# Tail Spend Management and Cleanup

> See your long tail of small suppliers clearly, surface consolidation opportunities as ranges, and keep newcomers in view. See how SpendCraft works tail spend.

Source: https://www.spendcraft.com/solutions/tail-spend-cleanup/

Use Case · Tail Spend Cleanup

# Bring the long tail into view.

Many suppliers, small amounts, real money.

Tail spend is spread across many suppliers and many small purchases. SpendCraft normalizes who is who, runs a Tail Spend Scan on demand, and keeps the long tail and new suppliers in a Space so consolidation becomes ongoing work, not a one time project.

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What Usually Happens

## Where it goes wrong today.

### The tail looks smaller than it is

One supplier under five names shows up as five small suppliers. The real picture stays hidden until names line up.

### Nobody owns it

Each purchase is too small to manage on its own, so the category as a whole goes unmanaged.

### New suppliers keep arriving

Every month adds new names. A cleanup done once is out of date by the next quarter.

How SpendCraft Works It

## From the data to a decision you own.

Step 1: Normalize and classify

Vendor normalization groups aliases into one supplier. Classification places every line in your own taxonomy.

Step 2: Run a Tail Spend Scan

Run on demand. See the long tail by category, with consolidation opportunities as Min to Max ranges scoped to Processed Spend.

Step 3: Work the categories worth it

Take an opportunity into a Caddie, such as Savings Opportunities or Sourcing Event, and work it to a decision you own.

Step 4: Keep the tail in view

The Tail and new suppliers Space shows the long tail and newcomers worth consolidating. A Spend Scout reports new vendors on each data load.

What You Work With

## The pieces involved.

### [Tail Spend Scan](https://www.spendcraft.com/product/scans-and-scouts/)

Run on demand to see the long tail.

### [Tail and new suppliers Space](https://www.spendcraft.com/product/spaces/)

Long tail and newcomers worth consolidating.

### [Savings Opportunities Caddie](https://www.spendcraft.com/product/caddie/#caddie-savings-opportunities)

Makes scan findings workable.

Questions

## Before you start.

### How are savings shown?

As Min to Max ranges scoped to Processed Spend. They are directional, not guaranteed.

### Do we need a consulting project first?

No. Connect your systems or upload files. Normalization and classification run in SpendCraft, with your team reviewing a representative set.

### How often should we look at the tail?

Scans run on demand, and Scouts evaluate on each data load, so new suppliers show up without anyone rerunning a report.

Related reading: [What is tail spend?](https://www.spendcraft.com/blog/what-is-tail-spend/) [What is supplier consolidation?](https://www.spendcraft.com/blog/what-is-supplier-consolidation/) [What is vendor normalization?](https://www.spendcraft.com/blog/what-is-vendor-normalization/)

## See it on your own data.

A Proof of Value works one category or one moment end to end.

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