Pipeline management tab

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    Summary of Pipeline management tab

    The Pipeline management tab in the Source-to-Pay Workspace provides ServiceNow customers with enhanced visibility and tracking of savings and pipeline projects. It facilitates better collaboration across teams by consolidating key project and contract insights into a single interface.

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    To access this tab, users must have the snspendpipeline.sourcingpipelineuser role and have the following applications installed: Spend and Savings Management (snspendmgmt) and Sourcing Pipeline Management (snspendpipeline).

    Key Features

    • My Work Section: Displays personalized project metrics including:
      • New pipeline projects assigned this week.
      • Pipeline projects starting within 30 days.
      • Contracts expiring within 180 days where the user is contract administrator.
      • Active projects shown through ring charts and prioritized bar graphs.
      • A detailed list of active pipeline projects sorted by priority.
    • My Savings Section: Provides metrics on savings related to pipeline projects for the logged-in user such as:
      • Hard Savings YTD: Total confirmed savings from closed and completed projects within the current year.
      • Cost Avoidance YTD: Captures costs avoided through completed projects during the current year.
      • Planned Savings (Current Year): Projected savings from planned (approved but not started) projects within the current year.
      • Active Savings (Current Year): Estimated savings from projects currently in progress within the current year.

    Key Outcomes

    • Improved project and contract lifecycle visibility tailored to each user’s assignments.
    • Clear measurement of realized and estimated savings to track financial impact accurately.
    • Prioritization and timely awareness of upcoming projects and expiring contracts enhance proactive management.
    • Supports data-driven decision making based on real-time pipeline status and savings performance.

    The Pipeline management tab enables you to get insights into savings and pipeline projects, improving visibility, tracking, and collaboration across teams.

    To view the Pipeline management tab in the Source-to-Pay Worksapce, you must have the sn_spend_pipeline.sourcing_pipeline_user role and have the following applications installed:

    • Spend and Savings Management (sn_spend_mgmt)
    • Sourcing Pipeline Management (sn_spend_pipeline)
    Figure 1. Pipeline management tab
    Pipeline management tab

    Components in the Pipeline management tab

    Table 1. Components in Pipeline management tab
    Title Type Description
    My work
    New pipeline projects this week Single score Displays the projects that are new this week and assigned to the logged-in user.
    Pipeline projects starting withing 30 days Single score Displays the pipeline projects assigned to the logged-in user with an estimated start date due in 30 days or less.
    Contracts expiring within 180 days Single score Displays the contracts with an expiration date in 180 days or less, where the logged-in user is the contract administrator.
    Active projects Ring chart Displays the active projects assigned to the logged-in user, excluding projects in the Closed completed or Closed cancelled states.
    Active projects by priority Bar graph Displays the projects by priority assigned to the logged-in user, excluding projects in the Closed completed or Closed cancelled states.
    My pipeline projects List Displays a list of all active pipeline projects assigned to the logged-in user, sorted by priority and excluding projects in the Closed completed or Closed cancelled states.
    My savings
    Hard savings YTD Single score Displays the total hard savings from closed and completed pipeline projects assigned to the logged-in user, where the savings end date is greater than or equal to the current year.
    Note:
    The My Savings section displays the savings scores calculated from the annualized data entered on the pipeline object.

    For more information about how the Hard Savings YTD metric is calculated, see Hard Savings YTD metric calculation.
    Cost avoidance YTD Single score Sum of all the Cost avoidance on the Closed Completed pipeline projects assigned to the logged in user, where the savings end date is greater than or equal to the current year.

    For more information about how the Cost Avoidance YTD metric is calculated, see Cost Avoidance YTD metric calculation.
    Planned savings - Current year Single score Total estimated savings (estimated hard savings + estimated cost avoidance) from planned pipeline projects assigned to the logged-in user, where the estimated end date falls within the current year.

    For more information about how the Planned Savings (Current Year) metric is calculated, see Planned Savings (Current Year) metric calculation.
    Active savings - Current year Single score Displays the total estimated savings (estimated hard savings + estimated cost avoidance) from in-progress pipeline projects assigned to the logged-in user, where the estimated end date falls within the current year.

    For more information about how the Active Savings (Current Year) metric is calculated, see Active Savings (Current Year) metric calculation.