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From Cost Cutter to Strategic Powerhouse
CEO & Founder of LogicSource David Pennino explains why procurement is now a strategic lever for financial resilience and peer benchmarking myths, indirect spend strategy, and why procurement teams should have revenue-style targets tied to compensation.
LogicSource 2026 Tariff Impact Analysis: March Update
LogicSource’s August 2025 tariff report offers the latest insights into sweeping U.S. tariff expansions across 60+ countries and provides procurement strategies to mitigate cost increases across retail, healthcare, and manufacturing sectors.
Sourcing Trends Q4 2025: Indirect Spend Outlook 2026
Access LogicSource’s Q3 2025 Sourcing Trends Report for key sourcing trends and market dynamics across indirect spend areas, cost projections, and procurement strategies from 180+ indirect category experts.
LogicSource 2025 Tariff Impact Analysis: November Update
LogicSource’s August 2025 tariff report offers the latest insights into sweeping U.S. tariff expansions across 60+ countries and provides procurement strategies to mitigate cost increases across retail, healthcare, and manufacturing sectors.
LogicSource 2025 Tariff Impact Analysis: August Update
LogicSource’s August 2025 tariff report offers the latest insights into sweeping U.S. tariff expansions across 60+ countries and provides procurement strategies to mitigate cost increases across retail, healthcare, and manufacturing sectors.
Sourcing Trends Q3 2025: Tariff, Regulatory, and Inflationary Implications
Access LogicSource’s Q3 2025 Sourcing Trends Report for key sourcing trends and market dynamics across indirect spend areas, cost projections, and procurement strategies from 180+ indirect category experts.
One Big Beautiful Bill: Healthcare Implications and Mitigation Strategies
Discover how the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will impact healthcare revenue, coverage, and care delivery. Our in-depth report offers actionable insights and strategies to offset its financial challenges.
$42M in Annualized Gross Savings for A $10B Global Retailer
See how LogicSource helped a $10B apparel retailer to deliver $42M in gross annualized savings and $54M in net cumulative value by transforming procurement and scaling sourcing operations globally.
$35M In Cost Savings for a Regional Health System
Discover how LogicSource delivered $35M in annual run-rate savings for a $3B regional health system by optimizing non-clinical supply chain spend across facilities, IT, HR, logistics, and purchased services.
$25M in Annual Savings for a Hospital System
Discover how a hospital system with zero procurement resources after divestiture achieved $25M annual savings by building best-in-class non-clinical procurement operations with LogicSource.
Stop Paying the “Wedding Premium” Tap Into Indirect Procurement Expertise from Outside of Healthcare
Unlocking $45M in Savings for a Multibillion-Dollar Sporting Goods Manufacturer
Discover how a multibillion-dollar sporting goods company partnered with LogicSource to centralize procurement and generate $45M+ in savings and operational value over a multi-year engagement.
Taming Tail Spend: Cutting the Tail to Power Sustainable EBITDA Growth
Discover a practical framework to assess, manage, and optimize tail spend. This guide explores how to turn low-dollar, high-transaction purchases into a source of efficiency, compliance, and cost savings that drive EBITDA growth across your organization.
LogicSource 2025 Tariff Impact Analysis: June Update
LogicSource’s June 2025 tariff report offers the latest insights into China, UK, and EU trade developments and provides procurement strategies to mitigate cost increases across retail, healthcare, and manufacturing sectors.
$50M in P&L Savings for a Leading Private Equity Firm
Discover how a top private equity firm partnered with LogicSource to centralize procurement across 10 portfolio companies — unlocking $50M+ in savings and transforming sourcing strategy.
How Healthcare Supply Chains Are Responding to the 2025 Tariff Surge
How are healthcare supply chains preparing for the 2025 tariff surge? LogicSource Center of Excellence Partner James Bouchard shares key takeaways from The Health Management Academy’s CSCO Summit reveal strategies, risks, and next steps.
