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Source One's entire staff is dedicated to one purpose; Strategic Sourcing. Using our internal tools, databases, people and technologies and our network of qualified partners, we are the single source solution for all of your procurement initiatives.

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Rapid growth in wireless technology has left companies searching for resources and methodologies to manage the spend category. Wireless spend is increasing in significance for many companies as these devices become pervasive. Tracking device inventory, active users and coordinating plans is evolving into a time consuming and costly task that most companies don’t have the time or resources to get to.

In response, Source One has launched a comprehensive Wireless Spend Management Program.

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Source One services every industry. To see a sampling of the variety of our customers, please click the link below.
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An Overview of Source One, The Leading Procurement Service Provider

procurement service provider - Source One Source One is a Procurement Service Provider that has been assisting companies with their strategic sourcing and cost reduction requirements since 1992. We help our clients reduce spend (costs for direct and indirect products and services) and the overall cost of acquisition through the application of proven sourcing and purchasing strategies, practices, people and technologies. Results are achieved utilizing a blend of subject matter expertise, our proprietary expert database, market knowledge and state of the art tools.

Engagements with Source One may include spend consolidation, assistance with statements of work, identification of alternate suppliers, market and supply research, RFP management , price negotiations, and contract recommendations. The objective of our engagements is to help our client to obtain the best overall total-cost and quality of service with existing or new suppliers. We also assist with the transition to a new supplier when needed. Source One audits supplier invoices after new pricing is implemented to insure savings are realized.

A small sampling of the categories that Source One has successfully sourced include: Advertising, Benefits, Chemicals, Direct Materials, Freight, Hardware, Insurance, Material Handling, MRO, Packaging, Small Parcel, Software, Telecommunications, Travel, Treasury Services, Uniforms, & Utilities. Our clients average 18% savings across all product and service categories.

Knowledge transfer, change management, and e-enablement give our clients the ability to maximize savings and drive compliance throughout their organizations. At the end of all projects, Source One electronically enables our clients to be self sufficient with the free strategic sourcing portal www.WhyAbe.com.

Our objective on all sourcing projects is to assist our clients in obtaining the best overall total-cost and quality of service for all of their procured products and services. Results are produced collaboratively by Source One, its clients and suppliers and have a positive impact on the bottom line.

In order to best service our clients, Source One provides flexible fee options for our services. Clients can choose between contingency (gain sharing) based billing, fee for service or a hybrid.

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Strategic Sourcing Case Studies

Source One has collaboratively produced millions of dollars of hard tangible savings in procured products and services. On average, our clients saved 18% on their total procurement costs. For details of some recent strategic sourcing projects , please take a moment to read our Case Studies and review our Results.

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Sourcing Team

Every member of the Source One staff actively works on strategic sourcing initiatives for our clients. Our staff is entirely dedicated to providing the best possible results for our clients and does not get bogged down with layers of meetings and events. Our team consists of sourcing professionals from very diverse backgrounds. Our staff has experience in everything from the top consulting firms to engineers and agriculture specialists. Our unique backgrounds and entrepreneurial spirits allow us to develop creative solutions to complicated scenarios.

With Source One, you will receive a dedicated team of individuals assigned to your account, that you can easily contact and have access to, through the life of the project and beyond.