1. A cost savings analysis system, comprising one or more software components collectively operable to: receive from a user a first input specifying a cost savings goal and a second input specifying a technique for generating a baseline price; access historical transaction data within one or more databases needed to generate a baseline price according to the specified technique; generate the baseline price; determine a variation between the generated baseline price and an actual price for each of one or more transactions corresponding to the specified cost savings goal; and compare the determined variations for the one or more transactions with the specified cost savings goal to generate a cost savings result.