Reading maverick spend in Vietnamese purchase ledgers
How off-catalogue purchases hide inside familiar account codes, and what a first pass of invoice lines usually reveals.
Field notes
Notes from ledgers, scorecards, and contract folders
Short pieces rooted in the work we do — how to prepare extracts, keep scorecards fair, and read commercial terms side by side.
Building a fair supplier scorecard without drowning in metrics
Four measures that usually survive a first steering-committee debate, and why equal weights can mislead.
What a contract comparison matrix actually shows
Payment terms, indexation, and exit notice look dull on paper until you place five similar agreements side by side.
Preparing extracts for a spend review
The fields that save a week of back-and-forth when your analyst first opens the file.