MeRLIN’s spend analysis offers a 360° view across suppliers, categories, and regions. Uncover patterns, manage maverick spend, and empower finance and procurement to drive lasting cost savings with confidence.
Gain real-time spend visibility with centralized reports and dashboards across categories, regions, and suppliers.
Track internal buying practices to ensure buyers work with preferred suppliers and stay within authorized spending limits. Manage budgets and requisition approvals using workflows.
Spot spend leakage and strengthen negotiations with MeRLIN dashboards, uncovering savings and guiding smarter sourcing.
Cut procurement costs and drive efficiency with MeRLIN. Our automated spend analysis software collects, cleanses, and enriches data, providing smart categorization and clear visualizations. From contract reviews to cost insights, MeRLIN helps your team make precise, data-driven decisions.
Monitor live spend data across departments, suppliers, categories, and geographies. Get real-time visibility into your procurement landscape.
Evaluate existing contract terms, analyze early payment discounts, and optimize negotiations based on current supplier performance.
Use intuitive, ready-made spend analysis reports and dashboards sorted by supplier, payment terms, region, and category to guide your strategy.
Measure and compare budget versus actual spend across sourcing programs, helping teams stay informed and on track.
Spend categorization with data normalization using integrated AI and fuzzy logic ensures your reports reflect clean, reliable insights that support better decision-making.
Create tailored views to focus on specific KPIs based on various filter criteria for supplier-based metrics, or category-wise cost and spend analysis.
Leverage analytics to maximize procurement efficiency and unlock untapped opportunities with key insights on spend, suppliers and categories.
Simplify strategic sourcing complexities and make smarter purchase decisions through value optimization in procurement functions.
Learn how a strategic approach gives an organization control, access to vital information and consolidating and leveraging spend.
Uncover meaningful insights from your sourcing data and trends that translates to new opportunities for savings and growth.
Vetri celebrated three years as CEO of MeRLIN Sourcing in June 2023. His vision spearheaded the transformation of the company internally through modernization and HR transformation and externally with the promise of delivering value to customers and putting them at the heart of the MeRLIN Sourcing business and product development strategy.
Vetri built his career in global software businesses over the last decades. Seasoned professional with a global perspective, spanning the Americas, Europe, and Asia, and a diverse industry background across EPC, Defense, manufacturing, automotive, and life sciences industries.
A firm believer in the principles of doing well by doing good, he won his two awards as the IT Executive of 2014-2015 and 2016-2017 in Europe. He is a highly regarded global thought leader in the IT and cloud software industries and is an active investor/advisor for emerging companies. He is known as a leader who builds and motivates world class teams, champions diversity, and exudes a deep passion for how technology can transform the workplace and empower individuals.
Dr. Werner Breuers completed his studies in chemistry at the RWTH Aachen University with a doctorate. He began his professional career in 1989 as a chemist at Hoechst AG in Frankfurt in the research and development department.
After managerial positions at Hoechst AG, Dr. Breuers took over management of the license and catalyst business at the polyethylene manufacturer Elenac GmbH in Kehl in 1999, which became part of the Basell group a year later. As a member of Basell’s Executive management team, he headed the global Technology Business division based in Milan and most recently served as President of Basell Polyolefins Europe based in Amsterdam.
Dr. Breuers has also been a member of the Board of Management of LANXESS AG since May 14, 2007 and was responsible for the Performance Polymers and Advanced Intermediates business units. His responsibilities and strategic operations also include the functional areas of Global Procurement & Logistics, Innovation & Technology and Industrial & Environmental Affairs. He has been board of several other companies and has also served as trustee of RWTH Aachen University and currently advising and supportinfg the growth of MeRLIN Sourcing in Europe.
Oliver Scheffert is an experienced entrepreneur with a successful completed doctoral program in business administration and a master’s degree in International Business Studies. He held management positions at Microsoft for nearly 13 years, receiving prestigious awards for exceptional leadership and results like the Circle of Excellence Platinum Award. Notably, Oliver led the ISV business unit in Germany to a billion-dollar revenue stream.
He later served as the General Manager/Managing Director at Aparavi Software Europe GmbH and recently founded CNSLT Partners GmbH, a strategy and management consultancy, leveraging his extensive specialist knowledge to help IT companies achieve lasting success.
