• Source One Management Services, LLC Source One is the leading Procurement Service Provider, supplementing client resources with professional procurement cost reduction, strategic sourcing services and spend management solutions since 1992. Our Strategic Sourcing Services help companies reduce spend (their costs for direct and indirect products and services) and help reduce the overall cost of acquisition through the application of proven sourcing and purchasing strategies, best practices, people and technologies. With flexible billing options, our Strategic Sourcing Services can be provided on a contingency (gain sharing) basis -- there is no fee until savings are realized and there will never be hidden expenses! Sourcing Strategic Sourcing Services
  • Procurement Service Provider As a Procurement Service Provider, Source One blends seamlessly with your team to complement your internal procurement resources. We can assist in a variety of tasks, including: Strategic Sourcing, Benchmarking, Supplier Identification, Implementing Best Practices, Supplier Rationalization, Supplier Evaluation, Electronic Procurement Enablement, Spend Analysis, Contracting and Negotiations. Click the button below to learn more about Procurement Service Providers and how they can assist you in managing your spend,
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  • 'Best in Class' customer service begins with procurement. Most companies do not have the time, resources or tools necessary to properly conduct strategic sourcing initiatives for all of their products and services. Source One has solutions to supplement your team in both direct and indirect spend categories. With flexible billing options, our Strategic Sourcing Services can be provided on a contingency basis (gain sharing) --
    there is no fee unless and until savings are realized
    and there will never be any hidden expenses!     Contingency     Electronic Strategic Sourcing
  • The world's only provider of completely free eSourcing Tools "Organizations that would like to experiment with sourcing technology can learn a lot about what works and what doesn't using WhyAbe.com." ...Gartner, Inc. WhyAbe.com provides any organization with free electronic sourcing tools, including: reverse auctions, RFX events, and simple contract management. There are NO COSTS to use the tools,
    not for the buyer or the suppliers.
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  • Need Savings Quickly? MasterNegotiator.com provides smaller businesses and companies that are self-supported with their strategic sourcing requirements with pre-negotiated contracts and discounts with leading national suppliers. Master Negotiator is a supplier-cooperative website specifically geared to self-service strategic sourcing companies that are looking for pre-negotiated discounts, agreements, contracts and deals for the most common spend categories. Savings Expense Reduction

Source One obtains savings from the incumbent supplier in 97% of Strategic Sourcing Projects.

Source One's core business is providing customized strategic sourcing and spend management consulting solutions which are available on a low-risk, innovative, pay-for-performance basis.

Since 1992, Source One has sourced billions of dollars worth of spend in several hundred product and service categories. Through collaboration with our clients and their suppliers, our customers average 18% savings across all commodities and spend categories.

Managing Indirect Spend, Strategic Sourcing Book by Source One Source One has the procurement solutions you need.

Spend Management engagements with Source One may include strategic sourcing services, spend consolidation, assistance with statements of work, identification of alternate suppliers, market and supply research, RFP management, price negotiations and contract recommendations. Our objective is to help our clients obtain the best overall total-value and quality of service with new or existing suppliers. We assist with the transition to a new suppliers and audit supplier invoices after new pricing is implemented to help drive compliance and ensure savings are realized.

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Procurement News

18 Jan
Start Saving Early This Year You've just finished budgeting for 2012, now let us help you exceed your savings goals through sourcing.
Strategic Sourcing Overview
28 Oct
Strategic Sourcing Book Available Our Book is now available: "Managing Indirect Spend, Enhancing Profitability Through Strategic Sourcing".
Managing Indirect Spend Book
27 Oct
Sourcing From Mexico Source One has recently spoke at several top Mexican Universities on the topic of Strategic Sourcing.
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22 Sep
Procurement Contractors Available Source One can meet the new demand for professional procurement contractors. We can help.
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Testimonial

Our corporation never could have resourced this effort with available personnel. By outsourcing portions of our procurement cycle, we achieved savings that would not otherwise have been possible. In addition, we learned things about the marketplace and our own operations that make us better purchasers for future efforts in other areas...

Source One Can Help You Reduce Your Spend

Strategic Sourcing Subject Matter Would additional category subject matter expertise enable you to increase savings? Source One has the people and experience to help. Chances are, we sourced it before, if we haven't we know who to turn to to get it done.
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Sourcing Personnel Are there Strategic Sourcing or Supply Chain initiatives that you just can't get to? Let our team tackle those categories that have fallen through the cracks.
Strategic Sourcing
Procurement Technology Do you have current sourcing technologies, tools, practices and procurement systems? Our solutions will completely enable your internal team to drive future results after our knowledge hand-off is complete.
Electronic Sourcing Tools
Market Intelligence Would access to market data and research provide you value? Our databases and view into historical and current specifications and price points is second to none.
Market Intelligence Database