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The Company
HandySource, LLC, provides a business-to-business E-Commerce site for the multi-housing industry. The E-marketplace developed by HandySource.com, enables members to simplify and control purchasing Maintenance, Repair, and Operations (MRO) supplies as well as bid contracting services. In addition to the MRO purchasing portal, the company has developed HandySource Bid System, a user-friendly front-end interface that enables the user to create bids for contractors / services from pre-existing templates.

HandySource principals are well known and respected in the industry as property owners and managers for over 30 years, with pioneering innovations in marketing, training, systems, and an established track record of successful software development We conceived of and implemented the development of the “Little Buddy” rent roll program over 18 years ago; the Star Service work order program for Windows marketed through GEAC/AMSI; Clever Computer Internet Services, since acquired by a major public web hosting firm; and the HandyTrac Key Control system now in use by over 150 companies nationwide.

The company maintains Membership in The National Apartment Association, The National Suppliers Council, The National Multi Housing Council, and many local and regional apartment associations.

Why We Are The Good Guys In The White Hats
Most other purchasing portals are following a strategy that attempts to compete with the current, well-established distributors serving the multi-housing market. Distributors perform many valuable services including maintaining inventory, free same day or next day delivery, training for the on site maintenance personnel, advice and instructions for product installations, custom products and services, maintenance shop organization via product bins and inventory labels and customized billing. The fleets of trucks and vans, speedy delivery, and variety of services provided by distributors will be difficult to duplicate, even if they are provided by direct competitors who would seek to eliminate the distributors from the supply chain.

We work cooperatively with the current suppliers and distributors serving the industry. They have spent years developing strong relationships and solid reputations with the buyers. In our view, working with these companies, not against them, is the strategy that will prove successful. By establishing strategic alliances with suppliers, the company will be able to provide all of the MRO products needed to manage multi-family communities, and the suppliers will be able to use HandySource.com as another weapon in their marketing battle with a common enemy; the e-commerce sites that are attempting to become virtual distributors.

We also assist the smaller suppliers to get on-line, and to provide value added capability to those who already offer on-line purchasing. Those suppliers who have not yet developed on-line purchasing capability will be able to simply plug into an existing service that serves the needs of the buyers. Because the company’s system allows for easy integration, the time needed to get on-line is greatly compressed, and the cost will be minimal. An on-line presence will provide opportunities for growth.

Our Goals
Management envisions the company as a purchasing communication service designed to make both buyers and suppliers more profitable. We defined the features needed to create a marketable e-commerce solution as:

• the ability to place purchase orders and bids while maintaining existing relationships with current suppliers,
• the ability to easily locate new suppliers,
• the ability to accommodate purchases of all MRO supplies, including supplies for last minute emergencies,
• the ability to restrict and control all MRO purchases in terms of the item, supplier and amount spent
• the ability to track and record all MRO purchases by location, buyer, item, supplier, date and amount spent.
• the ability to accommodate the purchase of contractor services through a robust user-friendly RFQ writing program.

We will provide a state of the art e-marketplace for REITS and property management firms and the suppliers with which they have established relationships; establish strategic alliances with key suppliers; develop programs that integrate the purchasing function with existing property management software packages; establish an advisory board consisting of influential leaders in the industry; and provide additional services such as information resources; on-line meetings; company policy manuals and web site development.

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