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AI and Vendor Spend Consolidation Map: Finding Duplicate Suppliers
AI can cluster vendors that look like duplicates, but procurement decides whether to actually consolidate the contracts.
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- 1The premise
- 2vendor master
- 3procurement
- 4spend analysis
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Section 1
The premise
AI can fuzzy-match a vendor list and surface likely duplicates and consolidation candidates by spend category.
What AI does well here
- Cluster name variants ('IBM Corp' vs 'I.B.M.') across the AP file
- Group spend by category to surface where leverage exists
What AI cannot do
- Verify two entities are actually the same legal vendor
- Make the call to terminate one of two contracts
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