Where Corporate Spend Leaks: A Finance Leader’s Guide to Value Leakage Across the Source-to-Pay Lifecycle

Author: James Sly, PRGX President & COO May 19, 2026 Introduction For finance and procurement leaders, value leakage is one of the most persistent — and underestimated — sources of margin erosion. It rarely shows up as a single large problem. Instead, it accumulates quietly across the source-to-pay lifecycle, often hiding in plain sight.