2025 Fluorescent Ban: State-by-State Analysis and Organizational Impact
LogicSource’s latest analysis breaks down the state-by-state bans on fluorescent lighting and what they mean for businesses. Learn how to prepare for the LED transition with compliance, cost savings, and sustainability in mind.
Tariffs and the U.S. Healthcare Supply Chain
LogicSource Center of Excellence Partner James Bouchard reveals the short and long-term impacts of U.S. tariffs on healthcare supply chains, from rising costs to sourcing strategies and vendor challenges.
LogicSource Analysis: Sourcing Trends Q2 2025
Access LogicSource’s Q2 2025 Sourcing Trends Report for key sourcing trends and market dynamics across indirect spend areas, cost projections, and procurement strategies from 180+ indirect category experts.
LogicSource 2025 Tariff Impact Analysis: April Update
LogicSource’s April 2025 Tariff Impact Analysis examines how new reciprocal tariffs affect indirect spend categories and provides procurement strategies to mitigate cost increases across retail, healthcare, and manufacturing sectors.
Why Service Reliability Matters in Price-First Logistics
Discover how focusing solely on cost-cutting in logistics can lead to unexpected expenses and lost revenue. Learn why building strong carrier partnerships and prioritizing service reliability is crucial for long-term success.
Softening The Blow Of The U.S. Trade War
LogicSource’s Michael Braunschweiger shares tactics to help companies protect margins and optimize supply chains amid U.S. evolving trade policies.
Cleveland Clinic and LogicSource Set Benchmarks for Non-Clinical Procurement
Cleveland Clinic and LogicSource are transforming non-clinical procurement, helping health systems save on indirect spend. Discover how their collaboration sets new benchmarks for cost efficiency in healthcare.
LogicSource’s Tariff Report Warns of Significant Cost Increases
LogicSource’s 2025 Tariff Impact Analysis reveals substantial cost increases across indirect spend categories, with IT hardware, packaging, and HVAC systems facing significant tariff impacts starting January 2025.
LogicSource 2025 Tariff Impact Analysis: February Update II
New U.S. tariffs on steel & aluminum take effect March 12, 2025, impacting manufacturing, healthcare, retail, and technology sectors. Explore key risks and industry impacts in LogicSource’s latest update.
Tips for Building Resilient Supply Chains Amid Rising Disruptions
Is your supply chain ready for the next disruption? Discover how adaptive contingency planning can protect your business’ critical operations during labor strikes and other external challenges.
LogicSource 2025 Tariff Impact Analysis: February Update
Explore the newest LogicSource update and analysis on tariffs and their impact on industries like healthcare, retail and consumer packaged goods, manufacturing, and more in 2025.
LogicSource 2025 Tariff Impact Analysis: Strategic Implications for Indirect Spend
Stay ahead of the 2025 tariff increases with actionable insights. Download LogicSource’s report to understand the financial and operational impacts on indirect spend and strategies to protect your bottom line
Unveiling the Costs of Non-clinical Spending in American Healthcare
What’s the amount of the hidden costs in American healthcare spending? Discover the factors driving these costs and their effects on healthcare management and efficiency.
Procurement Analytics: 8 Key Metrics for Measuring Performance
Can healthcare organizations drive operational excellence through procurement analytics? Explore eight key metrics to enhance visibility into non-clinical spend, improve sourcing processes, and identify cost-saving opportunities.
Lack of Discipline Costs Real Money: Non-Clinical Spend Targeted for Cost Savings
There are five steps healthcare systems can take to improve their procurement processes to unlock new cost savings in the supply chain.
Navigating Healthcare’s Financial Storm: The Need for New Cost Management Strategies
Discover how the Cleveland Clinic and LogicSource collaboration is transforming healthcare cost management to address financial pressures from rising costs and an aging population.
Addressing Inefficiencies in Non-clinical Spend: A Checklist for Health Systems
Improve margins and reinvest in patient care. Download this non-clinical spend checklist to learn how to address common inefficiencies and optimize.
