Rationale for the site

Purchasing professionals are under pressure to reduce costs - sharing best practices and tools on-line is effective and efficient.

Consortiums are powerful and can be readily formed through the Internet.

We want you to be able to participate in the e-Commerce revolution.

Where does the material come from?

We have been collecting and updating purchasing best practices for the past 20 years.

We work with and interview purchasing heads from the full spectrum of industries -from auto to pharmaceutical to technology to transportation to financial services.

What other help is available?

We offer purchasing training seminars to make the best practices and tools part of everyday life in your organization.

We provide shoulder to shoulder consulting assistance on negotiating complex deals.

We serve as consortium facilitators for groups of companies that want to buy jointly.

Who is at the other end of the keyboard?

Mark Fagan - President of TransSource and Former Vice President Mercer Management Consulting, 20 years of purchasing consulting and line management.

The Q&A experts include practitioners, consultants, and academics.