A leveraged procurement network (LPN) system for leveraging purchasing
across company and company groups includes a front-end requisition and
catalog system accessible by users from a plurality of companies in
different company groups. Access to procurement resources is controlled
by user profiles and resource profiles specifying for each user and
resource the applicable company group. Purchases against volume specific
contracts are leveraged by requisitions for a plurality of company
groups, while user access to procurement resources within the front-end
system are controlled by company and/or company group.