To understand how some of the most successful strategic sourcing programs gain credibility within their organizations with automated spend analysis, we spoke to practitioners, consultants, software vendors, and end users to provide a cross-industry perspective on best practices, pitfalls to avoid, and next practices for success. This teleconference includes an overview of the best practices we identified with the highest return, like the importance of managing the initiative like a real project — not just an ad hoc reporting exercise; planning for multiple iterations of refinement; implementing an airtight change control program; and ensuring adoption with continuous improvement.
Agenda:
- When it comes to automated spend analysis, challenges are all too common.
- Implementing automated spend analysis: best demonstrated practices
- Best practice No. 1: Treat it like a real project, not an ad hoc reporting exercise.
- Best practice No. 2: Emphasize refinement, obsess over change control.
- Best practice No. 3: Ensure adoption with continuous improvement.
- Forrester's automated spend analysis project next practices
- Identifying your challenges — Forrester's self-assessment tool
- Recommendations: How to use spend analysis to drive better contract negotiations
- Q&A
Vendors mentioned: Ariba, BravoSolution, Emptoris, Endeca Technologies, Enporion, Global eProcure, Quadrem International, SAP, and Zycus
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