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MRO “vendor consolidation” is an increasingly popular strategy to leverage buying power and reduce administrative overhead expense. The problem with using one company to consolidate all of your MRO purchases is that you're lumping all maintenance related items into the same category. The question you must ask before doing this is: are all maintenance related activities the same? If you answered yes, then you're probably using your plumbers, electricians, carpenters, HVAC techs and pipe fitters interchangeably. You're not? Of course you're not because their responsibilities require different skills, tools, materials and expertise. Most company's use many types of MRO parts and supplies including filters made by various manufacturers and purchased from a variety of vendors. While there are many vendor consolidation services that would have you believe that they can supply all of these items, common sense tells you that they can't possess the experience and knowledge in all of the disciplines to add value to the supplier/customer relationship. We're experts in filtration; if you're looking for the absolute best filter supplier we believe that Filter Engineering's Filter Management Program is a cost effective solution to both your filtration requirements and your cost reduction goals.
Filters typically provide the last line of defense in protecting people, equipment and processes. The cost of the filter is generally miniscule relative to what it's protecting. Filters need to be evaluated in terms of the importance of their function and not necessarily in terms of their first cost. The true value of filtration is often the potential cost of the result of the filter failing to do the job. Additionally, the first cost of the filter can be as little as 10% of the total cost of filtration. The total cost of filtration also involves the “Life Cycle Cost” of the filter installation. So when you evaluate a filter management program you need a company that considers all of the above rather than just the price of the filter.
Very few companies have the experience and resulting knowledge to be a cost-effective single-source supplier for all types of filtration. Reducing the purchase price of the filters you buy is easy, almost anyone can do it but it isn't necessarily the best strategy. Reducing the “Life Cycle Cost” of filtration should be your and your filter supplier's primary goal. Achieving that goal maximizes your company's profitability by considering all of the cost associated with filtration. Filter Engineering's prices are always competitive but more importantly our “Life-Cycle Cost” approach to filter selection assures our clients that their cost of filtration will support their overall cost reduction efforts. | 
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