Spend Visibility : The secret to achieving maximum value from ePurchasing

Thousands of businesses around the world use eProcurement and eSourcing products to improve their purchasing processes and save more on purchases of goods and services. However, their sourcing activities and resulting savings tend to focus on the big, obvious categories of spending. Automated spend analysis products can provide visibility into all categories of spending, allowing companies to identify savings opportunities they did not know existed. These products also help to improve compliance with corporate purchasing policies and external regulations.

This Purchasing magazine WEBCAST will build a business case for investing in spend visibility and for success factors in implementing these tools. You will learn:

1. How to assess the total value- obvious and not-so-obvious—that can be achieved by automating spend analysis
2. Key selection criteria for automated spend analysis solutions
3. How to plan and prepare for an automated spend analysis implementation
4. How Amgen – a pioneer in biotechnology- executed its successful transition from manual to automated spend analysis - results achieved and lessons learned.