Technology to Solve Procurement’s Persistent Tail Spend Problem is Available.

Tail spend frustrates many procurement groups. It’s messy, it’s complex and it’s time-consuming to tackle. Inking big deals and keeping stakeholders happy seem like far better priorities for the typical category manager, since that’s how he can turn executive heads...

May 20, 2018

Spend Analysis Tail Spend

Tail Spend is too good to be true – and that’s a problem!

Simfoni manages tail spend for clients all over the world and across many different industries. But regardless of geography or sector, I have gained 2 important insights that are vastly out of sync with the common theory about tail spend;...

March 4, 2018

Tail Spend

Why Mid-Size Companies Need On-Demand Solutions to Conquer Tail Spend

Procurement has firmly entered the tail spend era, and with necessary tools now available to tackle this persistent purchasing problem, supply organizations are finally consolidating costs, cracking down on unauthorized spend and clawing back lost time to deliver real value to...

February 18, 2018

Spend Analysis Tail Spend

How Important is Catalog Procurement in the Management of Tail Spend?

So far in this series, we have discussed the importance of tail spend and the implications of managing it badly, and what well-managed tail spend looks like. This time around, we will consider whether procurement catalogs have an important role to play...

September 25, 2017

Spend Analysis Tail Spend

What Does Well-Managed Tail Spend Look Like?

In our previous post, we discussed why tail spend is important, as well as the negative impact poorly managed tail spend can have on an organisation. Obviously, a well-controlled procurement “tail” is important and will have a beneficial effect on...

August 18, 2017

Spend Analysis Tail Spend

How to Properly Manage Tail Spend.

We are going to turn our attention to manage tail spend in such a way that “hidden” value is unlocked and costs are reduced using Tail Spend Automation. In the first four articles in this series, we looked at the...

April 22, 2016

News and Events Tail Spend

Why it is Important to Properly Manage Tail Spend – (Part 3)

Just about every person in the business community is familiar with the Pareto Rule, also known as the 80/20 rule, i.e. that approximately 80% of a business’s sales and profits will come from approximately 20% of sales or customers. When...

March 28, 2016

Tail Spend Tail Spend Management

What is Tail Spend Management and Why Does it Matter to a Business?

Tail spend refers to all the unmanaged high-volume and low-value transactions that take place within an organization. Tail Spend Management Solutions by Simfoni actively manages maverick spending by consolidating 80% of suppliers who account for 20% of procurement spend and...

March 3, 2016

News and Events Tail Spend

Why it is Important to Properly Manage Tail Spend. [Part 1]

Why it is Important to Properly Manage Tail Spend. Part 1: Manage Your Tail Spend Better and Save Up to 10% on Purchasing Costs Over the last few years, the importance of managing tail spend has become a regular talking...

February 29, 2016

Spend Analysis Tail Spend

Understanding Tail Spend – What it is, Why you care and What’s to be done

If you’ve been reading the procurement trade publications over the past year, you will have noticed a lot of discussion about the importance of understanding and managing tail spend in large or geographically dispersed organizations. The fact that tail spend...

August 1, 2015

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