Duplicate or outdated supplier information, inability to consolidate spend data across individual or multiple departments, under reporting diverse spend, visibility of total spend, cost reduction, and monitoring critical suppliers challenge even the best procurement department. D&B can help manage the supply chain process better. D&B information enables supplier registration, de-duplication, supplier validation and risk analysis, supplier dependancy and ongoing monitoring of supplier risk. Group spend and exposure, and annual spend analysis to drive cost reductions.