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ADR International marks its 25th anniversary today

Twenty-five years, more than 500 clients, 60 countries, $3bn in savings and over 1 million employee man hours later, ADR International today is a worldwide leader in procurement consulting and sourcing changing the way public and private organisations buy.

Bill Michels, ADR North America’s CEO, says “the company's commitment to innovation and thought leadership has been the key to ADR's success over the years and it will drive the company's on-going mission to shape the future of procurement and sourcing.  The key is not to be stuck in the past but to use the past as the starting point for our future”.

Highlights

· ADR ran the first ever global purchasing transformation programme with Reckitt & Colman between 1986 – 1990

· ADR winners of the National Training Award three times

1.     In 1993 working with Smithkline Beecham

2.     in 2003 working with Metropolitan Police in London

3.     in 2007 working with N G Bailey

· ADR North America established in 1991

 · Robin Jackson became CEO of ADR International in 1997

· Publication of the book “Transform Your Supply Chain” in 1998

· ADR South Africa established in 2001

· ADR Australia established in 2004

· Developed and used the first on-line capability assessment tool (DNA) in 2004

· ADR Central & Eastern Europe established in 2009

· ADR North America forms joint venture with ISM in the USA - The ISM-ADR School for Supply Management in January 2010

· Established a joint venture company in China with ISM in 2011

· ADR International’s learning assessment tool (DNA) reaches a landmark in users with over 5,000 procurement professionals in 2010

Robin Jackson, CEO of ADR International, says “in the coming quarter century, the role of procurement will become even more important in driving lower cost, value delivery, innovation and productivity in the supply chain in both private industry and the public sector. Looking ahead, ADR is positioned to lead this evolution which will be increasingly collaborative, global, outsourced and complex”.

Media contacts

Europe

ADR Marketing

Tel: +44 (0)1491 825 666

marketing@adr-international.com

North America

ADR International (North America)

Robert Rossbach

Tel: +01 (313) 402-9831

bob@rossbach.tv