This widget allows you to view the purchase volume made each month with each supplier. It is particularly useful for analyzing the recurrence and impact of your external expenses and making informed decisions about organizing your teams.
1. Widget Functionality
1.1. What the Widget Displays
The widget shows the total amount of purchases made each month with your suppliers, grouped by supplier and period.
Date on which the dashboard period filter applies: purchase creation date.
Filters: not filtered by the selected Business Unit on the dashboard filters.
⚠️ Warning: If the displayed data seems inconsistent, it may come from the backlog of purchases, which may have placed all your purchases in the same period. It is possible to correct this shift via the APIs by modifying the purchase creation date. Do not hesitate to contact the Success team if you want support with this approach.
2. Read the Widget for Staffing Decisions
2.1. One-time Spike vs. Recurring Expense: Two Very Different Signals
This widget allows you to go far beyond simple expense tracking. By analyzing the shape of the curves by supplier, you can identify if an external expense should be internalized or not.
Two typical profiles to distinguish:
A one-time spike (e.g., enhanced freelancers in August and December to cover team vacations) indicates an occasional expense. Internalizing this skill wouldn't make sense: the volume doesn't justify recruitment.
A stable or growing curve month after month for the same supplier or a same skill category is a strong signal. It can indicate a structural dependency on an external provider, and thus a serious opportunity for internalization.
2.2. Concrete Example
A communication agency finds that it engages the same creative freelance profile every month for similar amounts. By filtering on this supplier in the widget, the curve is flat over 10 months. This signal invites evaluating the cost of equivalent recruitment vs. the annual cost of the freelancer — and assessing whether the skill can be provided internally on a lasting basis.
Conversely, if the same agency observes a strong spike for a supplier specializing in luxury only over 2 months, it's a temporary expertise linked to a specific client: no interest in internalizing.
💡 Tip: Combine this widget with the "Purchases by Category per Month" widget to cross the reading by supplier and by type of skill, and refine your analysis before any recruitment decision.
3. Link with the "Purchases by Category per Month" Widget
To deepen the analysis, use the "Purchases by Category per Month" widget in addition. It allows you to see where your expenses by type of service are concentrated and then go into supplier detail to identify precisely with whom you are spending and for what skill.
Who Can Access or Modify It?
Profiles with default access: Administrator, Management, Back Office.
⚠️ Warning: Access levels may depend on the roles configured in your instance. Check your User & Permissions settings.
To Go Further
Key Takeaways
The "Purchases by Supplier per Month" widget allows you to track your external expenses over time and by provider. By analyzing the shape of the curves — one-time spike or recurring expense — you have a decision-making tool to evaluate the opportunity to internalize a skill or maintain a relationship with an external provider.