• Low reliability of spend reports due to inaccurate and inconsistent spend classification
• Low spend visibility for cost reduction opportunity identification
• Unable to use and automate the entire UNSPSC taxonomy thus the level of spend visibility was poor

Business Benefits:

• Automated & repeatable spend data management infrastructure integrated with Global Data warehouse
• Accurate & reliable spend reports
• Automatic classification reduced the time needed for manual classification
• Commodity Managers can focus on sourcing aspects rather than data cleansing