AM

Buying Spend Analysis Systems: Test Drive Case Study

Posted by the doctor at 12/8/2008 8:00 AM

Buying Spend Analysis Systems: Taking a Test Drive

Posted by the doctor at 11/17/2008 8:00 AM | View Comments (1)
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