Anybody who has gone through the process of procuring services will know how time consuming and difficult it can be to find the right suppliers for their business. Apart from spending a considerable amount of time, there are any number of potential pitfalls in any buying process:

How do you know that a service provider supplier can fulfil your needs?
Are they conveniently located?
Are they value for money?
Are they easy to work with?
What is their track record like?
Are they qualified or accredited?

These are just some of the questions that we would ideally want to address before engaging our supplier companies. The problem is that the research involved in answering these questions means that services are often taken up without proper vetting. For most businesses there just isn’t the time and all too often this inevitably leads to disappointment in the service or at worst disaster!

Sigma Resource helps take the time and risk out of sourcing suppliers and service providers because we do all the sourcing and vetting for you.

Sigma Resource provides three Service Resource Solutions:

Find Service Providers
Managed Resource Services
Procurement Department Services

Find Service Providers
Sigma Resource work with a number of core and specialist service providers and suppliers within a given geographic area and through continual feedback from clients and constant review we have developed a trusted resource of companies that our clients can tap into. This enables us to quickly and successfully ‘match’ proven suppliers with our client’s specific needs. Basically we do all the legwork for you, saving you time and leaving you free to concentrate on your business.

When you have a need for a service provider or supplier, Sigma Resource will initially establish with you the criteria for the service that you are looking for, essentially your ‘shopping list’. Sigma will then source only the companies that are a ‘match’ to the criteria you have specified. By doing do, we save you the time and hassle involved in finding potential suppliers with the capabilities you need. Once we have sourced matching companies, we will arrange for their representatives to speak to you at your convenience. Additionally we will provide you with a profile for the companies you will be meeting. If you are seeking to connect to sector specific industries in the emerging markets or to engage with markets in the West, then have a look at our Global Sector Integration Services for a list of the sectors that we can are involved in.

If your requirement is for a specific country and city business service, such as IT, Legal, HR, Accounting or Taxation, then have a look at Core Services for a list of our current portfolio of service areas.
 

Managed Resource Services
Over time many of our clients have come to trust the capability of Sigma Resource to be able to match their specific business requirements with the right service providers and suppliers for them. In providing Managed Resource Services, Sigma takes on the role of 'Tender Management' for our clients particularly in cases of very specific types of services or in large and complicated buying processes. Incorporating our existing knowledge base of suppliers and service providers with invitations to tender from other businesses that also match your criteria, Sigma will manage the tendering process for you from start to finish . Although this process will be different for different clients and different business needs, the end result is the same: We will present you with a company or companies that we are confident will meet your requirements. There are a number of particular benefits to engaging Sigma Resource to manage a particular tender or buying process for you among them are:

• When going out to tender or for complex projects (e.g. large IT projects or Contract Services) the buying process can often be long and involve a number of people in your own organisation and incorporate a number of co-operating bodies. By managing your tender, Sigma Resource will free up your staff to concentrate on your ongoing business as well as providing a central focus for all parties involved.
   

• You can remain anonymous throughout the tendering process. Not even the potential suppliers need to know the company whose business they are tendering for. Only once you have selected your short list of potential service providers at the end of the process, need you reveal your identity.
   

• Any questions or queries are channelled through Sigma giving you and potential suppliers a single point of reference preventing the need to answer the same question or query multiple times to several tendering companies.

Procurement Department Services
As companies grow they often suffer inefficiencies and waste due to disparate buying of services and supplies throughout the organisation. This is why larger organisations have centralised buying departments whose responsibility it is to buy what the company needs to function effectively; but always with an eye on value for money. This could involve the purchase of anything from stationary supplies to capital items (e.g. vehicles or telephone systems). Because of our extensive knowledge base of suppliers and service providers and our expertise in negotiating the best deals on your behalf, centralising your buying though Sigma Resource will ensure that you always get the best deal. So if you are an SME and would like to have the benefits of a professional buying department but without the cost, or if you are a larger business but would like to explore the benefits of outsourcing your buying requirements please call us and we will be pleased to discuss your requirements.
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