Profile: Paladin Associates Inc. specializes in offering cost reduction, revenue enhancements and management support services. We have an extensive experience in managing procurement processes and offer various consulting services including requisitioning, purchasing & accounts payable process reengineering & automation, turnaround support through quick supplier price reductions, audits of current contracts to ensure proper invoicing & identify leakage & unrealized savings, pre & post merger due diligence, acquisition integration for maximizing cost savings synergies, and organizational design & development. Our cost reduction services include procurement process consulting, strategic sourcing, eSourcing, spend analysis, energy & utility cost reduction, contract management, business process outsourcing, telecom productivity and financial management. We utilize our extensive experience to help strengthen our clients' business management. Our services range from operational assessments, which help clients better understand how their business is functioning, to programs designed to drive and support strategic initiatives, such as acquisitions, right sizing, outsourcing, offshoring & quality improvement. We have an extensive experience developing and managing strategic & tactical IT initiatives in both growth & restructuring situations. We provide objective root-cause analysis of problems and opportunities for improvement across the entire range of manufacturing operations including organization review to insure effective control & structure, supervisory evaluation, integration of sourcing & manufacturing requirements, quality review & assessment, cost controls & system evaluations, and waste control & review of systems.