Select the areas of tail spend you most want to improve and your preferred approach to get a fast, directional shortlist of vendor types and the capabilities worth looking for. Takes about two minutes.
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Building a vendor shortlist doesn’t need to start with a lengthy RFP. This tool turns a couple of quick selections into a starting point, the vendor types and capabilities most relevant to what you’re trying to improve, so you know where to begin. Here are some common questions about how it works.
It is a quick tool that turns a couple of selections, the areas of tail spend you’re focused on improving and your preferred approach, into a directional shortlist of vendor types and the capabilities worth looking for as you start your research.
Select one or more areas you’re trying to improve, such as supplier fragmentation or spend visibility, and choose your preferred approach: software, managed service, outsourcing, hybrid or not sure. The tool then builds a starting shortlist based on those selections.
The Shortlist Builder is designed to be fast, a two-minute first pass using a shorter set of inputs. The Vendor Fit Finder goes deeper, adding filters for region, organization size, technology requirements and implementation priority. Many people start here and refine their results with the Fit Finder afterward.
As many as apply. You are not limited to one, since tail spend challenges often overlap, and the tool reflects all selected areas in your results.
It highlights the type of vendor typically associated with your preferred approach. For specific, named vendors, use our Vendor Almanac, which lets you research and compare providers directly.
It lists the specific capabilities, drawn from the improvement areas you selected, that are worth prioritizing when you evaluate vendors, so you have concrete criteria rather than a generic checklist.
No. TailSpendManagement.com is an independent, editorially neutral resource. This tool suggests vendor types and evaluation criteria, it does not endorse or rank individual vendors.
No. Choose “Not Sure” and the tool will show a broader shortlist spanning software, managed services and outsourcing, which you can narrow down later.
No. The improvement areas and vendor types apply broadly regardless of organization size. If you want size-specific context, the Vendor Fit Finder includes a dedicated filter for that.
No. The tool runs entirely in your browser. Your selections are not saved, submitted, or shared as part of using this tool.
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