CPO Rising 2011 - The State of Spend Analysis (Ardent Partners Research Report Sponsored by SAP)

In this article, industry analyst Andrew Bartolini discusses the importance of visibility in bringing more spend under management, the types of outcomes one can expect from a strong spend analysis program, and an SAP Business Objects Spend Performance Management customer case study. (Ardent Partners, 2011) - The key idea is that companies that can move high percentages of their spend into a managed scenarios will reap much larger returns.