2. Tamr works with analytical teams at all stages of maturity
improving business process decisions.
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3. Andy Palmer
Co-Founder & CEO
Previously: Co-Founder & CEO, Vertica
CIO Infinity Pharmaceuticals
Global Head of Software and Data Novartis
Institute for Biomedical Research
Dr. Michael Stonebraker
Co-Founder & CTO
Previously: Co-Founder & CTO, Vertica
Founder, Ingres
Architect, Postgres
2015 ACM A.M. Turing Award
Jerry Held
Chairman
Previously:
CTO Tandem,
VP Engineering Oracle
Founded in 2013 By Enterprise Database Software Veterans
4. The Contract is Changing Right Now
Outcomes and Behavior Transformation
Business
Automation and Process Enablement
IT
6. The Challenge: Overwhelming Amount of Messy Data
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ERP
Sources
Source-to-pay
Sharepoint
Supplier
spreadsheets
Concur
Market intelligence
Sources
7. Customer Case Study: Large, Diversified Manufacturing
Teams
● Corporate IT, Analytics COE
● Sourcing Council, Functional Teams
Desired Outcomes
● Designate Best Contract Terms
● Renegotiate Pricing in the Long-tail
● Assess Supplier Risk
Challenge
● Hundreds of P&L’s and ERP’s
● No accurate supplier master list and sparse
classification
8. Slew of Additional Cases for Tamr-Created Data Asset
Inventory rationalization: reduce
the number of duplicate items being
held in inventory to reduce overall
inventory levels
SKU rationalization: consolidate
spend with the lowest cost suppliers
of comparable items
Payment terms optimization:
identify payment term discrepancies
across business units and supplier
subsidiaries
Contract Compliance:
identify invoices that violate specific
contractual terms
Travel spend optimization:
improve policies and compliance
with a granular understanding of
how employees spend on travel
M&A integration: identify cross-BU
leverage points to drive down costs
enterprise-wide
9. Machine learning and expert sourcing are used to prep the data
needed for rapid, repeatable insight
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Data in its native formats
is ingested and
validated by Tamr
Tamr’s machine-learning
algorithms clean & classify
~60% of the data
Algorithms adjust by asking domain
experts for high-impact feedback
and can reach ~95% classification
Is “Husky #.25 J Blt”
a bolt?
YES NO
Automate Extend
10. Tamr automates data prep to enable analytics teams to quickly
identify opportunities
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Contracts
Existing EDW
External Benchmarks
MDM Systems
Purchase Orders
Parent-Child Suppliers
Sources Flexibility
Direct Spend
Granular Categories
Best Contract
Terms
Supplier Risk
11. Customer Case Study: Large, Diversified Manufacturing
Solution
● Pulled data from a variety of spend data
sources and integrated / cleansed the data
● Accurately classified parts and suppliers
through automation + expert sourcing
● Enabled Tableau Dashboards and
Advanced Analytics
Benefits
● Scaled to $40B in spend across hundreds
of ERP and other Sources
● Identified $100M in contract opportunities
● Driving long-tail category views of spend
12. This enables organizations to think holistically about
how they can improve their business
Past: laundry lists of open-ended problems
across functions Today: prioritized recommendations
Questions / Qualification:
Need:
Why did you take this call?
What isn’t the business able to accomplish now?
What would solving this problem enable the enterprise to do?
Why is this important?
How are you currently doing this?
What is the implication of doing it this way?
What activities does this bottleneck for your org?
What would success look like?
Authority:
Describe your role in the organization and in solving this problem
Who else are you working with in solving this problem? What are their roles?
Budget / Time:
Is this for a current project? Future budgeted project?
I’ll make this better but is this generally what you are thinking?
YES
Reduce travel spend
Questions / Qualification:
Need:
Why did you take this call?
What isn’t the business able to accomplish now?
What would solving this problem enable the enterprise to do?
Why is this important?
How are you currently doing this?
What is the implication of doing it this way?
What activities does this bottleneck for your org?
What would success look like?
Authority:
Describe your role in the organization and in solving this problem
Who else are you working with in solving this problem? What are their roles?
Budget / Time:
Is this for a current project? Future budgeted project?