by Deb Dulal Das | Apr 3, 2018
Background Metso Minerals (part of the Metso Group) is the world’s market leader in rock and mineral processing equipment with a turnover of approximately €1.5b per year. Steel castings is one of the largest spend category currently sourced globally across the 5...
by Deb Dulal Das | Apr 3, 2018
Background An Automotive company experienced a significant increase in price of Rare Earth Magnets that required a review of the entire sourcing strategy. The key cause of the increase cited by suppliers was an astronomical price increase of a principle raw material...
by Deb Dulal Das | Apr 3, 2018
Background A large European Retailer was subscribing to multiple market databases to monitor the prices of the different polymers to be able to make informed purchase decisions. The Retailer found the multiple subscriptions to be expensive, inefficient to access due...
by Deb Dulal Das | Mar 10, 2018
Background A European Pharmaceutical company was in the final stages of developing a product which required High Grade Natural Gum as an ingredient. During research and development small quantities of the ingredient had been sourced from European distributors. To...