Bored Analyst

Procurement Analytics

Analytics for procurement and supply chain: spend, suppliers, contracts, and sourcing metrics.

Key metrics

  • Spend — Total spend, by category, supplier, or business unit
  • Savings — Cost reduction vs. baseline or benchmark
  • Supplier performance — On-time delivery, quality, compliance
  • Contract utilization — % of spend under contract vs. maverick
  • Cycle time — Time from requisition to PO to delivery

Spend analysis

  • Spend cube — Category × supplier × time
  • Tail spend — Low-value, high-volume transactions
  • Consolidation opportunities — Duplicate suppliers, fragmented categories
  • Price variance — Actual vs. contract or benchmark

Supplier analytics

  • Supplier concentration — Risk from single or few suppliers
  • Payment terms — DPO, early payment discounts
  • Compliance — Diversity, sustainability, risk scores

Common analyses

  • Spend by category and trend over time
  • Top suppliers and concentration risk
  • Contract compliance and leakage
  • Savings tracking and realization

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