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Discount shopper: Kos Noori has made a business out of saving other companies money as his access purchasing network hunts for bargains for everything from office supplies to plumbers.

Publication: San Fernando Valley Business Journal
Publication Date: 02-JAN-06
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Discount shopper: Kos Noori has made a business out of saving other companies money as his access purchasing network hunts for bargains for everything from office supplies to plumbers.(Small Business)

Article Excerpt
Kos Noori, the owner of Canoga Park-based Access Purchasing Network, has a slogan that sums up the mission of his firm: Let us handle your business, so you can handle your business.

Noori's firm occupies an unusual position in the economy, serving as a purchasing firm that leverages the buying power of its 700-plus clients to wrangle cheap goods and massive savings that benefit all parties involved. Noori claims that through his well-established contacts with vendors across the nation and the reputation that his firm has built over the last three decades, APN is able to save its clients between 20 and 40 percent yearly on operating costs, in addition to freeing them up to focus on strategy and long-term planning rather than constantly trying to cut costs to tighten up the bottom line.

"For example, if you buy CDs for $1 per CD from Office Depot, I can get that identical CD for 40 or 50 cents," Noorsi said. "Now, it might be from Office Depot or it might be from...

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