SAP BusinessObjects Spend Performance Management

SAP BusinessObjects Spend Performance Management is an analytical application that helps companies gain a comprehensive view of their spend data. Using the spend performance management application, organizations can gain better visibility into their total spend for supplier rationalization and cost savings. This can help procurement personnel realize measurable cost savings and align sourcing strategies with organizational goals. Business users can analyze consolidated spending across multiple business dimensions and identify potential for strategic supplier relationships and improved performance. The target group for the application is C-level executives (CPOs, CFOs), category managers, sourcing and procurement professionals, and financial analysts. SAP BusinessObjects Spend Performance Management is an end-to-end solution that extracts data from a variety of sources, cleanses and classifies the information, and allows end users to monitor and analyze the results. The application aggregates data from heterogeneous sources into a data model based on SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse (SAP NetWeaver BW). Users can analyze this data through a Web-browser-based client. The application provides a rich reporting and analysis environment that offers both out of the box and ad hoc analysis capabilities for analyzing all spend data. SAP BusinessObjects Spend Performance Management comes with a set of predefined reports that covers the most typical spend analysis scenarios.