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Survey Results Show Member Savings with Direct Travel

December 8, 2022 / by Direct Travel posted in Group Purchasing Organization, Travel Management, Infographic, Supply Chain Management, Procurement, gpo

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Between the drastic increase in travel demand and airfare prices, there are many obstacles that prevent corporate travel programs from thriving, much less meet their bottom line.

Direct Travel, a travel management supplier of OMNIA Partners, provides personalized service solutions for corporate travel programs. Their portfolio of technology and service solutions give companies the tools they need to support their travelers. Members of OMNIA Partners have experienced substantial time and money savings by utilizing Direct Travel.

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8 Questions to Ask Regarding Pharmacy Benefits Management

May 5, 2022 / by OMNIA Partners posted in Human Resources, Group Purchasing Organization, Infographic, Supply Chain Management, Procurement, Insurance & Benefits, gpo

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Understanding the basics when it comes to pharmacy benefits management (PBM) can provide insight for procurement managers trying to find cost savings in unfamiliar territory.

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Protect Your Building Investment: Flooring Maintenance Timeline

July 17, 2019 / by OMNIA Partners posted in Facilities & Infrastructure, Group Purchasing Organization, Infographic, Flooring, Supply Chain Management, Procurement, gpo

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All day the workers in your facility are on your floor, working on it, stepping on it, running machines on it, storing equipment and inventory on it, possibly driving necessary vehicles across it. With all of this heavy use, it can be easy to overlook, and dangerous to ignore, necessary precautions.

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Infographic: Why Supplier Consolidation is Critical and Easy!

May 9, 2019 / by OMNIA Partners posted in Group Purchasing Organization, Infographic, Supply Chain Management, Procurement, gpo

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Maintaining relationships with multiple vendors can be tricky, especially when you have different vendors servicing different locations. There are several key benefits to consolidating your suppliers that will make purchasing less complex. 

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Infographic: Six Questions for Stakeholder Alignment

February 15, 2019 / by OMNIA Partners posted in Group Purchasing Organization, Infographic, Supply Chain Management, Procurement, gpo

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Developing alignment with your internal stakeholders can be difficult, take a lot of coordination and be complex. Stakeholders tend to think procurement is not focused on finding the right solution with a partner they can trust, but rather focused only on expense management. Procurement however is much more strategic in their approach and goals. In order to begin alignment with end-user stakeholders procurement needs to start with the right discovery questions.

These 6 questions will help procurement take the lead in starting the conversation. 

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6 Questions to Ask your IT Team & Jumpstart Alignment

May 15, 2017 / by OMNIA Partners posted in Group Purchasing Organization, Telecommunications Management, Infographic, Supply Chain Management, Procurement, IT & Telecom, gpo

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Read through these six questions you can ask to better align your procurement activities with your IT team’s initiatives. Alignment can be as simple as starting the conversation down the right path.

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MRO Vending Solutions Cut Cost & Increase Productivity

February 28, 2017 / by OMNIA Partners posted in Facilities & Infrastructure, Group Purchasing Organization, Infographic, Supply Chain Management, Procurement, Industrial Supplies & MRO

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$500 billion is spent annually on MRO (maintenance, repair and operations) in the U.S, making MRO a target category for procurement to manage. Approximately 30% of MRO spend is on non-inventory industrial purchases; the other 70% is committed to MRO inventory.

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