About LPS

Built for the field, not the boardroom.

LPS was built to bring practical business organization, operational structure, procurement experience, and modern technology support to service businesses that are often expected to figure everything out on their own.

Why LPS Exists

Organization shouldn't require a corporate department.

Large organizations have operations teams and procurement departments. Small service businesses usually have an owner who knows everything — because they have to.

LPS exists to close that gap. We take the same disciplines that keep large organizations running — documented processes, organized information, controlled purchasing, clear financial visibility — and rebuild them at a size and price a local service business can actually use.

"You don't need more time or more money. You need a better relationship with the time and money you have." Joseph — Local Procured Solutions

How We Work

What you can expect from LPS

Practical. We build working tools, not reports that sit on a shelf.
Honest. We tell you what we can and can't do — and when you need a CPA, attorney, or other professional instead.
Organized. Clear scope, clear deliverables, clear next steps.
Collaborative. We build with you, in your systems, so everything stays yours.
Respectful. No shame for being disorganized. Every business starts that way.

The Owners

Joseph and Jomarie.

Joseph and Jomarie combine procurement, operations, client service, financial organization, technology, and real-world implementation experience.

Joseph

Joseph brings procurement, supplier, operational, contract, utility, and vendor-management experience to LPS.

His background supports work involving procurement, vendor review, supplier relationships, purchasing, cost analysis, operational contracts, quote comparison, materials and service sourcing, process improvement, and commercial decision support.

Jomarie

Jomarie brings business organization, banking, client-service, back-office, workflow, documentation, financial-organization, technology, and implementation experience to LPS.

Her work supports business process organization, client intake, SOP development, forms and templates, CRM processes, administrative workflows, pricing and financial-management tools, client communication, project organization, AI-assisted business systems, and technology coaching and implementation support.

From Owner-Operator to Owner-Managed

The shift at the center of everything we do.

Almost every client who comes to LPS starts in the same place: an owner-operator, holding every piece of the business together personally. That's not a flaw — it's just where every business starts.

The work of building a real business is the move from owner-operator to owner-managed: from doing the labor yourself to owning systems that do the labor for you. Foundations, Systems, and Optimization are built around exactly that shift — form, then build, then optimize, in that order.

Owner-Operator

Every dollar and every task passes through your hands
You are the invoicing system, the bookkeeper, the vendor negotiator
A day off means the business stops
Growth means more hours worked
Decisions get made in the moment, reactively

Owner-Managed

Systems and people carry the weight your hands used to
Invoicing, books, and vendor relationships run through systems — you check the output
The business runs while you're out
Growth means better systems — not more hours
Decisions get made against a plan, ahead of time