SpendSmart Group is a purchasing cooperative that helps small to medium sized manufacturers leverage their indirect material spending through negotiated supplier contracts, an online purchasing portal, and automation of the requisition to purchase order process. Members are promised savings ranging from 5-56% on their indirect category spending such as maintenance, repair, and operating supplies. New members provide a sample of typical purchases and SpendSmart conducts a cost analysis and sets up the member's online profile to begin realizing savings.