For those clients who have existing purchasing departments, TEM is the perfect alternative to meet existing or future procurement and materials management overflow requirements. Even as companies downsize their purchasing groups, the remaining staff will still be responsible for meeting all of the organization's many purchasing needs. TEM is the right solution to effectively and reliably manage the overfllow. Also, many companies now use engineers, field employees, and other non-purchasing professionals to perform the procurement and materials managemnent fucntion - a costly and ineffective use of these valuable employees. A business relationship with TEM allows client companies to make full use of their technical and professional staffs for tasks requiring their particular expertise.