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Spend Intelligence Suite For Operators

The Imperative for Spend Intelligence for Foodservice Operators
Increasing competition — rising food costs — growing concerns over food safety — today's foodservice environment is full of challenges. Foodservice operators, from the largest international chains to the smaller institutional firms, must transform themselves into "spend intelligent" organizations, taking advantage of every opportunity available to control costs while continuing to grow their businesses and protect their brands.

The key to addressing these challenges is actionable information — information about your system wide purchasing, contract price and unit purchase compliance, trading partner performance, rebate collections, and quality controls. In the foodservice industry, however, where complex business practices are often supported by manual processes with no standards for communication among trading partners, "actionable information" can be hard to come by.

The Path to Spend Intelligence
Gain Visibility, Improve Processes, Measure Performance

Moving down the path to spend intelligence allows companies to reap both operational and revenue enhancing benefits as they move from a tactical focus to a more strategic one. The Instill approach to helping operators become "spend intelligent" encompasses three phases. First, we make it possible for you to get visibility and control of your spend information. Second, we help you to improve spend-related processes such as modifying purchasing behavior to improve compliance and increase rebate collection. Finally, with a firm data foundation and best practices in place, it becomes possible to monitor performance of your units and trading partners so that you can develop strategic partnerships and programs to drive even greater savings.

Instill provides foodservice operators with the information, tools and services they need to collaborate with their trading partners to control and optimize their spend programs and partnerships, ultimately reducing costs, increasing profitability and improving supply chain quality. But don't take our word for it - talk to our customers. Market leading companies benefiting from Instill's solutions today include Sodexho, UFPC (including KFC®, Taco Bell®, Pizza Hut®), Compass, Independent Purchasing Cooperative (IPC) for Subway®, International Dairy Queen, HMS Host, Nathan's Famous, Luby's and Rare Hospitality to name a few.