The Spend No One Owns – But Everyone Pays For It’s not on your strategic supplier list.It’s not in your quarterly sourcing dashboard.And it’s not showing up in savings reports. But it’s bleeding your P&L. Random one-off purchases. Unapproved vendors.…
Small Purchases. Big Problems. The Tail Is Costing You More Than You Think. Tail spend in MRO isn’t usually top of mind.It’s decentralized, low value, and outside of contract strategy. But here’s what we see again and again:Procurement teams focus…
The Invisible Drain on MRO Budgets Tail spend in MRO often hides in plain sight-unnoticed until budgets balloon. Unstructured purchases, inconsistent records, and duplicate suppliers create a fragmented view that standard ERPs and spend analysis tools simply can’t resolve. These…
The Right Tool Can Save Millions – The Wrong One Can Hide Risk Not all MRO tail spend solutions are built the same. Most spend tools are built for direct materials or finished goods-not the messy, low-volume complexity of MRO.…
The MRO Spend That Slips Through the Cracks Tail spend isn’t rogue behavior.It’s unowned, unmanaged spend that flies under the radar of traditional procurement controls. In MRO, tail spend hides in emergency orders, small one-off purchases, and vendor lists no…
The Risk Hiding in Your Smallest Suppliers Most procurement teams track their top suppliers closely-but ignore the long tail. In MRO, this tail includes hundreds of small vendors that together form more than 50% of your supplier base. These vendors…
As seen in Forbes. While industry analysts, reporters, and technologists continue to debate the value of AI, I decided to conduct a five-year retrospective, a healthy look back to identify where AI has genuinely made a difference in supply chain…
As seen in Forbes. As enterprises shift from AI experimentation to scaled implementation, one principle will separate hype from impact: explainability. This evolution requires implementing ‘responsible AI’ frameworks that effectively manage deployment while minimizing associated risks. The responsible AI approach,…
Stocked Out… Again? It Wasn’t a Supply Problem. It Was a Planning Problem. You had the part last quarter.You ordered it twice last year.Now maintenance needs it – and it’s not there. The cost? Thousands per hour.The cause? Planning rules…
Upwards of 28% of Your MRO Inventory May Never Be Used. Here’s What That’s Costing You. It happens slowly. One plant buys extra “just in case.”Another duplicates the order because it wasn’t visible.Someone else doesn’t trust the ERP, so they…
