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Using Spend Analysis to Smooth the M&A Path: 4 Steps to Consolidate Your Purchasing Power

September 21, 2011 @ 11am EST

Webcast is Sponsored By Iasta

Iasta
 

Featuring Iasta Customer

Ciena
 

Featuring Analyst Firm

Forrester Research

Did you know post-M&A spend analysis efforts typically yield a savings of 7-10 times the project investment? Spend visibility is critical in helping your organization consolidate its purchasing power. Without spend visibility, you could be missing out on significant cost-savings opportunities. You never knows where an organization's true and best opportunities are until the majority of spend data has been analyzed. Embarking on a spend analysis initiative allows your company to rationalize its supply base, implement organizational change, uncover hidden pieces of market intelligence and identify the sourcing categories that present the best opportunities for cost reduction. Register for this Webcast to learn a holistic four-step approach to mastering a spend analysis implementation with best practices in mind.
You will learn how to:

  • Expedite M&A decisions through use of spend analysis
  • Determine the taxonomy system that best fits your organization
  • Tackle complex issues associated with importing data from multiple ERP systems, locations and industries
  • Identify opportunities and relationships through spending patterns and reports
  • Speakers

    Andrew Bartels
    VP and Principal Analyst- Forrester Research
    Seth Balsam
    Director, Global IT Sourcing- Ciena
    Scott McBride
    Director of Enterprise Solutions- Iasta
    Mark Seger
    Manager of Sourcing Operations- Iasta

    Moderator

    Melissa Beuc
    Sr Dir of Product Marketing, Iasta


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    Iasta is a proven leader in enterprise spend management, delivered through software and service solutions that maximize savings
    goals through strategic sourcing, spend analysis, contract management, supplier management, and optimization and award analysis.

      
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