Resources

Understand group purchasing before you join

Plain explanations of how it works, what the published evidence says, and where each fact comes from.

Practical purchasing guides

Restaurant and cafe packaging procurement in Saudi Arabia

Compare packaging by specification and usable unit cost, then plan quantities by branch. Jmaa brings matching requirements together for supplier quotation.

Cleaning and facility supplies: a purchasing checklist

Specify the application, concentration, pack size and replenishment needs before comparing cleaning-supply offers.

Office and multi-branch purchasing for Saudi SMEs

Standardise recurring office purchases while keeping branch locations, budgets and approval responsibilities clear.

Upload purchasing lists and supplier catalogues from Excel

Download the correct Jmaa template, validate the workbook and preview its rows before confirming an import.

Who invoices whom? Jmaa orders, payments and invoices

The supplier invoices Jmaa, and Jmaa invoices the business customer. Delivery may go directly from the supplier to the customer’s location.

Plan SME purchasing deliveries in Riyadh and Jeddah

Specify each delivery location, receiving contact and time constraint. Coverage and live tracking depend on the selected supplier or carrier.

How Jmaa pricing and verified savings work

Your applicable agreement determines your purchase price. Savings compare an approved previous unit price with the actual order price for confirmed received quantities.

Jmaa company identity and evidence standards

Understand who operates Jmaa Business, how claims should be supported and what a published customer result must demonstrate.

Group purchasing and published evidence

Article

What is group purchasing?

How companies that each buy a little get the price of a company that buys a lot.

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Evidence

What the evidence says about group purchasing

Two published studies, who paid for each, and what a careful reader can take from them.

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Article

Group purchasing in Saudi Arabia: where it stands

Unified procurement already serves government hospitals. Small businesses have no equivalent yet.

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Jmaa's own case studies

We will publish results from our first member companies here, with the method used to measure each saving. We will not publish a number we cannot show the working for.

Sources we cite

Every outside fact in these pages links to where it was published.