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Tier 1 Spend Analytics

Tier 1 Spend Analytics for Direct Supplier Insights

Transform your direct supplier spend into actionable insights with STARS’ Tier 1 Spend Analytics, delivering accurate, up-to-date supplier data to drive smarter procurement decisions.

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What, Why, How

Understanding Data Scrubbing & Enrichment

STARS' Data Scrubbing & Enrichment services provide procurement teams with clean, validated supplier records ensuring seamless compliance, accurate reporting, and confident sourcing decisions

What is Tier 1 Spend Analytics?

Tier 1 Spend Analytics provides direct visibility into your organization’s spend with first-tier suppliers. STARS captures, cleans, and analyzes supplier spend data, giving procurement teams the accurate insights they need to manage supplier relationships, meet diversity goals, and drive cost efficiencies.

Why Is Tier 1 Spend Analytics Important?

  • Provides total visibility into direct supplier spend
  • Update Tier 1 classifications across all spend categories
  • Drives better supplier negotiation and cost reduction
  • Strengthens compliance reporting for diversity and ESG goals

How Does STARS Solve?

STARS integrates seamlessly with your ERP and AP systems to capture Tier 1 spend data in real time. Our automated analytics engine cleanses, classifies, and enriches supplier data, delivering accurate dashboards and reports so procurement teams can act quickly with confidence.

Data That Drives

Proven Results from STARS Tier 1 Spend Analytics

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Features Overview

Ensure Accurate, Up-to-date Supplier Data and Automate Insights

We deliver a comprehensive suite of analytics tools to ensure your Tier 1 supplier data is accurate, current, and actionable for smarter procurement decisions.

Tier 1 Spend Analytics

Gain complete visibility into your direct supplier spend with accurate, real-time data analytics.

Minority-owned Business

Automatically identify and classify MBE/WBE and other diversity spend within your Tier 1 supplier base.

Partner Ready/Reporting

Generate partner-ready Tier 1 spend reports for compliance, audits, and stakeholder visibility with ease.

Mapped Spend Indexing

Create a fully mapped spend index across ERP systems and data sources for complete Tier 1 spend coverage.

Predictive Profiling

Leverage AI-driven profiles to predict supplier performance and anticipate Tier 1 spend patterns over time.

Auto Enrichment/Matching

Automatically enrich and match supplier records across ERP and AP systems for clean, consistent spend data.

Exceptional Customer Support

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ERP/AP Integration

Streamlined Data Flow With ERP/AP Integration

Centralize supplier spend data from your ERP/AP systems automatically and eliminate manual data flows. Keep your Tier 1 spend data accurate and current with real-time system sync.

  • Direct integration from your existing ERP/AP systems
  • Automated data sync to eliminate manual re-entry
  • Customizable integration configuration and setup
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Spend Visualization

Transform Insights With User-Centric Dashboards

Navigate your Tier 1 spend confidently with your own configurable dashboards providing real-time visibility across all your spend categories and supplier segments.

  • Role-based dashboard views by category and segment
  • Spend breakdown visualizations and trend views
  • Exportable Tier 1 reporting by supplier classification
Customized Reporting

Dive Deep With Customizable Reports

Leverage the full depth of your Tier 1 spend data with fully customizable reports. Create comprehensive custom dashboards to present Tier 1 data across any spend category, supplier classification, or compliance metric relevant to your organization.

  • Create and save custom spend reports
  • Breakdown by supplier, category, and diversity
  • Auto-schedule report delivery to your team
Why STARS?

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Tailored Portal Workflow

Customize the portal to fit your specific workflow needs, ensuring the system works for you.

Custom Reporting

Dynamic report-building tools let you create custom reports to fit your exact needs

Transparent Pricing

Enjoy fixed, competitive pricing with no hidden costs and unlimited users

Branded, Secure Private Portal

Your portal is unique to your brand and protected by industry-leading security measures

Global Capabilities

Our platform supports organizations worldwide, ensuring seamless operations across borders

Multi-Channel Customer Support

Exemplary support and training ensure your ongoing success
Industries Served

Supporting Your Industry

STARS supports Fortune 500 companies and organizations with configurable Supplier Success solutions for supplier engagement, compliance, and spend visibility.

Manufacturing
Healthcare
Government
Government
Retail
Retail
Manufacturing
Technology
Technology
Energy
Energy
Client Success Stories

See What Our Clients Say

The best way to showcase our commitment is through the experiences and stories of those who have partnered with us.

VIVA IT delivered seven critical hires in days, stepping up quickly to meet an urgent higher education staffing need.

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Harvard University and DZX Strategic Partner, DZX

We were not used to the type of prompt customer service that is being provided by you; our last provider took at least 48 hours if not more to even respond to one of our questions.

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Gilead Leader, Supply Chain Diversity

We are impressed by the flexibility and customer-centric approach demonstrated by VIVA

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Northwestern Mutual Director - Distribution Performance

One of the most impressive aspects of our collaboration is your willingness to customize the systems and solutions to perfectly align with the unique needs of our organization.

Kaiser Permanente Vice President

The VIVA Team listens to customer feedback and makes needed adjustments. Their support team provides very quick responses. This level of customer service isnu2019t often experienced.

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AMC Networks Supplier Diversity & Sustainability Advocate
We've Got Answers

Frequently Asked Questions

Tier 1 Spend Analytics refers to the measurement, classification, and reporting of your organization’s direct spend with first-tier suppliers. STARS automates this process, delivering accurate and actionable insights.
Tier 1 analytics provide full visibility into your direct supplier relationships, helping you identify savings opportunities, manage compliance, track diversity goals, and make data-driven procurement decisions.
STARS captures spend by supplier, category, diversity classification, geography, and certification status, integrating directly from your ERP and AP systems for complete and accurate data coverage.
STARS connects directly to leading ERP and AP platforms, automating data ingestion and eliminating manual data entry. Configuration is flexible to match your existing system architecture.
Dashboards are fully configurable and role-based, providing spend breakdowns by supplier, category, and diversity segment, with trend analysis, KPI tracking, and exportable reporting views.
Yes. STARS’ reporting engine allows you to build and schedule custom Tier 1 spend reports tailored to your compliance, diversity, and procurement requirements.
Yes. STARS supports non-US currency and international supplier data, enabling organizations to manage and report Tier 1 spend across global operations from a single platform.
STARS combines automated enrichment, supplier matching, AI-powered classification, and real-time ERP sync to maintain the highest levels of Tier 1 spend data accuracy.
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