What is Spend Visibility?

Why do finance and supply chain leaders need spend visibility? The answer is almost endless, but it comes down to better decision-making. When data, especially dark data, takes on the form of graphs and diagrams, leaders obtain insights rather than simply numbers filled in columns and rows. Suddenly it turns into potential fraudulent vendors, quality-controlled vendors, and an equitable, diverse vendor mix. With this information, leaders can make decisions to increase buying power, reduce reliance on any single supplier, and improve the organization’s patient outcomes.

Definition of Spend Visibility

Comprehensive data analysis of spend data tells the story of expenses at the micro and macro levels. This ‘story’ provides spend visibility, oversight, and understanding of how and where funds are spent across your organization. It is a crucial element of spend management and allows leaders to make quick, informed decisions.
With spend visibility, leaders control their complete spend management processes – from sourcing to buying to payments.

What does the health system purchase?

How much does the health system purchase?

How much does the system pay?

Who is supplying goods and services?

Who is purchasing?

What is being delivered and returned?

Spend Analysis Provides High-Level Visibility to
These Questions and More

Goods & Services

What is being purchased?

Quantities
How much is being purchased?
Pricing & Discounts
How much is being paid?
Business Units & Entities
Who is purchasing?
Suppliers
Who is being purchased from?
Time, Inventory & Returns
What is being delivered and returned?

The Spend Analysis & Visibility model focuses on key components of spend visibility, including:

Why Health System P2P Leaders Partner with TAG for Spend Visibility

Hospitals generate vast amounts of purchasing and payment data—but without unified visibility, critical insights get lost across systems and silos. TAG helps health systems transform fragmented P2P data into actionable intelligence, revealing what’s bought, who buys it, how it’s paid, and where value is lost. With a single, trustworthy source of truth, leaders can act faster, enforce compliance, and strengthen financial performance across sourcing, contracting, and payments.

What Spend Visibility Means

A complete, connected view of system-wide spend—linking contracts, purchase orders, receipts, invoices, and payments—to identify overpayments, missed credits, and savings opportunities in real time.
Faster, cleaner decisions with unified ERP, GPO, and vendor data
Budget control and audit-ready transparency through a single source of truth (SSOT)
Fewer overpayments—catch duplicates, overcharges, and missed credits before they post
Higher rebate and discount recovery with line-level validation and cross-system matching
Improved contract compliance and reduced off-contract or maverick spend
Leverage for supplier consolidation and tier threshold optimization

Benefits at a Glance

How TAG Delivers Spend
Visibility

TAG unifies and categorizes line-level data across ERP, GPO, and vendor systems, connecting spend and contract activity in one dashboard. Our analysts clean, validate, and normalize files to expose hidden discrepancies and automate reconciliation. Leaders monitor spend weekly through interactive dashboards, automated alerts, and monthly governance reviews.

Talk with TAG about building your system-wide spend visibility program.
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