Best Practices: Using Spend Analysis to Help Agencies Take a More Strategic Approach to Procurement

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U.S. General Accounting Office

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Overview: "Spend analysis" is a tool that provides knowledge about who are the buyers, who are the suppliers, how much is being spent for what goods and services, and where are the opportunities to leverage buying power. Private sectors companies are using spend analysis as a foundation for employing a strategic approach to procurement. The paper assesses if agencies use spend analysis to obtain knowledge to improve procurement of goods and services and how agencies' practices compare to leading companies best practices.

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Format: PDF | Size: 536KB | Date: Sep 2004 | Pages: 44

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