Getting The Right Balance Scott Gillespie Gillespie’s Guide to Travel+Procurement Getting The Right Balance
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Supplier Negotiations Demand Management Climate Impact Why We Need Travel Data Projecting Spend Trends Policy Compliance Savings Achieved Supplier Negotiations Demand Management Climate Impact Traveler Security Controlling Reporting Source: Gillespie’s Guide to Travel+Procurement
TMCs Are The Most Valuable Sources Credit Card and 3rd Party Data Are Necessary Source: Gillespie’s Guide to Travel+Procurement
Few Companies Have Reached the Top Step Options and Targets High Value Root Causes and Context Low Value Lists, Statistics and Trends Normalized Data Consolidated Data Source: Gillespie’s Guide to Travel+Procurement
Root Causes Provide Useful Answers Air Spend is down 25% Why? Ticket volume is -8% Avg. ticket price is -17% These are NOT Root Causes
Why are Average Ticket Prices Down 17%? Controllable Non-Controllable Source: Gillespie’s Guide to Travel+Procurement
Management Wants Options and Targets $1MM for 11+ hours $600K for 8+ hours $300K Non-Compliance Source: Gillespie’s Guide to Travel+Procurement
Baking vs. Data Reporting What to bake? Shopping Preparing Mixing Baking Serving What to analyze? Data collection Data scrubbing Reporting Analyzing Presenting Source: Gillespie’s Guide to Travel+Procurement