Accounts payable specialists knew the same apexanalytix firststrike® platform used to protect the company against duplicate payments could turn large and unwieldy data stores into actionable information. Data could be pulled from each ERP system, normalized and consolidated for analysis. They created a firststrike “spend by term” report that spanned all systems and regions. Armed with information, the team was able to reduce the number of terms and minimize the amount of vendor renegotiation needed to accommodate the change. Once the new payment terms were in place, they used firststrike to monitor compliance and to identify vendors and purchase orders requiring remediation.