Company Background
Direct Sourcing Solutions, LLC was founded in 1999 by a group of Purchasing Executives from the Automotive, Consulting, Consumer Goods and Technology Industries to provide Source-to-Pay services supporting indirect purchases. DSSI is privately held, Minority Certified and ISO 9001:2000 Certified.

Our Mission
Our mission is to be a global provider of the highest quality procurement services.

Our Value
DSSI delivers rapid, sustainable improvement in indirect procurement performance with reduced costs, less risk and improved financial control. We supplement the procurement capabilities of our customers with:

• Successful Program Management Experience
• Intellectual Capital
• Purchasing Leverage Through Spend Aggregation
• Category Management Expertise
• Proven Technology
• Best-in-class Workflow Automation
• Closed-loop Financial Settlement
• Comprehensive Reporting

DSSI has led the Procurement Services Industry in developing and implementing methods and tools that address the underlying causes of excessive costs to include the following areas.

• Process Inefficiencies
  These involve activity timing and coordination, resource allocation, responsibility and authority, workflow and levels of automation and control.
  
  Our Results: Savings of between 5 and 20% of process costs
  


• Fragmentation Costs
  These costs are driven by decentralization and result from inadequate information, item and supply base proliferation, maverick spending, and an inability to drive corporate strategies.
  
  Our Results: Savings of between 4 and 9% of applicable spend
  


• Piece Price Premiums
  These result from limited commodity expertise, a lack of purchasing leverage, ineffective sourcing, and insufficient performance management.
  
  Our Results: Savings of between 5 and 20% of applicable spend
  

Our Management Team
We are working on the profile updates based on our recent organization changes.