Lower procurement cost
Find savings and reduce avoidable spend.
Know your suppliers.
Track what you buy.
Identify where value leaks.
From sourcing to payment, connect people, process and data to strengthen suppliers, improve visibility and bring greater control to spend.
The questions procurement leaders ask
Spot the signals that matter across cost, suppliers and compliance.
01Why are purchase prices increasing?
02Are we paying different prices for the same thing?
03Are duplicate vendors hiding in our master data?
04Which vendors drive avoidable spend?
05Which suppliers affect service or cost?
06Where are purchases happening outside contracts?
07Are PO–GR–invoice exceptions indicating leakage?
08Which vendors represent concentration risk?
09Are we getting the right quality at the right price?
10How can we improve supplier performance?
11Where are maverick or non-compliant purchases?
End-to-end source to pay
Connect each step from business need through payment.
⌕Business need
→⇄Source
→♙Vendor
→▤Contract
→▣Purchase order
→▱Goods receipt
→▧Invoice
→▰Payment
01MASTER DATA
Materials & servicesVendor & supplierContractsCategoriesOrganisation & approvals
02TRANSACTIONS
RequisitionsPurchase ordersGoods receiptsInvoicesPayments
03CONNECTED DATA
ERPAribaAP / FinanceOther systemsExternal data
✳SPEND INTELLIGENCESpend · Suppliers · Contracts · Risk · Performance · ValueFrom fragmented records to connected insight
VALUE YOU CAN SEE
From spend visibility to business impact.
Turn procurement data into measurable outcomes across cost, suppliers and compliance.
7 outcomesOne connected view. Clearer decisions.
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Better supplier performance
Track delivery, quality, service and risk.
Higher compliance
See contract coverage and policy exceptions.
Reduced maverick spend
Reveal off-contract buying and process gaps.
Improved working capital
See payment delays and working-capital impact.
Lower supply risk
Identify supplier dependencies and exposure.
Transparent decisions
Create a shared, evidence-led spend view.
Vendor & spend intelligence areas
Practical intelligence across the procurement lifecycle.
Spend Intelligence
Total spend · Savings · Avoidable spend · Category analysis
Explore capability →Vendor Intelligence
Vendor master · Spend concentration · Diversity · Duplicate vendors
Explore capability →Price Intelligence
List vs. actual price · Variance · Benchmarking · Opportunities
Explore capability →Contract Intelligence
Coverage · Compliance · Expiry · Terms and conditions
Explore capability →Procurement Exceptions
PO–GR–invoice mismatch · Blocked invoices · Non-contract spend
Explore capability →Supplier Risk & Performance
Delivery · Quality · Service · Risk · ESG · Continuity
Explore capability →From a pricing question to a measurable action
A simple example of turning a price variance into an informed action.
WORKED QUESTION
“Are we paying different prices for the same thing?”
Compare like-for-like material purchases, then investigate the context behind each variance.
Packaging film · same / similar specification
PlantVendorPrice / unitVolume
Plant AVendor 1100450
Plant BVendor 2108380
Plant CVendor 3117600
Plant DVendor 1103520
Illustrative figures for demonstration only.Investigate
Vendor · Volume · Location · Contract · Freight · Specification
Compare
Normalise units, specifications and purchasing context.
Act
Negotiate, consolidate or source based on verified comparisons.
Measure
Track realised savings and sustain performance.
A structured path from data to decisions
A repeatable path from signal to measurable improvement.
What happened?
See current spend patterns, movements and exceptions.
Where?
Locate the category, supplier, entity or transaction involved.
Why?
Understand the drivers behind the variance or exception.
What can change?
Review supplier, price, contract, specification or process options.
What is the impact?
Estimate savings, risk reduction and performance improvement.
Take action
Prioritise, negotiate, consolidate, re-source or resolve.
Measure value
Track realised savings and sustained performance over time.
Explore related business problems
Related questions across procurement and operations.
CONNECTED BUSINESS INSIGHTQuestions that lead to action.
07Why are purchase prices increasing?→08Where is supplier performance costing us money?→09Which purchase orders are likely to be delayed?→10Why does the production plan keep changing?→11Which assets are likely to fail?→12Why is maintenance cost rising?→13Where is supply-chain working capital trapped?→14Are we getting the right value from our vendors?→
Explore all 52 business problems →Enterprise systems & data
Unify core platforms and supporting data sources.
SAPSAP S/4HANA
ArAriba
ERPERP
APAP / Finance
CMContract Management
WMWMS
EMEAM / PM
↗External Data
TRUSTED SPEND DATAConsistent, governed and connected information
↓BUSINESS CONTEXTMaterial · Vendor · Contract · Category · Organisation · Market data
↓VENDOR & SPEND INTELLIGENCEInsight to action, with measurable value
LET'S SOLVE THE RIGHT PROBLEM
Smarter spend. Stronger suppliers.
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