Uh oh! It’s February.

2011 and its budget cuts are a month old and you are still struggling to find the savings..........  Searches For Purchases can identify and collect the savings in your value stream. With consulting rates starting at $80 per hour, and a pay-4-performance mentality, your organization can benefit from my experience.  Whether a small business, organization, not profit, municipality, or even an individual Searches For Purchases can find your savings in 2011!

Contact me today!  searchesforpurchases@comcast.net

Refrigerator Search in Process!

Handyman Brian contacted Searches For Purchases last night and launched a search for a residential refrigerator in Oakland County, Michigan.

Handyman Brian's loss maybe your Gain! 


Searches For Purchases can make the search results available to YOU.

Contact us on FaceBook or at searchesforpurchase@comcast.net

Saved $ 3,104 on Chrysler Town & Country!

Acquisition Report

Customer:  Individual

Product/Service:  Chrysler Town & Country Minivan 39 month lease

Specifications:  Chrysler Town & Country Minivan Model 25J

Total Acquisition Time:  3 business days

First 12 month Lease Savings:  $ 1,016

Total Lease Savings:  $ 3,104

Comments:  This is the purchase that inspired Searches For Purchases!  The Customer knew EXACTLY what she wanted down to the model number.  This enabled Searched For Purchases to negotiate the best price in a short period of time.

Market Tested Products and Services

Would already shopped sevices ("pre-qualified suppliers" in procurement speak) be a value to you or your organization? 

If the answer is YES, let me hear from you in the comments section of this blog or by emailing searchesforpurchases@comcast.net. 

Tell me what products or services you would like shopped in Southeast Michigan and Searches For Purchased may just do it!
(Examples:  furnace repair, plumber, electrician, lawnservices, nursing homes, durable medical equipment, pool and hot tub maintenance, janitorial services, fasteners, shipping, boxes, tempory labor, etc.)

Who is doing the purchasing for your organization?

Is the accountant buying machined pats? 

Are the frontline production folks ordering tooling from the salesman that brings bagels and KFC ? 

Is the receptionist handling your temporary
 labor contracts? 

If your organization is small, chances are something like this is playing out.  And that may be ok, purchasing is alot of common sense.

But consider.......is your organization getting the best value?  I would suggest that your organization is leaving money on the table. Here are some reasons why:

1. Not much time is spent quoting,shopping, or market testing because hat is not the employee's primary responsibility. 
2. The entire spend isn't taken into account and leveraged.
3. Quoted pricing are accepted without negotiation.
4. Employees are not cross-trained to perform the purchasing function.  
5. and the list goes on........ 

Searches For Purchases can help with quoting, spend analysis consultation, and/or training your current employees.

Don't get sold

My thought is that YOU don't have time to shop for that Minivan.  Yes, you know what you want.  Sure you have a budget and a price in mind.  But do YOU really want to spend your time calling or visiting dealerships?  Do you really want to spend your time being "sold?"  And by the way, that person doing the selling is a trained professional incented NOT to give you the best deal.  If you are like most people, at some point you will get frustrated, or sold, and settle on a product and/or a price.  I suggest that there is a better way.

Searches For Purchases can seek out the best deal on your behalf in southeast Michigan!