A good end to end procurement provider will have experience working with manufacturers in various industries including the transportation, automotive, paper, and aerospace, petroleum, packaging, as well as residential and commercial construction.
Direct and Indirect Procurement Services

• Direct or Production Procurement - This involves sourcing raw materials and components that will be used in manufacturing the product.
  The provider will work with you at the product concept stage, analyzing competitive product costs, and identifying the optimum sourcing strategy for that particular project.
  The provider may negotiate with suppliers on your behalf, ensure readiness, and continually work with your supply chain for the promotion of continuous cost improvement.
  
• Indirect or Non-Production Procurement - Procurement involves sourcing everything that is required for the operation of a business - including mail, telecom, repair, maintenance and operational services, transportation, information technology, contract labor and everything in between.
  Your provider will help define your requirements, solicit bids, manage and negotiate with suppliers, with the aim of reducing costs, improving service levels and continuous process improvement.
  
• Accounts Payable Sourcing - These services include payment for goods and services such as processing invoices, addressing defects, resolving discrepancies and responding to inquiries from vendors - with improved management of cash flow, better spend visibility and increased discount capture.
  

Understanding spend and thereafter optimizing requisition, ordering and payment cycles within your supply chain is key to enjoying great savings, controlling your budget and standardizing company-wide procedures.
End to end procurement services providers will find and manage the best and most reliable suppliers on your behalf.
Spend Analysis Tools and Advisement Services A good end to end procurement provider can offer you a web-based data analytics platform that is proven to deliver a return on investment within a couple of weeks.
Such an assessment tool is designed to capture and analyze data, thereby helping to provide you with actionable insights based on your current state procurement workflow, payables and spending patterns.
This enables the provider to identify opportunities for cost savings from activities including duplicate payment analysis, supplier consolidation and renegade spend, as a way of positively impacting your bottom-line.
Vendor Screening and Supplier Management End to end procurement providers may also offer a web-based suite of services - a one-source solution for organizations as a way of managing and mitigating risks in the supply chain.
A good provider will conduct due diligence so as to substantially mitigate risk, as well as reduce the overall costs of managing vendor compliance.