<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/ece62185-cdea-41b5-a594-b239ccc75037/6DA885D9-57CB-41D7-BA7A-FEC7BD5280D8/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.linkedin.com/groupAnswers?viewQuestionAndAnswers=&gid=51126&discussionID=3597440&sik=&split_page=&report%2Esuccess=62WUlrnddR6bgwSqXhj6sMCTLzs-Mtpi3fLJWbNsWtuooxKwgTL8r5xsvgkbozKwEkXBakadko" href="http://www.linkedin.com/groupAnswers?viewQuestionAndAnswers=&gid=51126&discussionID=3597440&sik=&split_page=&report%2Esuccess=62WUlrnddR6bgwSqXhj6sMCTLzs-Mtpi3fLJWbNsWtuooxKwgTL8r5xsvgkbozKwEkXBakadko" style="font-size: 11px;">www.linkedin.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.linkedin.com/groupAnswers?viewQuestionAndAnswers=&gid=51126&discussionID=3597440&sik=&split_page=&report%2Esuccess=62WUlrnddR6bgwSqXhj6sMCTLzs-Mtpi3fLJWbNsWtuooxKwgTL8r5xsvgkbozKwEkXBakadko"><H1 class="q">Is a Fee-Based Procurement Service Model Attractive in Today's Environment?</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.linkedin.com/groupAnswers?viewQuestionAndAnswers=&gid=51126&discussionID=3597440&sik=&split_page=&report%2Esuccess=62WUlrnddR6bgwSqXhj6sMCTLzs-Mtpi3fLJWbNsWtuooxKwgTL8r5xsvgkbozKwEkXBakadko"><DIV class="who-in"> <DIV class="contents"> <H3> <A title="View Jack Daniels's profile" class="fn" href="http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=37398408&authToken=b2il&authType=name">Jack Daniels</A> </H3> <P class="title">President at EastBridge Partners, LLC</p> <P class="seeall"> <A href="http://www.linkedin.com/groupAnswers?searchQuestionsPostedByOther=&gid=51126&answerCategory=myans&memberID=37398408"> See all Jack’s discussions » </A> </p> </DIV> </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.linkedin.com/groupAnswers?viewQuestionAndAnswers=&gid=51126&discussionID=3597440&sik=&split_page=&report%2Esuccess=62WUlrnddR6bgwSqXhj6sMCTLzs-Mtpi3fLJWbNsWtuooxKwgTL8r5xsvgkbozKwEkXBakadko"><P class="q-details"><DIV> Our company provides on-the-ground engineering and procurement services in the Asia-Pacific region. We pre-qualify vendors, perform on site audits, obtain samples, negotiate pricing & terms, optimize the manufacturing process, inspect the goods and coordinate logistics. </DIV> <BR /><DIV> Unlike our competitors, we do not mark-up the price of the goods we procure or accept a back commission from the vendors we manage. Our compensation comes only in the form of an hourly fee from our clients. </DIV> <BR /><DIV> We feel that this model provides complete transparency and allows us to advocate for our clients. I'm curious to hear why some procurement managers and supply chain managers are resistant the the fee-based model and prefer to use brokers that incorporate a mark-up into the finished goods pricing. </DIV> <BR /><DIV> Best regards, </DIV> Jack Daniels jdaniels@buyers-bridge.com </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/6DA885D9-57CB-41D7-BA7A-FEC7BD5280D8/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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