Spend Analysis Without a BI Team: A Procurement Leader’s Practical Guide
Most mid-market procurement functions have an AP system full of spend data and no reliable way to see what it means — by category, by supplier, by business unit. This guide walks through the exact methodology for extracting clean data from your ERP, applying a practical two-level classification taxonomy, building a spend cube in Power BI, and surfacing the 80/20 insights that actually drive sourcing decisions — no BI team required.