Tail Spend

What is Tail Spend?

Tail spend is that spend for any firm, which is not actively managed in all the spend categories and may have an impact on the firm’s financial performance due to its impact on SG&A and COGS. It contains a small portion of the spend (10–20% under each spend category) but a large number of suppliers accounting for it.

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