October 14, 2026
Outsourcing Is Not a Four-Letter Word: Fuck it, Time to Start Using It 🤷
The work did not disappear when we changed its name. It became harder to count, govern and defend.
Open the practical tool →Maxx Command Center
Your vendor spend, in one place.
Maxx Command Center is a third-party spend system of record. Connect invoice and AP data to vendor engagements, ownership and the decisions behind the numbers.
- Built from your invoice and AP data
- Detail down to each engagement
- Works alongside your existing systems
From visibility to action
Answer the questions behind the spend.
What are we buying?
Explore spend by tower, category, vendor and business unit. See the individual engagements behind each total.
Who owns the outcome?
Connect each engagement to its owner, contract information and risk signals, so the next question reaches the right person.
Is the plan working?
Track budgets, forecasts and savings initiatives against monthly actuals, using a consistent baseline.
Explore the detail
A supplier name is only the beginning.
One vendor can deliver several services to different teams. Maxx keeps each engagement visible, with the spend and context behind it.
See the engagement view →Follow the relationship through.
Keep the classification, spend history, contract information and ownership context together in an engagement record.
How it works
Start with the data you already have.
01 / Bring the data
Start with invoice and AP exports.
Use the records behind your vendor payments. Keep your existing ERP and procurement systems.
02 / Review the record
Validate the classifications.
Review categories, engagements, sources and confidence indicators with the people who know the work.
03 / Keep it useful
Refresh and act each month.
Bring in new actuals, review changes and track the initiatives and decisions that follow.
Built by an operator
Made for the work after the report.
Founder Alex Rochlitz spent eight years running outsourced vendor operations at Google, following seven years in outsourcing and procurement consulting.
Why we built Maxx →Bring one question about your spend.
We’ll walk through the relevant parts of Maxx and discuss what a first view of your data would involve.
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All articles & tools →Ideas from the work.
Articles and practical tools from Alex Rochlitz.
October 7, 2026
Your Vendor Is Pricing Your Uncertainty
Bad forecasts become expensive capacity decisions. The people creating the demand rarely see the whole bill.
Open the practical tool →September 30, 2026
ProcureCon: Who Owns the Outcome After the Contract Is Signed?
Ownership means staying with the outcome after the contract is signed. Notes from ProcureCon on preferred suppliers, AI, stakeholder commitments and what procurement leaders need to own.
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