Procurement Insights
Welcome to our new section of the support site. Procurement Insights is intended to give you some pointers to allow you to use the existing reports in the Observatory, in ways you may not have considered, to gain some specific insights into your own procurement data.
Supplier Churn
Supplier Churn is the term commonly used to refer to the change of suppliers used by an organisation over time. This document will show you how to use the Observatory reports to analyse your data in order to identify which suppliers are new in a given period, or which past suppliers you haven't used.
Supplier ChurnSupplier Record Duplicates
Within any organisational procurement / ERP system, ensuring that the supplier records are not duplicated is a continual challenge. In this document we provide you with some useful tips on how to review these duplicates. You may then wish to apply these to a clean-up of you own system.
Supplier Record DuplicatesKey Procurement Metrics
Within most organisations, measuring and reporting key metrics related to procurement is an important aspect. This document will show you how you can use the existing Observatory reports to find key procurement metrics.
Key Procurement MetricsExporting Line Level Data
You may wish to export the line level data in order to subject it to analysis using whatever tools you prefer.
Exporting Line Level DataDXC Appended Data (UK)
During the processing of procurement data, DXC append valuable information to the supplier records which enhances the analysis capabilities and is useful in other aspects of managing procurement spend. Take a look at the data our team of dedicated researchers append.
DXC Appended Data (UK)If you have any specific insights you would like us to cover, please reach out to us at spendanalytics@dxc.com and we'll see what we can do for you.
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