Product sourcing. The right material, from the right maker.
Connecting customers with the materials, manufacturers and production partners they need, through a trusted network of approved suppliers, with the expertise to know which is right for the job and the continuity to keep it supplied.
A trusted network of approved makers, not a directory
The networkSourcing driven by material knowledge, not price
Why technical sourcingHow it plays out on a real sourcing job
In practiceSourcing driven by material knowledge, not just price. The difference between buying a product and being guided to the right one.
Generic procurement will optimise anyone's purchasing of anything, with no view on the material itself. A plain distributor sells boxes. Allbase sits between the two: we source with the technical knowledge to know which manufacturer, which grade and which approved fabricator is right for the job, because we understand the materials. The sourcing is informed by the specification expertise, not separate from it.
A short path from need to delivered material. Specification expertise feeds the sourcing at every step.
Understand the requirement
We start from the material and the application, what it has to do, the sector it sits in and any certification it must meet, so the search is targeted from the outset.
Match to the right maker
We draw on the network to identify the manufacturer or approved fabricator best placed on grade, quality approval, lead time and volume, not just the cheapest quote.
Set up continuity
Once proven, we establish ongoing supply, with volume programmes where it helps, so the line stays open and the programme is not exposed to a single point of failure.
The bit a procurement desk cannot do. Sourcing with the material expertise behind it.
We know the materials, so we know the makers
The supplier shortlist comes from understanding what the material has to do, not from a directory.
Approved sources for regulated work
Where a sector demands certification, we go to makers already approved for that grade, not unproven alternatives.
A cross-sector view
A material proven in one sector often solves a problem in another. We see across all six, so the right answer is not limited to where you started looking.
Continuity, not a single transaction
We set up supply to last, so the project keeps running long after the first order lands.
Part of a pipeline
Specification & Advisory tells you what material the job needs. Product sourcing gets it for you from the right maker, on the right terms. The two work as one line: the specification expertise informs the sourcing, so what arrives is what the application actually requires, supplied to keep arriving.
A renewable energy fabricator needed an approved prepreg supplier for a structural component, one that met the certification their sector demanded but with lead times their existing source could not hold. We knew a manufacturer in our network already approved for that grade and brought the two together, with ongoing supply set up so the programme would not stall again.
Illustrative example. Details adapted; no customer or supplier named.
The point
Finding the material is one thing. Knowing which supplier is already approved, available and right for the job is where the time and risk actually get saved.
One network, six sectors. The same sourcing discipline applied wherever the material is needed.
Sourcing, backed by Allbase Intelligence. Live signals on price, availability and lead time.
Behind the network sits a continuously updated view of the market, so a sourcing recommendation reflects what is actually available and moving now, not last quarter. Powered by Allbase Intelligence.
Explore Allbase Intelligence- Price movement across grades and makers
- Availability and current lead times
- Approved-supplier status by sector
- Cross-sector substitution options
Bring us the requirement.
Tell us what the material has to do and the volumes you need. A specialist finds the right maker, gets it on the right terms, and sets up supply to keep it coming. A first conversation costs nothing.
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