The Invisible Drain on MRO Budgets Tail spend in MRO often hides in plain sight, making tail spend management a challenge even for mature procurement teams – and often going unnoticed until budgets balloon. Unstructured purchases, inconsistent records, and duplicate…
The Right Tool Can Save Millions – The Wrong One Can Hide Risk Not all MRO tail spend management solutions are built the same. Most spend tools are built for direct materials or finished goods-not the messy, low-volume complexity of…
The MRO Spend That Slips Through the Cracks Tail spend isn’t rogue behavior, but without tail spend management processes it quickly spirals into uncontrolled contract non-compliance. It’s unowned, unmanaged spend that flies under the radar of traditional procurement controls. In…
Tail Spend Risk: What Small Suppliers Are Costing You 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…
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…
More Data. Still the Wrong Part at the Wrong Time? You’ve upgraded systems. You’ve invested in BI dashboards. Your ERP says inventory is fine. And yet…The critical part is out of stock.A technician waits 3 days.Production halts. So what went…
All Tools Promise Optimization. Only about 3 Deliver. Here’s How to Spot the Difference. You’ve seen the claims: “Reduce stockouts!”“Automate planning!”“Unlock working capital!” Every inventory optimization software vendor says they’ll cut costs and improve performance – but when the dashboards…
