Discover how to rationalise your supplier portfolio with our dedicated white paper
While long tail spend accounts for a mere 5% of a company’s procurement, it single-handedly accounts for almost 70% of its hidden costs. This imbalance is due to numerous factors and is often linked to an oversized supplier portfolio, which has a discrete yet certain impact on administrative costs. And with good reason: long tail spend represents on average 75% of a procurement department’s supplier portfolio.
A supplier portfolio rationalisation strategy is needed to optimise this procurement category and make savings, all while strengthening customer-supplier relationships.
Our experts explain the following in our white paper on supplier rationalisation:
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How rationalising your supplier portfolio helps optimise long tail spend management
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Analysis to carry out on your own supplier portfolio
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What are the advantages of supplier rationalisation and the financial gains from strengthening partner relationships?
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How a business made annual savings of over €50,000 (approx. £42,750) by rationalising its supplier base