How to Maintain Profits and Earn Consumer Trust Amid Price Cuts
Discover strategies for retailers to maintain profits and consumer trust amidst price cuts. Learn how optimizing indirect spend can help balance cost reductions while ensuring quality and customer satisfaction.
Debunking The Generalist Delusion in Indirect Procurement
Don’t buy into the misconception that generalists are enough to handle indirect procurement. Learn why investing in specialized expertise is necessary to harness the full potential of this indirect spend for your business success.
Unlocking Hidden Value: Navigating Healthcare Procurement Maturity
Discover how the Procurement Maturity Model empowers healthcare CFOs and procurement leaders to unlock hidden value in indirect spending. Learn about the five-stage framework for assessing and improving procurement capabilities.
How to use more rigor in buying non-clinical products, services
Healthcare spends a significant amount on non-clinical services but managing non-clinical procurement the traditional way could mean missed savings opportunities. Learn how to optimize non-clinical procurement for better patient care and cost reduction.
4 Reasons To Re-Evaluate Your Non-Clinical Spend Management
Rising costs & fragmented procurement squeezing your health system’s margins? Learn how to overcome these threats and unlock hidden savings of up to 15% with better non-clinical spend management. Download our free guide now.
Revolutionizing Cost Management: Why New Strategic Partnerships in Healthcare Matter
Amid the rising cost of care, the need to double down on non-clinical spend categories to find efficiencies is greater than ever.
Why GPOs Are Only Part of the Cost Savings Formula for Healthcare Organizations
Healthcare organizations have long benefited from savings leveraged by the collective purchasing power of GPOs. However, GPOs may not be enough to fully capitalize on the cost savings opportunities of non-clinical spending. Discover four actionable steps that can help unlock these hidden benefits.
Seven Habits of a Highly Effective Health System CFO
Discover how health system CFOs can lead their organizations through economic turbulence by adopting seven crucial habits. Learn from other industries to enhance financial health and patient care.
Busting Myths: Why Contract Lifecycle Management Tools Fail & the New Path to Procurement Success
Discover why you should avoid contract lifecycle management tools and what contract management solutions are better suited to meet your procurement needs. Learn how to leverage contracts to provide business value with actionable data.
Derisking Your Financial Future: Spend Management Strategies to Thrive
Empower your decision-making with expert insights and practical actions to optimize your spend management. Gain a strategic advantage to tackle volatility and pave the way for your organization’s resilient, innovative future.
Why You Need Better Benchmarks for Your Non-clinical Spend
Stop overpaying for essential non-clinical purchases. Learn why relying on broad national benchmarks can cost your health system millions and how to make the shift towards best-in-class pricing with our exclusive guide.
How To Unlock Savings In Indirect Expenditures
Don’t overlook the potential savings in indirect expenditures. Learn how to strategically manage and optimize costs in this uncertain economic climate with expert tips from LogicSource CEO David Pennino and boost your company’s financial performance today.
Easing RFP Angst: A Guide to Selection of the Right Media Agency
Find out how a procurement consultant can help you source the right media planning and buying agency for your business, with tips and insights from years of experience in conducting media agency RFPs. Don’t take a leap of faith when it comes to choosing a partner – make an informed decision based on these important… Read more »
Going Local versus Going National for Non-clinical Procurement: The Power of Local Contracts
Learn how local contracts can provide distinct advantages over GPOs when it comes to procuring non-clinical goods and services. Discover the key reasons why your health system should consider opting for localized contracts rather than nationwide agreements.
Look Beyond GPOs for a New World of Cost Savings
There’s a massive savings opportunity that healthcare systems miss out on when solely relying on national GPO contracts for non-clinical procurement. Here’s why you need a holistic, in-depth approach to truly optimize non-clinical expenditures.
Level-Up Your Sourcing From Chaos to Clarity by Overcoming These Challenges
From lost time to decreased profitability, inefficient sourcing can have far-reaching implications. Discover what common roadblocks you could be facing and why you may need to take a closer look at sourcing technology.
