The Free Spend Audit: Find the Dollars Hiding in Your Purchasing Noise
1. The Hidden Drain
Rush freight, duplicate POs, and “just swipe it” card buys feel small in the moment. Stack them for a month and they chew 5–15 % off EBITDA—yet most operators never see the bleed.
2. Why Data Scatter Equals Cash Scatter
- Tracking numbers live in email threads.
- PO approvals hide in Slack DMs.
- Invoices float in a finance inbox until close week.
Every hop is a blind spot, and blind spots leak money—fast.
3. What the Spend Audit Delivers
- Leak Map – exact dollars lost to price creep, duplicate orders, and rush freight.
- Labor Drag – hours finance burns re-keying data and chasing tracking links.
- Quick-Win Playbook – three fixes you can run tomorrow, no IT ticket needed.
All in one PDF, reviewed in a 30-minute call.
4. Real-World Wins
- A five-store chain trimmed month-end close from four days to one by killing the invoice hunt.
- A Colorado grower flagged $11,400 in duplicate POs before checks went out—money straight back to margin.
5. Why It’s Free
Seeing the waste line-by-line makes the ROI obvious. If you automate with MainStem later, great. If you don’t, you still keep the savings.
Ready?
Send three months of PO + invoice data. We benchmark, you get the PDF, no strings. The margin is already yours—you just need to see it.
