How One Buyer Used Supplier Consortia to Cut Costs 18 Percent

The Buyer's Side with Fexingo: Procurement, Sourcing, and B2B Purchasing Decisions · Jul 14, 2026 · 8m · transcript

In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how a mid-sized manufacturer used a supplier consortium—a formal group of competing suppliers sharing capacity and purchasing data—to cut costs by 18 percent. They walk through the specific structure: a third-party administrator, standardised contracts, a shared forecast pool, and quarterly transparency meetings. The hosts discuss why consortia work best when the buyer is the anchor customer, how antitrust concerns were navigated, and why this approach is still rare outside of automotive and aerospace. A concrete example of collaborative procurement…