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Whereas managing a few larger spend suppliers can be done manually by dedicated sourcing managers, managing thousands of smaller suppliers at the tail spend is challenging, can often introduce risk, and can be expensive. At Verizon, a unique blend of descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics, as well as Verizon-specific sourcing acumen was leveraged to tackle this problem and rationalize Verizon\u2019s tail spend suppliers. Through the creative application of operations research, machine learning, text mining, natural language processing, and artificial intelligence, Verizon reduced spend by millions of dollars and acquired the lowest PPU for the sourced products and services. 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