MRO stocking strategies in oil & gas are how energy companies ensure they have the right parts, at the right time, without overspending on excess inventory. Oil & gas operations depend on uninterrupted uptime, but bloated MRO inventories and siloed…
What Are Duplicate MRO Materials? Duplicate MRO materials occur when the same physical part is recorded multiple times across ERP or plant systems under different SKUs or descriptions. This inflates inventory, drives unnecessary procurement, and hides stock availability. Takeaway: Eliminating…
In MRO, tail spend grows fast because purchases are decentralized and urgent. Over time, that creates a long list of suppliers, inconsistent pricing, and duplicate buying. This article explains tail spend in MRO, the signals to look for, and the…
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…
Most MRO inefficiency is buried in transaction noise. A strong tail spend analysis turns thousands of purchases into a clear picture of where money is leaking – supplier sprawl, duplicate parts, and price variance. This article shows how to run…
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…
Tail spend is not just a rounding error. In many manufacturing organizations, it is a high volume of low value purchases that create real waste through supplier fragmentation and inconsistent pricing. Here’s what tail spend is, why it grows 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,…
