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"Any reduction in procurement costs translates into dollar-for-dollar improvements in bottom-line profits. By comparison, it would take $5 in sales to equal the same bottom line impact as a $1 reduction in procurement costs."
- AberdeenGroup

Why Use SourceAuthority?

Immediate Value
We provide immediate free access to world-class suppliers.

Sourcing Best Practices
Our sourcing process is time-tested, documented and effective.

Sourcing Technology
We give you free access to world-class technology which streamlines supplier discovery.

Amazing ROI
This free service typically saves buyers 5-24% and improves quality, delivery and engineering support.

Buyer Information

How It Works

SourceAuthority mirrors the Request for Quote process manufacturing buyers and suppliers follow offline. It’s not a reverse auction. It’s streamlined, safe and secure.

You manage your Project!
We manage your Project!

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You Manage Your Project

If you want to manage your own project, SourceAuthority.com provides you with the right functionality to meet your sourcing needs. Our user friendly sourcing tools have been built on real-world sourcing experience and we provide you with immediate access to a network of audited regional and national suppliers which include machine shops, job shops and contract manufacturers. You can leverage our powerful Request for Quote technology to achieve rapid savings and significantly reduce the sourcing cycle.

Create Projects and Publish Request for Quotes
Use SourceAuthority's online templates to quickly create Projects with one or more Request for Quotes. Attaching drawings, CAD files or other documentation is easy. Your Request for Quotes are published with the click of a button and immediately matched to qualified machine shops, job shops and contract manufacturers.

Security
We work to ensure your data is safe. All qualified, machine shops, job shops or contract manufacturers who wish to quote on your project are required to sign a Non Disclosure Agreement prior to viewing your Request for Quote data.

Collaborate with Machine Shops and Contract Manufacturers
Buyers and suppliers communicate seamlessly throughout the sourcing process -- enabling both to ask and receive answers to critical questions that will affect the success of the project. All collaboration is stored with your project for easy reference.

Review the Quotes
Qualified machine shops, job shops and contract manufacturers will send you quotes online. The quote data is presented in a clear and concise method making it easier for you to compare both quotes and suppliers in an apples-to-apples format.

Perform Supplier Due Diligence
Conducting due diligence on machine shops, job shops and contract manufacturers has never been easier. We build in-depth supplier profiles consisting of self-disclosed information, reference checks and feedback from online transactions. This information is presented to you when it matters most...while you are viewing a supplier's quotation.

Award Your Project
Its simple. Select your machine shop, job shop or contract manufacturer and award your project online! Contract directly with the machine shop or other supplier and begin growing your new relationship today! All we ask is that you remember and follow the SourceAuthority.com Terms Of Use.

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We Manage Your Sourcing Project, You Get the Benefits

How It Works
For large or complex sourcing projects, SourceAuthority.com offers free and flexible project management services. When SourceAuthority.com manages your project, you gain the category specific knowledge and expertise of professionals who have sourced many hundreds of contract manufactured projects. We will help you apply a rigorous and proven process to ensure you meet your sourcing objectives. It's simply the best way to maximize the Request for Quote process for machine shops, job shops and contract manufacturers. Go ahead. It's free! free!

Project Definition
A SourceAuthority project manager works with you or with your team to assess, define and document the sourcing project. Using a strict process to produce uniform Request for Quotes not only ensures supplier input will match your criteria, it enables more efficient and objective bidding and bid analysis.

Machine Shop, Job Shop or Contract Manufacturing Assessment
Your SourceAuthority Project Manager will match your requirements against the extensive SourceAuthority machine shop, job shop and contract manufacturer network and identify a pool of qualified prospects for the Request for Quote event.

Engineering Assessment **
If you choose, a member of our Engineering Support Team conducts a thorough review of your drawings and/or CAD files to identify potential problems. Eliminating problems before the Request for Quote event ensures you receive a quality product and expedites the quote process by eliminating redundant supplier questions.

Sourcing
Your project manager will create and publish the Request for Quotation to our supplier network which consist of audited machine shops, job shops and contract manufacturers. Suppliers may seek clarification of the terms, an item specification or delivery instructions. Your Project Manager will facilitate this process.

Bid Evaluation
At the close of the bidding event, SourceAuthority facilitates bid tabulation based on your criteria. This information is made available to you electronically and presented in a manner that is concise and consistent making it much easier for you to evaluate both quotes and suppliers.

Full Supplier Qualification **
After you have narrowed the list of candidates, our Supplier Qualification Services help you minimize risk and gain critical insight into potential new or existing suppliers. If you choose, our quality personnel can help you implement a Supplier Survey or Facility Audit to ensure that the machine shop, job shop or contract manufacturer meets your requirements.

Contract Award
After you have identified the right machine shop, job shop or contract manufacturer for your project, you contract directly with that supplier for production. All we ask is that you remember and honor SourceAuthority's Terms of Use and provide us with feedback on the supplier's and our performance.

Summary
SourceAuthority brings you a unique blend of sourcing information, technology and expertise to empower your team to do more in less time. Using these powerful tools we work with your buyers to source their contract manufactured parts and return to them a wide selection of quotes from audited regional and national machine shops, job shops and contract manufacturers. It's a free solution that could transform your company's sourcing capabilities, help you realize immediate savings, and sustain supplier improvements over time.

** Indicates a service where additional costs apply. Pricing varies with the size, scope and complexity of the project.

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