by Mary Ruth Williamson, CEO | Apr 16, 2026 | Spend Analysis
Most manufacturers have a reasonable suspicion that savings exist somewhere in their procurement spend. The challenge is knowing where to look. Direct materials purchasing tends to evolve organically. Plants build supplier relationships independently. Sourcing...
by Mary Ruth Williamson, CEO | Apr 7, 2026 | Spend Analysis
For many manufacturing procurement teams, one of the most basic questions is also one of the hardest to answer confidently: where is our money actually going? Direct materials purchasing spans multiple plants, dozens of categories, and often hundreds of suppliers....
by Mary Ruth Williamson, CEO | Mar 31, 2026 | Spend Analysis
Most manufacturers have spend data. Far fewer have spend clarity. Direct materials spend analysis is often treated like a reporting exercise: export the data, sort it, chart it, move on. The problem is that reporting doesn’t surface opportunity by itself. The value of...
