World-class organizations today have a good level of control over most of their cost structure. As this visibility and
control increases, eventually a point is reached when the effort required to go further appears to be greater than the
benefits. At this point, a number of challenges arise:
Poor data visibility,
Lack of effective controls,
Little market leverage,
Low potential savings,
Lack of interest from other stakeholders, and
Lack of category expertise in the very high number of categories remaining.