How a global enterprise with $1B+ in third-party spend built a system to understand and manage it

Anonymized. No client name. Numbers scaled for confidentiality.

Third-party spend

$1B+

annual (anonymized scale)

Invoice lines classified

65K+

full dataset

Vendors normalized

3,100+

single spine

Initiative pipeline

$29.5M

6 named programs

Situation → outcome

What the data showed

73%

Shadow IT (IT spend)

Outside CIO visibility

<50%

PO compliance

Enterprise governance gap

1The situation

  • Global enterprise, $1B+ in annual third-party spend
  • Limited visibility across business units
  • No systematic vendor intelligence or operating rhythm

2What Maxx delivered

  • Enterprise classification of full AP dataset in weeks
  • 65,000+ invoice lines, 3,100+ vendors normalized
  • Interactive intelligence report + structured command center
  • Monthly operating rhythm established

3Initiative pipeline

Six named initiatives, $29.5M pipeline target — rate reduction, RFP, consolidation, governance — each with business cases and transition costs.

Illustrative split — not client-specific mix

4Ongoing value

  • Monthly report: initiative status + 8-KPI scorecard
  • MaxxBot on the same classified dataset
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