Unlock a New Era of Supply Chain Cost Management
Powered by AIM & DRIVE®, the process trusted by global leaders to drive billions in cost savings.
For more than 30 years, Fortune 500 companies have used the AIM & DRIVE® process to dramatically reduce costs, improve supplier collaboration, and build high-performance procurement teams.
Documented in the book Supply Chain Cost Management: The AIM & DRIVE® Process for Achieving Extraordinary Results authored by Jimmy Anklesaria, this step-by-step process moves organizations beyond basic negotiations by helping them:
- Identify and eliminate cost drivers
- Develop and evaluate strategic sourcing options
- Implement and validate cost-saving actions
- Institutionalize long-term cost discipline
The result? Billions in savings at companies like IBM, DuPont, and Kodak, all achieved by harnessing the power of supplier knowledge and cost transparency.
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Accelerate the Process. Amplify the Results.
AIMDRIVE-AI brings the trusted AIM & DRIVE® process into the digital age, combining decades of real-world cost data with the speed and intelligence of AI.
With AIMDRIVE-AI, your team can:
- Instantly generate "Should-Cost" models using verified industry data
- Analyze supplier quotes and pricing proposals in minutes, not weeks
- Benchmark against market price movements across 1,000+ industries
- Identify strategic options for cost reduction with AI-assisted recommendations
- Evaluate supplier cost structures for transparency and negotiation leverage
AIMDRIVE-AI shortens the time to insight, boosts team effectiveness, and helps embed cost discipline deep into your procurement practices.

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Better to be approximately correct than to be exactly wrong."Source: Jimmy Anklesaria