Mason, OH – November 28, 2023 – SafeSourcing, Inc., a leading eProcurement company offering a complete Procure to Pay suite of applications supported by their White Glove Seven Step (7) managed services program, has announced they will be releasing a new white paper titled Successfully Sourcing Categories!

In this new white paper titled “Successfully Sourcing all Categories”, CEO Ronald Southard dives into the details as to what it takes to run successful sourcing events and shows the results that can be achieved when the legwork and required research are completed properly.

This white paper is among many that Ron Southard, an industry leading procurement expert, has published over the years The white papers aim to educate those in the procurement field on the nuanced details of what the procurement space has to offer when approached correctly. The white paper will serve as a guide and a tool for those in the industry on what steps can be made to achieve more success in their own sourcing efforts and to demonstrate the overwhelming value of a procurement partner such as SafeSourcing into any organizations sourcing environment. Other titles can also be found at this link to the SafeSourcing Website.

The white paper will be available to industry professionals and the public via the SafeSourcing website, www.safesourcing.com and LinkedIn.

SafeSourcing, Inc. provides cost effective tools under the SafeSourceIt™ product family that allows companies to dramatically reduce cost of goods, capital spending, and expenses in a timely manner while also reinforcing environmental and product safety programs. Focus is placed on a company’s entire spend for all products and services. SafeSourcing’s early-stage client engagement is specifically focused on cost reduction through the use of a detailed seven step, white glove process using the SafeSourceIt™ e-RFX application suite. Visit www.safesourcing.com to learn more.

Contact Information:

Marketing Department, marketing@safesourcing.com 888-261-9070

Today’s post is from Ronald D.  Southard, Founder and CEO at SafeSourcing Inc.  I am a very proud USAF Veteran. I began my supply chain career as an Inventory management specialist 645XO in the War Materials Department of Base Supply during the Vietnam War. The logistics involved at the time are still advanced to many things industry is doing today. What an education. Thank you to all my veteran brothers and sisters for your service past present and in the future.

SafeSourcing is extremely proud to be a Veteran founded and owned company.

For more information, please contact a SafeSourcing Customer Services Associate.

Today’s post is by Ronald D. Southard, CEO at SafeSourcing Inc

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Today’s re-post with a twist is written by Ivy Ray, Senior Procurement Specialist at SafeSourcing Inc.

Most people are familiar with the phrase, “He who has the gold, or BITCOIN today makes the rules”, believed to be coined by the writers of the comic strip “The Wizard of Id” originally published in “The Dallas Morning News” in 1964 and later became syndicated. The phrase has been commonly used in reference to oil, one of our most lucrative resources. Currently the oil of the digital era is data. Data rules the world and technology is changing our economies, societies and daily lives.

Our personal data is constantly being collected by retailers and service providers that we utilize every day. Initially this practice was designed as an effort to discover the customers’ likes, dislikes, preferences, needs, and goals and then use that information to shift gears to better meet their needs in the future. Also this assists the supplier in retaining customers by creating incentives for repeat purchases. Our data is valuable and we give it freely in exchange for access, or for discount offers and select promotions.

In some cases, it simply gets taken from us by use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) software such as Facial Recognition Systems and Intelligent Virtual Assistant (IVA). Apple’s Siri, Amazon’s Alexa, Microsoft’s Cortana, and Google Assistant are at the forefront, so it’s no surprise that the current giants that “deal in data”, are Google, Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft. They are the five most valuable listed firms in the world. Amazon has been systematically collecting data from its customers since its inception as a book reseller in the mid ‘90s and now runs a cloud service and it’s the most powerful cloud service in North America. The global intelligent virtual assistants market size is expected to reach USD 25.63 billion by 2025.

Information from marketing campaigns, customer service inquiries, and purchase histories are encoded and used to run predictive analytics, and projections. The data utilized must be based on complete and correct data. If the data is not complete and correct then projections will have limited value. We all create and utilize data daily. Creating quality data the first time saves time and money in the long run.

Although data is an essential tool, it is only as valuable as its quality. Remember the garbage in, garbage out (GIGO) concept, the quality of output is determined by the quality of the input. As Albert Einstein once said, “Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.”

For more information on how SafeSourcing can assist you in exploring your procurement solutions for your business efforts, or on our Risk Free trial program, please contact a SafeSourcing Customer Service Representative. We have an entire team ready to assist you today.

We look forward to your comments.

