Comprehensive Guide to Procurement Spend Analytics - eBook

Description
A GUIDE TO PROCUREMENT SPEND ANALYTICS
1. Introduction
2. What is Spend Analysis?
3. Sources of Spend Analysis Data
4. Direct vs. Indirect Procurement Spend
5. Spend Analysis KPIs and metrics
6. Spend Analysis vs Spend Visibility
7. Spend Analysis Benefits
8. How to do Spend Analysis
9. Spend Cube
10. OLAP
11. Types of Spend Analysis
12. Spend Analysis Tools
13. Spend Analysis Software
14. Spend Analysis Reports
15. Deep Dive: Procurement Big Data
16. Deep Dive: Machine Learning Spend Classification
17. Best Practices in Spend Analysis
18. Why Spend Analysis Projects

The process of spend analysis involves pulling together purchase history data to
answer and assess the who, what, when, where, why, and how of an organization’s expenditures

What are we buying?
Who are we buying it from?
Who is buying it?
How often do we buy?
When did we buy it?
How much did we pay?
Are we getting what we had been promised?
Where were the items delivered to? (geographical location)
How does the data compare from previous years?

Sources of Spend Analysis Data
Direct vs. Indirect Procurement Spend
Spend Categories in Procurement
Spend Analysis KPIs and metrics
Spend Analysis vs Spend Visibility
Spend Analysis Benefits
Spend Cube
OLAP - Online Analytical Processing
Types of Spend Analysis
Spend Analysis Tools
Pros and Cons of using Excel in Spend Analysis
Spend Analysis with BI Tools
Spend Analysis Software
Spend Analysis Reports
Deep Dive: Procurement Big Data
Deep Dive: Machine Learning Spend Classification
Best Practices in Spend Analysis
Why Spend Analysis Projects Fail