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.
Seasonal Procurement: The Hidden Costs of Thanksgiving
Every year, as Thanksgiving approaches, the country gears up for a feeding frenzy, and not just at the dinner table. Consumers scramble for ingredients, retailers stock their shelves with holiday specials, and food producers ramp up production long before that iconic turkey lands in a shopping cart.
... 10 Reasons You’re Overpaying for Shipping
Shipping costs are eating into margins across every industry, and most companies don’t even realize it. Whether your business ships through FedEx, UPS, or regional carriers, hidden fees and unoptimized contracts can quietly inflate logistics costs by double digits.
... Procurement Orchestration: A Smarter Path to Efficient Spend Management
Most organizations have invested in procurement tools, approval workflows, or purchase request systems, yet purchasing still feels chaotic. Requests get lost in email threads. Teams bypass processes “just to get things done faster.” Data lives in ten different systems. And even with spend controls in place, savings rarely match expectations....
Indirect Spend: The Overlooked Driver of Business Performance
Most procurement teams run tight controls on direct materials. They negotiate raw material contracts, benchmark commodity prices, and track supplier performance down to the decimal. Indirect spend gets none of that attention. Office supplies, MRO parts, telecom services, IT subscriptions, and dozens of other operational categories get purchased across departments...
AI Is Driving Electricity Costs Up – Here’s How to Push Back
It is not just summer heat putting pressure on the grid. Artificial intelligence is now a major force behind rising electricity costs. And for businesses of every size, energy bills are becoming less predictable and more difficult to manage.
... Procurement Leakage: How Pens and Screws Could Be Costing You Millions
Low-value office and industrial supplies like screws and stationery are often considered low-impact purchases. Pens, paper, folders, printer toner, screws, nuts, and bolts are small items that seem harmless on their own. But across large organizations, this routine procurement spend can quietly become a source of waste, cost overruns, and...
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.
Reduce costs, improve supplier performance, and modernize procurement through AI-
powered sourcing, procurement consulting, and global purchasing leverage designed for
measurable business impact.