A New Approach to Overcome Healthcare’s Annual Budgeting Challenges
Find out how healthcare CFOs can overcome traditional budgeting challenges and optimize the budgeting process without impacting the patient delivery model.
Why Procurement Is the Key to Improved Profitability
Indirect procurement can reduce operational costs by up to 12%, but many organizations aren’t equipped to leverage its full value. Find out how LogicSource is uniquely positioned to address this gap in the corporate workflow.
Health System CFOs, Don’t Overlook the Potential Savings in Non-clinical Spending
Despite increasing awareness of the need to manage non-clinical spend better, doubts remain on how to do it the right way. Our guide looks at common missteps when managing non-clinical procurement and lists down questions that must be asked when optimizing non-clinical expenditures.
Decoding Source-to-Pay Solutions: Questions Every Procurement Team Should Be Asking
Get the most out of your source-to-pay technology by asking the right questions. Here, we provide seven essential questions for procurement teams to ask in order to find the right software for their needs, with recommendations on how to get started.
Fighting Inflation with Better Buying
LogicSource’s David Pennino talks about how procurement can enable companies to succeed amidst volatility — without raising prices or hurting their consumers.
To Thrive in an Inflationary Market, Harness the Full Value of Indirect Procurement
Why is it important for procurement teams to work faster and smarter? Find out how a high-performing, well-funded, and well-resourced procurement team can drive long-term business growth, even in an inflationary market.
6 Common Procurement Technology Red Flags You Should Not Ignore
Choosing the right procurement technology can streamline operations and maximize savings potential. Find out the common red flags you should watch out for so you can make the right choice.
5 Procurement Performance Management KPIs to Change the Game and Elevate Procurement
Ready to improve your indirect sourcing and procurement performance? Find out why you should switch to a modern PPM solution for enhanced visibility, greater efficiency, improved decision making, lower costs, reduced risks and more.
In Search of Cost-Saving Opportunities? Take a Closer Look At Your Indirect Spend
There is more than one way to keep profit margins healthy amidst rising inflation and global uncertainty. Discover how you can unlock sources of funds by tackling your indirect spending.
The “So What” of Spend Analytics
Discover the power of spend analytics and see how procurement leaders are transforming their businesses with actionable insights. Learn the value behind gaining transparency into spend to help make informed decisions.
10 Questions You Should Ask When Choosing A Procurement Tech Vendor
Our guide provides a checklist of ten essential questions to help you make an informed decision when choosing a procurement technology partner to find the best solution for your business.
Motivating Healthcare Leaders to Address Non-Clinical Costs: Four Actions to Take
With tightening operating margins and the dwindling impact of direct cost-cutting measures, health systems should refocus their initiatives on their non-clinical costs. Discover the actionable steps needed to kick-start your non-clinical procurement efforts.
Breaking Barriers: How Procurement Analytics Helps You Secure Leadership Buy-in
Learn how CPOs can overcome common roadblocks and demonstrate the strategic value of procurement in order to earn a permanent seat at the decision-making table with the C-suite.
The Procurement Puzzle: Why Traditional Procurement Solutions Aren’t Fitting the Bill
Struggling to get the most out of your source-to-pay solutions? Our guide goes into why traditional S2P technology solutions often don’t meet expectations and introduces a different strategic approach for procurement teams.
Integrating Fintech with Procurement Technology to Optimize Spend
Learn how procurement technology can help your company reduce costs and optimize spend. Find out the 4 key areas you need to consider before choosing the right solution for you.
The Key to Unlocking Hidden Savings: Taming the Complexities of Indirect Procurement
A lack of expert resources. Poorly adopted technology. Limited visibility into total spending. When these effects snowball, the result is needless internal complexity leading to inefficiencies across your indirect procurement function.
Procurement Tech 101: Key Questions to Address before Selecting Your New ProcureTech Partner
Get our guide that breaks down some of the most common questions and concerns organizations confront when evaluating procurement technology. Learn key tactics for optimizing your procurement technology to drive the most value for your business.