The Second Slice

Your Procurement team already has sophisticated market updates and analysis for strategic raw materials.  But what about the second slice of your spend:

• Operation-critical parts and spares - Bearings, valves
• Equipment - Mill rolls, heat exchangers, pumps, presses
• Technically sophisticated inputs - Lubricants, refractories
• Environmental supplies and services - Dust collectors, air scrubbers, remediation
• Plant services and temporary labor

Standard subscriptions and custom research from Athena IQ give you the insight you need to proactively manage the second slice and to generate more savings and cash.

Why Athena IQ

Athena IQ customers proactively manage their second slice. Through the standard subscription service and custom research, they:

• Get up to speed quickly for new sourcing projects
• Gain insights into a wide cross-section of leveraged commodities
• Glean information from hard-to-access sources, such as websites in other languages and public government reports from foreign countries
• Provide the market intelligence their chief procurement officers and internal customers need for strategic planning
• Spend less time researching and more time developing strategies, negotiating with suppliers, and delivering savings
• Make better informed short-term and long-term decisions for procurement