Spend Analytics
Collecting, cleaning, and optimizing the spend data: Identifying bundling opportunities – reduce procurement costs and realize higher savings
Aranca’s spend analysis solutions leverage comprehensive data analytics to examine enterprise-wide expenditure, identifying opportunities to maximize value within specific categories and support strategic procurement decisions.
By thoroughly analyzing spend data, Aranca helps organizations understand the root causes of expenditure, enabling them to identify cost-saving opportunities and implement category-specific cost reduction strategies.
Our Coverage
Aranca frequently assists procurement leaders facing challenges in monitoring top spend, gaining visibility into tail spend, and identifying cost-saving opportunities.
With our expertise in spend analysis, we help businesses streamline their procurement processes, uncover inefficiencies, and improve financial performance across various categories.
Top Spend and Tail Spend Analysis
We evaluate both high-value and low-value spend to uncover hidden inefficiencies and untapped opportunities. This ensures that businesses can focus on reducing tail spend while optimizing top-tier procurement strategies.
Spend Trend Analysis
We identify and analyze spend patterns over time, providing insights on seasonal fluctuations, strategic procurement changes, and future needs. This enables businesses to anticipate trends and accordingly optimize procurement strategies.
Spend Forecasting and Planning
We help organizations forecast future procurement needs based on historical data and market trends. This enables better planning, budgeting, and resource allocation, ensuring that businesses can efficiently meet future demand.
Aranca Advantage
We have successfully executed 200+ spend analytics projects, helping businesses optimize procurement processes, reduce costs, and improve supplier performance across 50+ countries.
Visibility on Spend Data: 100%
Aranca offers complete visibility into spend data, ensuring organizations gain actionable insights into procurement activities. This transparency supports informed decision-making and effective management of both top and tail spend.
Building Opportunities for Cost Savings: >40%
Through detailed spend analysis, Aranca identifies over 40% potential cost savings by uncovering inefficiencies, renegotiating supplier contracts, and optimizing procurement strategies, ultimately driving significant reductions in overall expenditure.
Supply Chain Improvement: >60%
Aranca aims to help businesses achieve over 60% improvement in supplier performance through comprehensive evaluations, benchmarking, and data-driven insights. This empowers businesses to strengthen supplier relationships and negotiate better terms, ensuring sustained cost efficiency and value.
Case Studies
Aranca received procurement data from a global manufacturing client spanning the past 15 years. The team conducted an in-depth spend analysis to address the client’s rising procurement costs and the need for improved spend visibility. We meticulously analyzed this historical data, categorized spend, and identified inefficiencies across the client’s supply chain.
Aranca conducted a detailed spend analysis for a multinational corporation using 10 years of its procurement data to better manage tail spend and streamline procurement operations. Through this analysis, we identified non-strategic suppliers and purchasing inefficiencies.
Aranca received procurement data from a leading Asian multinational for the past 20 years. We conducted a comprehensive spend and risk analysis to enhance supply chain efficiency and mitigate risks. By examining historical spending patterns and identifying risk areas, we pinpointed vulnerabilities within their supplier base, pricing fluctuations, and logistical inefficiencies.
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Client Experiences
Speed, reaction, and responsiveness. The team really put a lot of effort into providing a fast result, which was key for having a successful project. We appreciate that!
- CXO from a leading FMCG companyExcellent Service! Will definitely consider for next project.
- Leading Swedish multinational pharmaceutical companyGreat interaction and good promising results. Very professional team.
- Leading European industrial products manufacturing companyHardwork and commitment. Active and positive response to feedback. We have been playing a lot with the tool and are extremely happy with the results.
- A global consumer-goods MNCDetailed analysis, deep due-diligence and as always, fast answers and very responsive to feedback. Always a pleasure working with Procurement Team.
- Sr Manager Strategy and Insights, Global CPG GiantDo you provide spend analytics for large datasets across multiple years?
Yes, we leverage a combination of traditional methods to analyze vast amounts of data, such as 10-15 years of historical data or millions of items. Our solutions efficiently process and extract actionable insights, enabling businesses to uncover cost-saving opportunities from complex datasets.
Do you provide industry benchmarks for spend categories?
Yes, we provide comprehensive spend analytics, including industry benchmarks for various spend categories through category and peer intelligence studies. We link these benchmarks to relevant external data, enabling businesses to assess and compare their performance with industry standards.
Do you offer analysis / bundling opportunities for cost savings?
Yes, based on our analysis we identify bundling opportunities across geographies or categories. Our recommendations focus on optimizing supplier consolidation to achieve cost efficiencies. Additionally, we support identifying new suppliers to enhance negotiation leverage.
Do you cover both direct and indirect categories?
Yes, we provide in-depth analysis for both direct and indirect procurement categories. Our solutions encompass a wide range of spend areas, from raw materials and production inputs (direct) to services, overheads, and operational expenses (indirect).
How do you ensure data quality and consistency in your operations?
We have a dedicated team responsible for data sanitization, ensuring high-quality and uniform data across all levels. The team manages all ownership contracts and pulls data directly from these sources, maintaining consistency and accuracy throughout.
Can you analyze the spend data in local language?
Yes, we have the capability to thoroughly analyze spend data in local languages, ensuring accurate interpretation.
Do you recommend high-priority areas and suggest alternative suppliers?
We proactively identify high-priority areas and address supplier gaps by recommending alternative suppliers. This approach enhances resilience, especially for critical spend categories.
What is your client-engagement process during project execution?
Clients will have a dedicated Aranca Manager to ensure seamless project execution. We provide a detailed plan, interim updates, and draft reports for feedback before delivering the finalized solution.
We would like to understand your spend analytics and procurement capabilities in more detail.
Absolutely. Simply schedule a complementary consultation by completing the inquiry form and suggesting a time for an online meeting. During the session, we will provide a detailed presentation, share relevant case studies, and address any additional questions you may have regarding our spend analytics and procurement capabilities.
What are the steps to get a proposal for a spend analytics study?
Email us at inquiry@aranca.com with your requirements and a suggested time for a scoping call. After the discussion, we will provide a customized proposal, which can be altered according to feedback. Once approved, we will start working on the project.
Recent Insights







Client Experiences
Speed, reaction, and responsiveness. The team really put a lot of effort into providing a fast result, which was key for having a successful project. We appreciate that!
- CXO from a leading FMCG companyExcellent Service! Will definitely consider for next project.
- Leading Swedish multinational pharmaceutical companyGreat interaction and good promising results. Very professional team.
- Leading European industrial products manufacturing companyHardwork and commitment. Active and positive response to feedback. We have been playing a lot with the tool and are extremely happy with the results.
- A global consumer-goods MNCDetailed analysis, deep due-diligence and as always, fast answers and very responsive to feedback. Always a pleasure working with Procurement Team.
- Sr Manager Strategy and Insights, Global CPG GiantDecide Fearlessly
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