Proven Across Every Spend Category
every supplier relationship. These case studies show how CenterPoint has helped clients in different industries cut costs,
consolidate suppliers, and build procurement programs that last.
Should your company join a Group Purchasing Organization? A decision guide for mid-sized businesses
A Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) is worth joining when your company spends meaningfully on common, indirect categories such as office supplies, industrial supplies, Maintenance, Repair, and Operations (MRO), packaging, telecom, or Information Technology (IT), and your team lacks the time or the scale to negotiate hard on its own. It...
How healthcare, hospitality, and manufacturing companies use GPOs differently
A vertical group purchasing organization aggregates demand within a single industry; a horizontal GPO aggregates demand across industries for the indirect categories they hold in common. The difference lies in which categories the contracts cover, and that one fact decides how a hospital, a hotel group, and a manufacturer each...
How a GPO reduces costs without changing your existing suppliers
A group purchasing organization (GPO) lowers your indirect spend by moving your existing supplier accounts onto pricing it has already negotiated, so you keep the same vendors, the same products, and the same ordering process while paying less. You do not switch distributors, run a competitive bid, or renegotiate every...
How rising oil prices are driving up your delivery costs and supplier pricing
Brent crude hit $138 per barrel on April 7, 2026. As of mid-May, it has settled around $108 to $110 per barrel, roughly $44 to $46 higher than the same time last year. The cause: military conflict in the Middle East has effectively shut the Strait of Hormuz, the shipping...
Category management in procurement: what it is and how it works
Procurement workloads climbed 10% in 2025 while procurement budgets rose just 1%, according to the Hackett Group 2025 Procurement Agenda Study. Category management in procurement is the discipline most procurement leaders reach for under that squeeze, and it’s also the term most often confused with its retail shelf-management namesake.
... CenterPoint Group Acquires Prokuria to Bring AI-Powered Solutions to Group Purchasing
CenterPoint Group, a global leader in group purchasing and strategic procurement solutions, today announced the acquisition of Prokuria, an innovative artificial intelligence (AI)-driven procurement technology company. This strategic acquisition marks a major step in CenterPoint’s mission to embed AI across its group purchasing programs and deliver the next generation of...
Procurement Performance
measurable savings, operational efficiency, and stronger supplier outcomes.
“I am happy to say that CenterPoint is one of AmeriHealth
Caritas
Family of Companies’ finest
business partners. They support our
business
supplies program throughout the United States with next
day delivery and prompt account
management.”
“We have utilized CenterPoint to help us audit and benchmark
our
Office Supplies purchases in North
America. They helped us improve
our overall
contract, find additional savings for this commodity, and
build on our existing good
relationships.”
“CenterPoint Group were extremely instrumental with regard to
the
facilitation of a very complex and
dynamic indirect spend RFP. Their
number
crunching, spend analysis and reporting capabilities are
invaluable services.”
“CenterPoint Group helped take my project to the next level.
They are
true professionals and I would
recommend them to anyone.”
What is a GPO, and how does it benefit my business?
A Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) combines the purchasing volume of its members to negotiate better pricing, contract terms, and service levels with suppliers. For your business, this means access to rates that would normally require far higher individual spend to qualify for. A GPO also handles supplier negotiations, contract management, and ongoing billing oversight, which frees your procurement team to focus on other priorities instead of vendor-by-vendor haggling.
What procurement categories does CenterPoint Group cover?
CenterPoint Group covers 60-70+ indirect spend categories through 300+ supplier contracts. The major categories include MRO and industrial supplies, office supplies, safety and PPE, wireless telecom, software and IT, packaging, hotels and car rental, janitorial, lab supplies, facilities, shipping, and human resources. If a category falls outside our existing contracts, our Sourcing Desk™ service can run a custom RFP to source suppliers for that specific need.
Does it cost anything to join CenterPoint Group?
No. There is no membership fee to join CenterPoint Group. Our service fee is embedded in supplier pricing, so members pay nothing out of pocket to access our pre-negotiated contracts and account management services. There are also no long-term contracts or purchase minimums required.
How quickly can a company start seeing savings after joining?
Most clients see savings within the first month. CenterPoint’s GPO contracts are pre-negotiated and ready to activate, so members can plug into existing supplier programs without waiting for a lengthy RFP process. Program onboarding typically completes in less than two weeks, and average member savings run around 20%, though specific results vary by category and current pricing.
Is there a minimum spend requirement to participate?
No. There is no minimum spend required to join CenterPoint Group. Members agree to use best efforts to source at least 80% of their related category spend through CenterPoint’s programs, but there is no dollar threshold or volume floor to qualify for membership or access pre-negotiated pricing.
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