12/12 – Direct Materials Sourcing Project Earns SDCE 2017 Green Award

Source One Caps 25th Anniversary Celebrations with Supply and Demand Chain Executive 2017 Green Award Win

Willow Grove，PA（2017年12月12日） -领先的提供商strategic sourcing and procurement services, Source One Management Services proudly accepts Supply and Demand Chain Executive’s (SDCE) 2017 Green Supply Chain Award. This year’s Green Award marks the sixth-consecutive year the supply management experts have been recognized for empowering forward-thinking organizations to achieve their sustainability goals. The supply chain recognition from SDCE brings Source One’s year-long celebration of its25th Anniversaryto an end on a high note.

Deliveringstrategic sourcingexpertise,market intelligence, and procurement best practices, Source One has helped countless companies achieve their sustainability goals. Over its two and half decades, the procurement services firm has helped companies partner with suppliers who share their mission of delivering products backed by responsible supply chain practices. Conversely, Source One’s strategic sourcing experts have also helped companies pursue cost reduction opportunities that are also environmentally-friendly – which was the case for one of the many successful “green” supply chain initiatives driving Source One’s 2017 Green Award nomination.

Looking to gain a competitive advantage by offering a low-cost alternative product line within its crowded market, a building products manufacturer reached out to Source One fordirect materials sourcing support. Leading a competitive bid process, Source One’sengineered products sourcingexperts uncovered a previously unexplored area for cost reduction that also boasted green benefits within the product’s design: leveraging recycled goods.

By using compression molding and recycled plastics, the building products manufacturer client could offer their new product line at a lower price without sacrificing quality. The direct materials strategic sourcing project not only helped the company achieve significant savings that could be passed through to their customers with lower pricing, but also gave the product line an added competitive advantage as the only product line of its type to boast a green manufacturing process.

直接材料采购订婚是目标来源的主要例子，一个人的战略采购专家在提供可持续的供应链解决方案方面有：使组织能够达到预算的最大值雷竞技电竞平台和meet their sustainability goals.

“Over our 25 years as a strategic sourcing services provider, we have remained steadfast in our goals of delivering quantifiable value and measurable results for our clients,” comments Source One’s VP of Operations William Dorn. “This is especially true in our approach to ‘green’ the supply management operations and practices of our clients – by not onlyidentifying supplierswith the ability to reinforce their sustainability goals but making ‘going green’ a cost-effective option.”

As today’s environmentally conscious consumers insist on ethical and sustainable supply management practices from their brands of choice, Source One’s mission to support eco-friendly cost savings remains ever crucial. Over the upcoming year, the procurement services provider looks forward to the ongoing opportunity of combining social responsibility with effective spend management practices – evident in Source One’srelaunch of WhyAbe.com. Coming early 2018, Source One will be releasing a much revamped WhyAbe.com, complete with enhanced contract management, reverse auction, and RFX capabilities for procurement teams seeking a hassle-free eSourcing solution for their supplier engagement and sourcing needs.