Enterprise Purchasing Group (EPG) is a group purchasing organization (GPO) that combines the purchasing volume of its members to negotiate preferential pricing and savings on transportation and logistics services.
EPG has four founders: John Bevacqua, Jonathan Cortes, Jordan Zapotechne and Sheng Gu. All had long careers in the logistics space when they were connected through mutual friends.
The four co-founders each brought complementary expertise: John in BD, Jordan in contract negotiation, Jonathan in partnerships and Shen in shipping analytics tech.
The founding team had seen the power of GPOs in spaces like healthcare, but saw a gap in the transportation market. Leveraging their own networks, they rounded up enough volume commitment to negotiate their first group purchasing agreement with carriers.
The company grew its member base quickly by working with the portfolio companies of leading PE and VC firms like a16z and VMG.
From the start of the company in 2020, they've grown to represent nearly $1B in spend across a network of ~15 world-class freight, parcel, and other suppliers like UPS, DHL eCommerce, Maersk, and Flexport.
Leveraging combined member volume to secure preferential shipping rates with major carriers across ocean freight, air freight, small parcel, and other transportation modes.
EPG's proprietary Savvy platform provides visibility into shipping data, identifies inefficiencies, and measures savings.
EPG can help shippers analyze shipping patterns and package characteristics to recommend optimization strategies beyond just rate improvements.
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