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Prices crept up a little every month, and you only noticed when the margin was already gone.
We put purchase orders, price agreements and invoice checks in place so businesses pay the price they agreed to.
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Businesses in metro detroit
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Renaissance Center, Detroit
Metro Detroit
It is the first Monday of the month in Metro Detroit and you are matching a stack of invoices from four different suppliers. The item you bought in March costs more now, a delivery charge showed up that nobody agreed to, and two invoices do not match anything you remember ordering.
With purchasing set up right, every order goes out on a purchase order with an agreed price. You have a short list of preferred suppliers, a written price agreement with the main one, and someone who checks each invoice against its order before it gets paid.
The surprises stop. You know what you pay for your top items, you collect the rebates you were already earning, and when a supplier raises prices you hear about it before your margin does.
Tap the ones that sound like your week.
81,993 businesses operate in Metro Detroit. Clean numbers and steady systems are what let one of them pull ahead.
Small changes in pricing and costs add up fast. Try your own revenue.
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Added profit each year
$45,000
Yearly revenue times the margin points gained.
Fix this in Metro DetroitWe pull several months of bills and show where the money goes, by supplier and by item.
We help you consolidate, ask for price agreements and confirm rebate and payment terms in writing.
Every order goes out on a PO with a price, and only the people you choose can place one.
Invoices get matched to the PO before payment, and price changes get flagged for you each month.
What we report every month: Spend by supplier, Price changes on top items, Rebates earned and collected, and Invoices caught that did not match the order.
A purchase order is the written record of what you ordered, from whom and at what price. It feels like paperwork until the first time it catches a wrong invoice. It also ties materials to a job, which keeps your costing and margins honest.
The fee depends on how many suppliers you use, how much you buy and whether you want a one-time cleanup or ongoing invoice checks. A business with one main supplier is simple. Several locations, many buyers and no PO system take more setup.
Suppliers price on volume, loyalty and how easy you are to serve. Consolidating your buying, paying on time and asking for a written price sheet on your top items usually beats haggling on every order. Have that conversation once a year with your spend report in hand.
Many supply houses and distributors pay rebates or volume incentives, and buying groups pool small businesses to earn better terms. The catch is that rebates often need tracking and a claim. If nobody is watching the tiers, the money stays with the supplier.
When everyone can buy, nobody owns the spend. Pick a few people who can place orders, give them a spending limit and a preferred supplier list, and require a PO above that limit. It actually speeds things up, because people stop asking permission for the small stuff.
Fast and simple, but prices drift, invoices go unchecked and nobody owns the spend.
Makes sense for a large operation, but it is a full salary for work a smaller business can put into a system.
We set up purchase orders, price agreements and invoice checks, then report on price changes and rebates every month.
Who you are dealing with
Before Rebuild Detroit, Tevin Jackson helped scale more than 100 home service brands with marketing, sales and operations. Business Services is that playbook, run for Metro Detroit businesses with the local numbers on this page, by the team behind the Rebuild Detroit directory.
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