This document provides guidance on conducting purchasing spend analysis with a small budget using basic Microsoft Office functions and existing data from accounting or ERP systems. It recommends getting spend data from multiple years for suppliers, categories, business units, and payment schedules. This data can then be analyzed in a pivot table to identify top suppliers, spending trends, and opportunities. Creating a simple analytic dashboard allows relevant spend insights to be obtained without expensive specialized software. The process outlined helps understand needs before potentially investing in additional analytic tools later.