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Strategic Sourcing Guide to Flexible Spending Account Management Services Procurement

Overview

Financial market around the world is undergoing rapid transitions that have a massive potential to influence the way companies strategize for Flexible Spending Account Management Services procurement and the cost they have to incur. New locations and vendors are emerging as cost effective suppliers of Flexible Spending Account Management Services, offering an opportunity to widen the supplier base and gain further negotiation leverage with incumbent suppliers.

More and more buyers of Flexible Spending Account Management Services are looking to engage suppliers who adhere to lean principles of business operations in a bid to receive services and resources that are highly optimized and insulates in part from cost overruns.

Lack of skilled in-house manpower continues to be the largest factor for hiring of Flexible Spending Account Management Services.

Flexible Spending Account Management Services Procurement Best Practices

Flexible Spending Account Management Services procurement best practices are moving towards a level of sophistication which is typically seen in traditional procurement categories. Category managers now have an attractive opportunity to adapt the best practices seen within this category as well as those being leveraged in other non-related categories. This report summarizes the best practices picked from across multiple categories that could work well for category managers involved with Flexible Spending Account Management Services procurement strategy.

For example, Category managers must ensure that they have clearly identified and listed down potential negotiation levers to maximize the value of their category spend before entering into contract-related discussions with service providers. Common negotiation levers to maximize value include deadlines, terms related to payments, (including fees, expenses, and payment timelines) and assistance required from the buyer's organization.

Investing in benchmarking studies help category managers improve their knowledge on market pricing or billing rates of suppliers by job role and function. This also allows them to save costs as well as negotiate better with service providers.

Buyers should engage suppliers that can provide services customized for their industry. Though most suppliers offer services across various industries, category managers should ensure that services can be customized and negotiate on pricing based on the level of required customization.

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Risks in Flexible Spending Account Management Services procurement

Flexible Spending Account Management Services procurement managers also need to proactively identify and mitigate potential risks that can arise in the supply chain or contracts for Flexible Spending Account Management Services procurement. Some examples include:

Service providers are subject to E&O claims, due to the failure to correctly offer professional services as agreed in the contract. If such claims made by the client are found to be true, then they can result in financial penalties
Service providers depend on their personnel's expertise and business acumen to achieve high business growth. Competition for acquiring experienced professionals is extremely high in the market. They need to incorporate effective measures to retain talent as well as implement succession planning strategies
Contract-related risks where unfavorable credit terms may severly penalize buyers for delayed payments or entitle the supplier to demand pre-payments or shorten the payment terms are not very common in the category but they do exist in certain situations where buyers' liquidity or financial health is in question

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Who should read this report

The report is intended to serve as a one-stop reference guide for Flexible Spending Account Management Services procurement strategy and offers a perfect blend of category basics with deep-dive category data and insights. Therefore, it is ideal for category beginners looking for “Flexible Spending Account Management Services: Procurement Report 101” as well as for category experts actively tracking the global Flexible Spending Account Management Services procurement market.

You may have just initiated your research to design a winning Flexible Spending Account Management Services procurement strategy, or you may be a category expert looking for strategic insights and updated data.Either ways, the report has your requirements covered.

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Key questions on Flexible Spending Account Management Services procurement answered by this report

Procurement decisions can prove to be costly in the absence of careful deliberation and evaluation of every available option. In fact, more than 90% of the decision makers we work with acknowledge that timely availability of up-to-date category intelligence can help them make better purchasing decisions. More than 80% of them believe that in-house category intelligence needs to be updated periodically to achieve full benefits. If you have read so far, we are quite sure you agree!!

The Flexible Spending Account Management Services procurement report helps take more informed decisions by placing all the critical information and advice at the fingertips of a decision maker. It also specifically answers some of the key questions that we have been routinely asked during our industry outreach initiatives:

What is the spend potential in the Flexible Spending Account Management Services market?
What is the correct price to pay for Flexible Spending Account Management Services? What are the key trends and factors that influence current and future pricing?
Which selection criteria are the most important for Flexible Spending Account Management Services Suppliers Market?
Who are the top Flexible Spending Account Management Services suppliers? What are their cost structures?
Which negotiation levers can reduce Flexible Spending Account Management Services procurement cost ?
What are supplier margins in Flexible Spending Account Management Services market?
What are the best practices for Flexible Spending Account Management Services procurement and what are the potential risks?

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Flexible Spending Account Management Services Category Insights: What is inside

The Flexible Spending Account Management Services market report offers a complete picture of the supply market and analyzes the category from the perspective of both buyers and suppliers. Analysis of the category trends, procurement best practices, negotiation levers and overall category management strategy advisory are interspersed with in-depth data and commentary on spend outlook, pricing ecosystem and supplier landscape drilled down to a region-level coverage.

Data

A key highlight of this report is the in-depth outlook created on Flexible Spending Account Management Services procurement spend and pricing trends. The report further delves deep into the aspects of cost structure, total cost of ownership and supplier margins for Flexible Spending Account Management Services. A dedicated section to supplier profiles and evaluation helps decision makers cast a wider procurement net and identify gaps in existing relationships.

Insights

Along with specific category and supplier intelligence, the publication also includes curated insights on Flexible Spending Account Management Services market trends, price influencers and inherent risks. These insights help the decision makers prepare for market shaping trends in advance and create alternative strategies for changes in the market conditions.

Advisory

Additionally, the report also advises on the best practices and strategies to manage the Flexible Spending Account Management Services category efficiently. Negotiation levers and opportunities are explained in detail along with quantification of their potential. Benchmark KPIs for supplier and buyer performance management are also aggregated to better organize the category objectives. Other themes of advisory include ideal procurement organization structure, enablers to achieve KPIs or category objectives and ideal SLAs to have with suppliers.

Category Ecosystem

Buyer and supplier ecosystem
Competitiveness index
Buyer and supplier power
Threat of new entrants and substitutes

Global and Regional Sourcing Insights

Category spend
Spend growth
Dynamics
Opportunities

Pricing and Cost Analysis

Pricing outlook and data
Drivers of pricing
Cost structure and inputs cost
Total cost of ownership
Pricing models and margins

Cost Saving Opportunities & Negotiation Strategies

Buyer and supplier side levers
Quantified cost saving opportunities
Negotiation strategies and quantified outcome

Procurement Best Practices, Strategy and Enablers

Procurement excellence
Sustainability and innovation
KPIs and category enablers
Risk management and outsourcing

Vendor Analysis

RFx essentials and selection criteria
SLAs
Supplier evaluation metrics
Detailed supplier profiles

Our research is complex, but our reports are easy to digest. Quantitative analysis and exhaustive commentary is placed in an easy to read format that gives you an in-depth knowledge on the category without spending hours to figure out “what does it mean for my company?”

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Category Research Framework

SpendEdge presents a detailed picture of Flexible Spending Account Management Services procurement solutions by way of study, synthesis, and summation of data from multiple sources. The analysts have presented the various facets of the market with a particular focus on identifying the key category influencers. The data thus presented is comprehensive, reliable, and the result of extensive research, both primary and secondary.