You may wish to take a few minutes to ask yourself these questions:

Does your existing purchasing staff spend more time on 'replenishment' and 'keeping the business running' activities than they do on 'strategic sourcing' and 'cost reduction'?

Is the purchasing responsibility for certain key categories assigned to resources in your operations or administration group rather than to professional purchasers?

Does your company manage the purchases of large dollar volume categories well but leaves the smaller dollar volume purchases unmanaged?

Are you aware of cost reduction opportunities within your organization that you do not have the time, knowledge or resources to action?

Do you have two or more locations that have not fully leveraged their common purchases?

Do you feel that you have not maximized opportunities related to movement in the dollar?

If you have answered 'YES' to one or more of these questions, you would benefit from a consultation with Szewchuk & Associates.