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Understand Spend

Make Sense of Spending with The Ketera Network

You want to gain clear and detailed visibility into what is spent, on which products, or with which suppliers, so you can identify specific cost reduction and supplier risk management opportunities. To see how Ketera helps companies like yours with these challenges, please select the relevant section:

As a growing mid-sized business, you want to get better visibility into your spend so you can prioritize your sourcing efforts by identifying and focusing on the categories that represent large buckets of spending. You also want to take spending on a category that is currently scattered among multiple suppliers and award that volume of spending to a smaller number of suppliers and gain volume discounts. Finally, you want to rationalize products for select categories and secure better prices. You know that these initiatives will help you grow while enabling you to keep costs under control, but you are struggling with where to begin.

Learn how Ketera's OnDemand Procurement solution uniquely helps mid-sized companies better understand and manage their spend.

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Your procurement information is spread across multiple systems. However you want to better understand your overall spend, so you can prioritize your sourcing efforts by identifying and focusing on the categories that represent large buckets of spending.  You also want to take spending on a category that is currently scattered among multiple suppliers and award that volume of spending to a smaller number of suppliers and gain volume discounts. Perhaps, you want to increase contract compliance by identifying causes and sources of price variance and using that information to put remediation measures in place. You are interested in identifying sources of maverick buying and implementing controls to eliminate it, so employees are buying approved products through approved suppliers. Finally, you are being asked by the senior management to identify the suppliers that introduce risk within the supply chain and manage that risk. You know that clear visibility into spend will provide you with the starting point to meet these requirements, but you have a limited budget or very few IT resources.

Learn more about Ketera Spend Analysis - how it works and how leading mid-sized enterprises are using it to better understand their spend at an affordable price

View our online Spend Analysis demo

 

Your procurement information is spread across many systems across multiple regions and organizational boundaries. However you want to better understand your overall spend so you can prioritize your sourcing efforts by identifying and focusing on the categories that represent large buckets of spending. You also want to take spending on a category that is currently scattered among multiple suppliers and award that volume of spending to a smaller number of suppliers and gain volume discounts. Perhaps, you want to increase contract compliance by identifying causes and sources of price variance and using that information to put remediation measures in place. You are interested in identifying sources of maverick buying and implementing controls to eliminate it, so employees are buying approved products through approved suppliers. Finally, you are being asked by the senior management to identify the suppliers that introduce risk within the supply chain and manage that risk. You know that clear visibility into spend will provide you with the starting point to meet these requirements.

Learn more about Ketera Spend Analysis - how it works and how leading companies are using it to better understand their spend.

View our online Spend Analysis demo

 

 

We selected the Ketera eRFX tool because it is quick to implement, cost effective and drives efficiencies into the sourcing process.  Its portal design streamlines the communication, document traffic and analysis associated with conducting our RFPs.  The entire Ketera package has allowed us to run more events with fewer resources, leading to increased procurement efficiencies. Michael Feeney Vice President, Corporate Procurement for U.S. Bank prev next

We recognized an opportunity to enhance our purchasing process with state–of–the–art technology – without the up–front investment and ongoing resource commitment associated with the implementation of enterprise software. Mitch Plaat VP Contract Services for Con-way prev next

Ketera′s on demand solution is ahead of the competition – we will be able to implement the solution in weeks and we never have to worry about taking the system down to install upgrades or make changes. Steve Kenny Vice President Risk Management and General Services for Columbia Credit Union prev next

From the beginning, Ketera explained everything to us, both from the technical and sales side. They′ve accommodated our needs and have been very helpful and responsive. Michael Kapeles Senior Supply Manager for Cabot Microelectronics prev next

Not only does Ketera provide innovative solutions for spend management, they also offer high quality professional services that let you get the most from their solutions. Working with Ketera is like a breath of fresh air. Nick Walker Procurement Manager for BTP prev next

Ketera's new solution is really an amazing innovation that will revolutionize the purchasing industry. Dian Trosclair VP of Supply Chain Management for ServiceMaster prev next

Using Ketera, we've lowered our costs and improved our compliance with negotiated corporate contracts. By buying on contract, we typically see a ten percent reduction in cost. Jim Cebula Director of Global Purchasing for Kennametal prev next