Today’s blog is by Margaret Stewart, Director of HR, and Administration at SafeSourcing

We all know how social media has impacted our social lives, but how is it affecting other areas of your life?

As many other people do when we get a little bit of down time, I sometimes scroll through the popular social media sites for a little bit of a distraction and entertainment. Something I have recently noticed, though, is the shifting content within those platforms. It shouldn’t surprise me to learn how much money is being spent on marketing and advertising on the platforms I go to reconnect with friends, yet I am still surprised at the trends. It seems that more and more content rarely makes its way to me, yet I see advertisement after advertisement for things deemed to be in my interest based on algorithms and history. In fact, it often makes me less inclined to use those platforms because I get tired of the endless advertising.

Just like television, newspapers, and magazines, marketing seems to have taken up permanent residence in all the electronic and digital platforms, but this time likely at a price I suspect might be no small number. So how do you get your company or organization out there and get some recognition and potential new business? For many organizations, they simply cannot compete with larger companies and cannot foot the bill for the type of social media advertising that really makes an impact.

This is how working with a procurement partner can help. Whether you are selling goods or buying goods, a procurement partner, like SafeSourcing, can help connect you with other organizations that are also looking to buy or sell goods or services. A partner like this can help connect you using RFQ tools that provide the right companies, products, and services together for everyone’s gain.

Contacting a procurement partner could be the right way to go if you have found that the high cost of advertising and declining overall opinion of those platforms are not the way your organization would like to go.

For more information on what the SafeSourcing team can offer you, or on our Risk-Free trial program, please contact a SafeSourcing Customer Service representative. We have an entire team ready to assist you today.

Today’s post is by Troy Lowe; Vice President of Development at SafeSourcing.

A few years back I wrote a BLOG about smart thermostats.  In this Blog I wanted to touch base on something that you can do to make your house even more comfortable if you have a smart thermostat or are thinking of purchasing one.  A friend of mine told me about these add on sensors that you can purchase for some smart thermostats that allows you to help control the temperatures in other rooms of the house that may be warmer, or cooler based on their location.  Using these sensors, you can let your thermostat know which room or rooms should be at a certain temperature at certain times of the day.  All you have to do is place the sensor in the desired room either by hanging it on the wall or placing it on a shelf or table.  You can have multiple sensors throughout the house and prioritize each sensor using the app.  For example, if you work from home and your home office is too hot or cold during the day you can set the temperature and time for that sensor and the thermostat located elsewhere will use that sensor and make the temperature in that room the temperature that you programmed.  You can then have another sensor in your bedroom and program that sensor for a certain temperature at night and the thermostat will adjust so that the temperature in that room is set at the programmed temperature for comfortable sleeping.  And like I stated in the last BLOG, using a smart thermostat and these sensors can save you approximately 20% on your heating and cooling.  Below are some other benefits of a using smart thermostat.

Benefits of a Smart Thermostat

• Save a lot of Money.
• Reduce Energy Use which saves more money.
• Control Remotely
• Displays Energy Consumption in Real Time

At SafeSourcing, we can gather all the necessary information for you and help you decide what thermostat fits you or  or our businesses  needs as well as any other area of your energy costs.

If you would like more information on how SafeSourcing can help you, please contact a SafeSourcing Customer Service representative.  We have an entire team ready to assist you t

Todays post is from Ron Southard, CEO at SafeSourcing.

I am very proud of the results of a recent internal survey that identified 80 intangibles that our employees and management believe SafeSourcing brings to our customers. Here are ten that have a great impact on our customers.

1. SafeSourcing’s staff is passionate about Saving Companies money.
2. SafeSourcing is willing to develop new solutions or strategies to meet our client’s needs.
3. SafeSourcing’s staff is willing to put in the extra effort needed to meet our client’s timelines.
4. SafeSourcing’s employees bring extreme category knowledge to all events they execute.
5. SafeSourcing develops and provides detailed custom reporting on complex events.
6. SafeSourcing works to keep our costs low so we can offer an extremely competitive pricing.
7. SafeSourcing’s white glove customer service is second to none.
8. SafeSourcing’s leadership team truly cares about the wellbeing of their employees.
9. SafeSourcing truly cares about sourcing safe products and services.
10. SafeSourcing is committed to continuous improvement and desires to lead our industry.

If you would like more information on how SafeSourcing can help you improve your sourcing results,  or to learn more about our risk free trial, please contact a SafeSourcing Customer Services representative.

We have an entire team anxious to assist you.